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What is Firebase?

Use Firebase products together to solve complex challenges and optimize your app experience. Personalize your onboarding flow, grow user engagement, or add new functionality with Firebase. Firebase provides detailed documentation and cross-platform SDKs to help you build and ship apps on Android, iOS, the web, C++, and Unity.

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Awards & Recognition

Firebase won the following awards in the Product Analytics category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

Firebase Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Firebase?

0% Negative

8% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Analytics and Reporting

Device and Browser Analytics

Data Analysis and Survey Function

Conversion Analysis

Mobile Functionality

Marketing Analytics

API Framework

Data Integrity

Data Warehousing

Data Management

Audience Segmentation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Firebase Reviews

Martin D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Media
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Feb 2024

My default choice for any project I work on.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Firebase from other similar products?

Stable, reliable. Been using it since 2016 with no hiccups whatsoever. It doesn't compare to any other.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Firebase Realtime DB it's extremely powerful for quick prototypes. Firebase it's easy to get started for prototyping and also production grade.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing on some of the products could be better.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Firebase being backed by Google gives extra reliability when handling secure data.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Caring
Saves Time

Sanket p.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

best Nosql database from google!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Firebase from other similar products?

Google firebase is one the best Nosql database with comprehensive set of features, the API documentation is damn good and the user interaction dashbaords and response is top notch. Google also offer free version of the firebase so user can play around with it to get the idea of its capabilities.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The Best part of the product is it can be easily integrated with any system in minimal efforts, it has a great community and product documentation helps a lot at time of configuration and setup. it even delivers the best output with Android and ios environment.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The only drawback or i would say limitation is the web console has the limited functionality which i believe fixed in the future release otherwise firebase is very good product overall.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Google firebase is trustworthy and highly recommended product to manage nosql database with easy way. i am fully satisfied and recommend it.

Pros

Saves Time
Fair
Acts with Integrity
Security Protects

Cons

Vendor's Interest First
Less Transparent

Khushi A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Use case from the perspective of an app developer

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Firebase from other similar products?

Firebase Crashlytics is a tool that helps developers track, prioritize, and address stability issues in real-time. It effectively solves the problem of apps crashing frequently, which can negatively impact app quality. On the other hand, Google Analytics is a useful tool for gathering user behavior data. It provides valuable metrics on user retention and engagement rates, among other things.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

As an app developer, I often utilize Firebase as my back-end solution. It's an excellent tool that can handle authentication, real-time database, and hosting. What I appreciate most about Firebase is that it offers a wide range of authentication options, including verification of phone numbers, email addresses, and social networks. Additionally, Firebase provides push notifications for mobile apps and crash handling, which is extremely helpful.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Firebase has some challenges that a backend developer should be aware of. For example, the Real-Time Database has limited querying and filtering capabilities and can result in excessive duplication. However, these limitations may not be a major issue for experienced professionals. Another challenge is the limited SDK, which can be problematic for some developers. For instance, the Firebase JavaScript SDK doesn't support data caching and offline commitment.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Firebase is a useful platform for web and mobile applications that is easy to use and adaptable. It's perfect for start-ups and fast development projects because of its comprehensive toolset and scalability. However, it's essential to consider the learning curve, potential vendor lock-in, and pricing scalability before making a decision.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Firebase Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Device and Browser Analytics Capture and summarize device and browser information.

Data Analysis and Survey Function Can capture survey data and multiple data sets may be output for analysis.

Conversion Analysis The ability to capture and analyze conversion (transaction) data and conversion paths from the web or associated channels.

Mobile Functionality Can be used on mobile devices​

Marketing Analytics Predictive analytics, machine learning, data ingestion and visualization; data segmentation; assign attributes to unstructured data; work from segmented data.

API Framework The platform provides the ability to move data to and from the solution and other customer interaction applications (i.e. CRM) with ease.

Data Integrity Includes data accuracy, data maintenance, and data verification and validation.

Data Warehousing Includes large data retrieval, data reporting, and data analytics.

Data Management Includes data sharing, data storage, records management, and data security.

Audience Segmentation The ability to create and analyze discrete customer audience segments based on user-defined criteria or variables.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Firebase Reviews

Martin D.

My default choice for any project I work on.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sanket p.

best Nosql database from google!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Khushi A.

Use case from the perspective of an app developer

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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