Firebase
About Firebase
Firebase, built on Google's cloud infrastructure, enables businesses to develop web and mobile applications with cloud storage, analytics, and messaging capabilities. Features include authentication, crash reporting, offline access, alerts, remote configuration, and prediction.
Cloud Firestore, the NoSQL document database, lets developers store, sync, and run queries while building apps. It automatically synchronizes app data between devices and sends update notifications to users. Developers can also create trigger functions to determine data changes, new user sign-ups, or conversion events. Using Cloud Messaging, project owners can create targeted messages using predefined segments based on the receiver’s demographics and behavior, set up message publishing schedules, and specify frequency limits for the number of views.
Firebase offers integration with various third-party applications such as Slack, PagerDuty, and Jira along with Google's native platforms including Google Ads, Play Store, and BigQuery. The application helps managers diagnose and view app performance through a Firebase console and run custom tests throughout the app development lifecycle.
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- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Building with Firebase: Strengths and Limitations for Enterprises
Reviewed on 2024/12/30
Pros
Google Firebase is a great tool for building and managing web and mobile applications. It is simple to set up and use, which greatly reduces development time. With features like Realtime Database and Firestore, they are very essential when building applications that require real-time updates and offline support. Since Firebase utilizes Backend as a Service (BaaS) model, it eliminates the need to manage servers, and with tools like Firebase Authentication, it makes it easy to implement secure cross-platform login options.
The platform's ability to support cross-platform development is a win, this has allowed our Developers to simplify app creation for Android, iOS, and the web.
Having Analytics and performance tools, especially Google Analytics and Crashlytics, they provide important insights into user behavior and app stability, helping our Developers make informed decisions and resolve issues quickly.
Cons
At times it feels like using Firebase ties you to the google ecosystem, We have noted it creates an over-reliance to other google services and might pose a challenge if you need to migrate your services to other platforms.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good Platform for Mobile App Developers
Reviewed on 2024/04/11
Pros
I like the complete package that Firebase offers to it's users that makes it easy for mobile app developers to insert features easily to their apps. It's great that Firebase also is linked closely with Google Cloud which makes management much easier.
Cons
Firebase isn't that complete and I personally would go using other enterprise services for production apps. It is great for small projects but scaling makes it a bit hard to use this platform.
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AWS Management ConsoleReasons for Switching to Firebase
I was starting in mobile development so I chose Firebase for easy integration at first.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
Good for Hobbyists - Product in infancy
Reviewed on 2019/12/06
This was good because the client then didn't want to pay for an SDK tracking.
However in terms of...
This was good because the client then didn't want to pay for an SDK tracking.
However in terms of usability and scaling for larger, business campaigns, this is not recommended.
If you're a hobbyist delving into apps and SDKs for fun, this is a great platform.
Pros
It's free and a good introduction to SDK, environments and requirements.
It also is great if you're on the google stack, as it easily imports into other ad buying platforms like google ads, which is great.
Has some integrations with networks, which also is great since it's also free for use
Cons
Highly limited support - don't expect to get any.
If you're on the free plan, very limited functionality. You can't even get CSV user reports. Everything is on and limited by the UI. This apparently changes if you're on paid, but the free experience not the best.
No integration to other competitors like Facebook,etc
Reasons for Switching to Firebase
Price- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Simple to create, administer, and send!
Reviewed on 2024/07/10
I like how easy it is to integrate applications with IOS, Android and websites. Testing across...
I like how easy it is to integrate applications with IOS, Android and websites. Testing across platforms is simple and the preview option makes a lot difference
Pros
amazing tools, incredibly fast online interface, allowing us to address difficulties head on, pretty nice UI, monitoring capabilities that are also quite slick, and it's probably the finest out there for straightforward push notifications without complexity and easy g-suite integration
Cons
File upload and hosting possibilities are relatively limited; dealing with client or internal assets can become a bit cumbersome.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Easy-to-use platform as a service, but expensive
Reviewed on 2023/12/10
Firebase was a great first platform, but for my usecase I ended up outgrowing it pretty quickly....
Firebase was a great first platform, but for my usecase I ended up outgrowing it pretty quickly. It's great if you're building for native mobile.
Pros
Extremely easy-to-use APIs, and out-of-the-box authentication and offline-database features to make bootstrapping an app super easy.
Cons
Extreme vendor lock-in, heavily mobile focused with very few features suitable for web and hybrid applications and preventatively expensive scaling
Firebase FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Firebase.Q. What type of pricing plans does Firebase offer?
Firebase offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Not Available
Firebase offers a free plan (Spark Plan) and a pay-as-you-go plan (Blaze Plan). The Free plan includes the following modules - A/B Testing, Analytics, App Distribution, App Indexing, Cloud Messaging (FCM), Crashlytics, Dynamic Links, Performance Monitoring, Predictions, and Remote Configuration. Limits are applied to all other features and storage options. Module pricing details for the Blaze Plan are outlined below: Authentication - starts at $0.01/verification Cloud Firestore - starts at $0.18/GiB Hosting - starts at $0.026/GB Realtime Database - $5/GB for storage, $1/GB for downloaded data Storage - $0.026/GB (stored), $0.12/GB (downloaded) Test Lab - $1/device/hour for virtual test, $5/device/hour for physical test
Q. Who are the typical users of Firebase?
Firebase has the following typical customers:
2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Firebase support?
Firebase supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Firebase support mobile devices?
Firebase supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Firebase integrate with?
Firebase integrates with the following applications:
Google Ads, Google Analytics 360, Google Data Studio, Jira, PagerDuty, Slack
Q. What level of support does Firebase offer?
Firebase offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base
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