We compared Microsoft Azure and Google Firebase based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
In summary, Microsoft Azure is praised for its scalability, reliability, and wide range of services, with positive feedback on customer service, setup cost, and licensing. Google Firebase is valued for its integration with Google services, real-time database functionality, and ease of use, with commendations on customer service and pricing. The main differences lie in the specific features and advantages highlighted by users for each platform.
Features: Microsoft Azure is highly praised for its scalability, versatility, reliability, and extensive range of services. On the other hand, Google Firebase is valued for its seamless integration with other Google services, real-time database functionality, scalability, ease of use for beginners, and diverse set of development tools and APIs.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Microsoft Azure is considered commendable, with users mentioning the ease and simplicity of the installation process. In contrast, Google Firebase also offers a straightforward setup process with reasonable pricing options and flexible licensing agreements., Microsoft Azure has been praised for offering cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved scalability. Azure's diverse services and tools enable successful project implementation. On the other hand, Google Firebase efficiently manages and stores data, improves app performance, and effectively tracks user analytics. Its user-friendly interface and integration with other Google services contribute to a satisfactory ROI.
Room for Improvement: Microsoft Azure users have provided feedback on areas that require improvement, while Google Firebase users have identified several areas for improvement. These include better documentation and tutorials, enhanced interface customization, increased flexibility with data querying, improved error handling, and more comprehensive error messages.
Deployment and customer support: The user reviews for Microsoft Azure and Google Firebase show that there are varying time frames for deploying, setting up, and implementing new tech solutions. Some users mention separate time frames for deployment and setup with no clear consensus, while others treat deployment and setup as the same period., Microsoft Azure's customer service stands out for its responsiveness and expertise. Azure team promptly resolves technical issues with the help of comprehensive documentation. On the other hand, Google Firebase receives positive feedback for its prompt assistance, knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives, quick response times, and efficient troubleshooting. Overall, both products provide highly regarded customer service and support.
The summary above is based on 40 interviews we conducted recently with Microsoft Azure and Google Firebase users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"It is a stable solution...It is a very scalable solution."
"I love Firebase's notifications, crash analytics, and bug tracking. It gives you detailed reporting about app usage and users."
"Allows us to create functions without any infrastructure apart from the Google App Engine."
"The solution is useful for managing users and user authentication."
"If there's data added to the solution, there's a good record of it so it's easy to track everything."
"If you are selling an app with extensive Firebase use, costs may go up."
"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 Realtime Database feature is the most important for us since we are able to see changes in the database the moment they are happening."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the Access Management and the PIN modules."
"Microsoft Azure has a large scope, it can do many things."
"Feature-wise, I like its stability. Also, it is easy to access the solution and its options."
"The solution is very flexible, it is not limited to Microsoft solutions. It integrates well with other solutions, such as Oracle. There are a lot of templates we are able to use allowing us to reduce the time for configuration."
"It is really scalable and easy to use."
"We have found the scalability to be good."
"One advantage of using Azure is that clients can start with a low-cost entry in terms of hardware and scale as their business and user base grows. They don't need to allocate a large budget for infrastructure upfront."
"The solution provides multiple well integrated services which happen to work together seamlessly and provide flexibility and scalability for use cases all around the industry."
"Firebase's real-time information isn't technically real-time. It takes a while to upload user activity into the app. It's not as fast as Datadog, the other solution we use."
"The UI for the realtime database could be simplified."
"The cold start-up of the cloud function needs to speed up. For me personally, I'm not experienced in anything there, however, I've just read online it's a problem."
"The solution needs to offer capabilities to work offline. Like Firestore, we should be able to do insertion, updating, and deletion offline."
"Google Firebase's app testing feature for Android, where you can upload your APK, needs improvement because it's not working very well."
"I would like to see faster data migration and some support for other languages in the next release."
"They have discontinued some very valuable features, including the Firebase UI that I used to log in."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"Azure ARM console can be a bit overwhelming at the beginning."
"The cost management and billing section features could be improved."
"There should be more language options for the Azure Functions apps. It supports programming languages, but there are only a few options. It could have more programming languages."
"Integration with other cloud environments can be tricky at times."
"I would like it if Microsoft communicated better about upcoming changes before they roll them out. Sometimes when Microsoft implements changes, they don't notify the users promptly enough. I would like to know about new features, especially Office 365."
"There are always new features to add in terms of additional indicators, improving the looks of the dashboard and stuff. There are some dashboards that are not attractive, we are looking to make them fancier and nice-looking."
"I believe that some of the services need to be available on the on-premises version and not only based on the cloud."
"The solution's email hosting pricing could be improved."
Google Firebase is ranked 5th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 32 reviews while Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 299 reviews. Google Firebase is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Firebase writes "An application development solution that has a lot of services like storage, Firestore, and push notifications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". Google Firebase is most compared with Amazon AWS, DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Alibaba Cloud and Linode, whereas Microsoft Azure is most compared with Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry, SAP Cloud Platform and Alibaba Cloud. See our Google Firebase vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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