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Overview

What is Firebase?

Google offers the Firebase suite of application development tools, available free or at cost for higher degree of usages, priced flexibly accorded to features needed. The suite includes A/B testing and Crashlytics, Cloud Messaging (FCM) and in-app messaging, cloud storage…

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10 out of 10
March 24, 2022
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Pricing

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Phone Authentication

$0.01

Cloud
Per Verification

Stored Data

$0.18

Cloud
Per GiB

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Firebase?

Firebase Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Google offers the Firebase suite of application development tools, available free or at cost for higher degree of usages, priced flexibly accorded to features needed. The suite includes A/B testing and Crashlytics, Cloud Messaging (FCM) and in-app messaging, cloud storage and NoSQL storage (Cloud Firestore and Firestore Realtime Database), and other features supporting developers with flexible mobile application development.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 7.3.

The most common users of Firebase are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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August 29, 2019

An all-in-one real time cloud platform!

Verified User
Vice-President in Marketing
Internet Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Firebase is being used by multiple departments across the organization, namely Technology, Product, Marketing, Analytics, etc. While the Tech team uses this for monitoring crashes and performance, the product team uses this for user funnel and user behavior analysis. The marketing team uses this for AB testing, in-app messaging, push notification, etc. Analytics uses this for creating dashboards and pulling user analytics.
Pros and Cons
  • Crash reporting: it does a detailed and real-time analysis of crashes, with great insights that pinpoint the developers to the issue.
  • User funnels and behavior analysis: it helps us track audience data, funnels, retention cohorts and all kinds of key events in the user journey on app and web.
  • Notifications: both in-app, as well as push notifications via Firebase Cloud Manager, have the best delivery rates across the industry, this is the best tool to send out marketing notifications to users.
  • Email and notifications system need to be set up, it is not plugged and play, needs some development changes on the app side too if we use Firebase, unlike other email and push CRM tools.
  • User management and access controls: these are complex to manage, can be simplified.
  • Nothing else specifically, overall it's a good tool.
Likelihood to Recommend
It's best suited for tech and product monitoring, as well as marketing teams to send out user notifications. Less appropriate for a detailed use by tech or marketing, for instance, it will not have pre-set templates for email notifications that can be used by marketing; or it will not have daily summary reports for key parameters that tech can use to circulate amongst key stakeholders etc.—these need to be built on top of Firebase by your own team.
Return on Investment
  • Positive ROI: it has a much better delivery rate for push notifications, thus leading to more user engagement, thus higher retention and higher revenue.
  • Positive ROI: it has helped the tech team to be more agile in terms of sending out fixes as Firebase sends realtime alerts for crashes and fatal issues.
Usability
9
It is simple to use overall, the console's main menu is divided into Develop, Quality, Analytics and Grow - which have further subdivisions by their set of features and tools. Develop and Quality are relevant for product and tech. Analytics is relevant for product, analytics and Grow is relevant for marketing. This makes the overall use very easy.
Support Rating
8
It is great, the only thing that can be improved is more relevant documentation around deeper use-cases and a more engaged community support around Firebase. Support is mostly self serve till you find a way to write to them. They don't have voice support as of now in India which might be helpful.
Alternatives Considered
Firebase is a much more comprehensive tool. While Fabric only had user traffic and trends data, it did not have the user communication set of tools. While CleverTap has CRM tools, it does not have tools for developers and product teams. While Adobe Analytics is good with analytics, it does not have crash reporting or CRM capabilities. Thus, Firebase is an all in one tool that is great for startups and SMEs.
Other Software Used
Adobe Analytics, Adobe Campaign, MoEngage
August 29, 2019

Firebase: More Than a Databse

Robert Foreman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Robert Foreman
Real Estate Broker
Home & Away Realty (Real Estate, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I am using Firebase as a realtime database and backend as a service for a prototype real estate application I am building. I first used Firebase while I was attending a coding boot camp: we used it for one of our big projects. There are a number of advantages to using this.
Pros and Cons
  • JSON storage
  • Serverless
  • Pretty secure
  • Limited querying capability
Likelihood to Recommend
I think for app development, it is advantageous to use Firebase. It's a real-time, cloud-based database which synchronizes continually across all users. It's really good for creating user authorization for apps which require this. As far as hosting your application, I think it's pretty fast and secure. And it's Google.
Return on Investment
  • Large storage for files
  • Easy to deploy
  • Hosting is fast and secure
Usability
10
I have focused on building apps with React. This may be a generalization but I think React and Firebase makes developing modern web applications a breeze. Firebase isn't just a database: it provides all the services you need to run your app: authentication, file storage, etc. I highly recommend this development platform.
Support Rating
10
Like other Google tools and services, there is an extensive support page which has endless links and documentation by platform, by product, by development stage and by type of error or bug. If you can't find an answer, then you can file a support case. I haven't had to do this yet.
Alternatives Considered
I haven't played much with Heroku beyond deploying projects from GitHub. It looks to be very similar in providing a cloud-based platform for developing and deploying web apps as quickly as possible. I would look at comparing both of these before choosing a solution. I am just happy with Firebase and don't feel the need to look for a replacement.
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