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Google Firebase vs Virtuozzo Application Platform comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Google Firebase
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (5th), Mobile Development Platforms (6th)
Virtuozzo Application Platform
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (22nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. Google Firebase is designed for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) and holds a mindshare of 3.4%, down 4.4% compared to last year.
Virtuozzo Application Platform, on the other hand, focuses on PaaS Clouds, holds 1.7% mindshare, up 0.7% since last year.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Google Firebase3.4%
Amazon AWS14.3%
Microsoft Azure8.7%
Other73.6%
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Virtuozzo Application Platform1.7%
Amazon AWS13.8%
Microsoft Azure12.3%
Other72.2%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

Himash Careem - PeerSpot reviewer
Intermediate Software Engineer at Xelleron Pty
Analytics integration has improved how I manage user identity and understand customer behavior
I face difficulties with the authentication parts in Google Firebase when it goes with iOS applications. With Android applications, that is easier because Google owns it. When it goes to iOS applications, there should be a much more straightforward, smoother way. I mostly faced that with Flutter because with Flutter, there are two sides with Android and iOS. The Android part was pretty much easier for me, but when it goes to the iOS part, there was more work on that.
Miguel Maloney Thompson - PeerSpot reviewer
IC Director at a printing company with 11-50 employees
A scalable and stable solution that has good scalability and is easy to setup
It is a scalable solution. I have yet to have a scenario regarding automatic scale and if there's an increase in resource requirement or need. We have yet to have that scenario. We have yet to test that. The scalability was more than manually adjusting and increasing whatever I had to do. I rate it eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It helps me understand user behavior more effectively with Google Analytics."
"Google Firebase is one I like a lot because it gives us a little bit more power and accessibility when it comes to publishing apps a lot quicker and for the needs that we have."
"The most beautiful feature of Google Firebase is that it gives you a lot of functionalities out of the box, without you having to develop or having to complete a solution. For example, identity management is integrated, and security is out of the box, particularly security for the user and the ability of each user to see his data. I also like that Google Firebase has a really good performance and is comparable to MongoDB. It's on the same level, and sometimes, it's on an even higher level than MongoDB. Other functions that Google Firebase has that I find valuable include information dissemination, mail automation, and SMS, available out of the box. Another valuable feature of the solution is that it allows you to develop some functionalities on the server side, so you can write JavaScript functions on the server side and use those functions quite easily. Google Firebase gives you almost a full backend environment out of the box without you having to do any deployments or a lot of administration because all administration is given out of the box."
"Firebase offers encryption out of the box."
"It has security rules to control database read/write operations in real-time."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that its storage can be easily used in our mobile applications."
"Google Firebase supports all types of authentication."
"The main feature for us is that the tools are all in one place and that you don't need to bother with the backend system and the infrastructure."
"As a strategic solution, it's really good because it will avoid a lot of cost if you are building your data center, for example, or from scratch."
"The dynamic vertical scaling is a unique feature."
"The advanced level of production-ready Docker hosting, one-click application deployment, and the truly flexible pricing."
"The solution is scalable, and that is what we are looking at. There is no learning curve as we have not done much research."
"If you are looking for a great PaaS product, don't hesitate to check Jelastic!"
"The control is valuable. It's really easy to use and you have good control of your solutions."
"Jelastic is exactly what we expect from a PaaS vendor: easy-to-start, easy-to-manage, container based technology, support for vertical and horizontal auto-scaling, and all this without vendor lock-in."
"The technical support is extremely helpful, and they have a very good support team."
 

Cons

"We have numerous projects for mobile application development, and we have shifted from Google Firebase to Supabase because there is a fixed price for Supabase."
"You need to have some experience with deployment."
"One of the challenges I was facing when I was using it was the library called Google Dialogflow which allows you to connect your chatbot with an intent. So there is so much adding when you are trying to connect it with your service because you have to do a lot of repetition writing a new intent, putting it step by set so it is good to escape. I believe it should be flexible and dedicate the intents based on the relating and to write a lesser code when doing that."
"I face difficulties with the authentication parts in Google Firebase when it goes with iOS applications."
"There's always room for improvement in every product, and the major improvement that's needed in Google Firebase is its simplification, particularly for unsavvy users or non-technical users. If you're not tech-savvy, it would be very difficult for you to use the functions of the solution and understand its security rules. If you want even non-technical people to find it easy to use Google Firebase, it should be simplified because the difference between screen-derived management and code-derived management isn't complex, so simplification wouldn't be an issue."
"Firebase uses JSON, and the storage format is very different to that of SQL. This does not allow for easy migrations."
"I would like to see faster data migration and some support for other languages in the next release."
"I rate the support from Google Firebase a four out of five."
"The backup functionality needs to be improved."
"An S3 like storage system, if they have a s3 API compatible system I can move my files from AWS."
"The security layers also need to be improved because there is no clear layer or tier of security in the solution."
"I would like to see better integration into enterprise storage products."
"The backup features need improvement, or rather it should be added, as I could not find it."
"For now, some customers are requesting support of Docker containers for Windows."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing component is a bit confusing when it comes to what exactly you'll pay for, but I wouldn't say it's expensive."
"Google Firebase is an expensive solution."
"My company makes very minimal payments toward the licensing costs of the solution."
"The product is free."
"Google Firebase’s pricing needs improvement."
"It is an expensive tool."
"The tool is affordable."
"It is not easy to calculate the cost per copy, use or if the load rose dramatically we did not know how that would impact the final price."
"I would rate the cost 3 out of 5. There are additional costs other than licensing fees."
"Pricing for providers is revenue-shared based. Providers should invest in hardware to set up the Jelastic cluster."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
6%
Performing Arts
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
 

Questions from the Community

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We like Google Firebase hosting and authentication and also the excellent cloud functionality. Our team found the flexibility of handling and dealing with the database through EDL to be very useful...
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The pricing structure needs improvement since it uses cloud billing. We do not know how the pricing is calculated as it is all on the cloud. They could have implemented credits based on usage so th...
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