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AWS Amplify vs Google Firebase comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.6
AWS Amplify increased ROI by streamlining development, reducing setup and management time, and boosting productivity without extra staffing.
Sentiment score
6.1
Google Firebase is valued for its low cost, high ROI, and efficient automation, despite some avoidable mechanisms.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
AWS Amplify offers praised documentation but limited direct support without premium plans, while community and platform communication remain effective.
Sentiment score
7.1
Google Firebase's support is praised for helpfulness, with extensive documentation and community resources often meeting users' needs effectively.
If the community doesn't have the answers, then I contact the Google Firebase team directly.
IT specialist at CUADRO OCHO INC
I do not currently find any other competitors that match its offering.
DIV head at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I would rate the technical support of Google an eight out of ten.
Intermediate Software Engineer at Xelleron Pty
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
AWS Amplify scales efficiently for web and mobile apps, enhancing scalability with managed services and automatic adjustments for growing demands.
Sentiment score
6.8
Google Firebase is scalable but may face data handling and cost challenges as usage increases, especially for larger demands.
It can handle all tiers of the market effectively.
DIV head at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Google also has some other cloud services, but when we compare Google Firebase, it is not as scalable.
Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
It is either from my side or from Google Firebase side if it is getting delayed or not.
Intermediate Software Engineer at Xelleron Pty
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
AWS Amplify offers stable performance with minimal issues, efficient support, and easy integration, despite tricky initial setup and documentation.
Sentiment score
7.9
Google Firebase is praised for stability and reliability, though users find deployment complex due to external tool dependencies.
In our company, we have prototypes on Google Firebase and productions on AWS Cloud.
Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
They have mostly put the improvements for those, so it is making it smoother now than in the early years.
Intermediate Software Engineer at Xelleron Pty
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Amplify users seek enhanced flexibility, better integration, improved debugging, UI/UX improvements, and more control over deployments and error handling.
Google Firebase users desire better pricing transparency, technical support, usability, integration, mobile testing, and enhanced tools for developers and non-technical users.
The DynamoDB table and user group API key expires in 365 days, which requires me to renew this API key to persist data.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
Since Google Firebase is a NoSQL platform, areas for improvement include enhancing query functionalities to be more equivalent to SQL, like MS SQL.
IT specialist at CUADRO OCHO INC
Automation testing with mobile devices could be improved, especially in regression testing to ensure that new feature launches do not affect other features.
DIV head at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
When it goes to iOS applications, there should be a much more straightforward, smoother way.
Intermediate Software Engineer at Xelleron Pty
 

Setup Cost

AWS Amplify provides cost-effective, scalable pay-as-you-go pricing with initial benefits, separate domain costs, and early discounts.
Google Firebase's flexible pricing is affordable for startups, with a free tier and pay-as-you-go for extra usage.
I am paying only for the domain name and access to the DynamoDB table, which I find to be a pretty decent price.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
They could have implemented credits based on usage so that users would be able to easily calculate the pricing and provide it to customers.
Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Google Firebase offers a reasonable pricing structure.
DIV head at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
 

Valuable Features

AWS Amplify enhances developer efficiency with integrated CI/CD, real-time sync, scalable deployment, and seamless AWS service integration.
Google Firebase offers real-time communication, flexible integration, user-friendly tools, and scalability for efficient app management on iOS and Android.
The best features AWS Amplify offers include AppSync, which is very good for authentication and the deployment version.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
It helps me understand user behavior more effectively with Google Analytics.
Intermediate Software Engineer at Xelleron Pty
What I appreciate most about Google Firebase is the speed, accuracy, and security it offers.
IT specialist at CUADRO OCHO INC
Serverless cloud functions.
Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Amplify
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
17th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Release Automation (11th)
Google Firebase
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Mobile Development Platforms category, the mindshare of AWS Amplify is 0.7%. The mindshare of Google Firebase is 1.1%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Google Firebase1.1%
AWS Amplify0.7%
Other98.2%
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
Building full-stack apps has been streamlined and supports efficient authentication workflows
The best features AWS Amplify offers include AppSync, which is very good for authentication and the deployment version. It also allows me to easily use DynamoDB tables from AWS. The authentication and deployment features of AWS Amplify help me by ensuring that the authentication flow runs smoothly, as they are integrated and interconnected with GraphQL. I can delete or add users, create groups, reset passwords, and customize the login experience using the sign-in and sign-out features that come with GraphQL. AWS Amplify also has IO components, allowing me to configure files for AWS export to check if there are any builds or configurations missing. The ease of using AppSync and GraphQL is what I appreciate most about AWS Amplify. AWS Amplify is a strong tool for quickly building full-stack applications, which do require a solid understanding of how the underlying AWS services interact. AWS Amplify has positively impacted my work by making things easier, faster, and more efficient, particularly with its continuous integration feature and user management while monitoring app builds. The usage of AWS Amplify is part of my freelance work for different clients rather than directly within a single organization.
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Amplify?
My experience with pricing for AWS Amplify has been generally positive, especially for small to mid-sized applications. Most of our clients required small to mid-sized applications. The pricing mod...
What needs improvement with AWS Amplify?
Currently, I do not believe that AWS Amplify is lacking in features, but one of the main limitations I feel is a lack of flexibility in CI/CD pipelines. The built-in pipeline works well for simple ...
What is your primary use case for AWS Amplify?
My primary use case for AWS Amplify is to build and host full-stack web applications where it handles front-end deployment, authentication via Cognito, and basic back-end integration.
How does Microsoft Azure compare to Google Firebase?
I would recommend Google Firebase instead of Microsoft Azure, simply for the array of features that it has to offer. In particular, the Firebase library grants you access to a shared data structure...
Looking to compare Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft Azure
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Firebase?
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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