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Axway Appcelerator vs Google Firebase comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Axway Appcelerator
Average Rating
6.2
Reviews Sentiment
3.5
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Mobile App Platforms (8th), Mobile Development Platforms (14th)
Google Firebase
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (5th)
 

Featured Reviews

NM
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company
Makes it easy to build cross-platform with cloud-based, one-click app build system
I was searching for a reliable tool to develop a native mobile app for both Android and iOS. I found Axway Appcelerator packed with awesome features, that it was easy to learn and easy to build cross-platform Using the same web technology to develop cross-platform native apps. Cloud-based…
SK
Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Leverage rapid prototype development for application building
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. The concept that the more you use, the more you have to pay could have been much better. They could have implemented credits based on usage so that users would be able to easily calculate the pricing and provide it to customers. I am the co-founder and CTO of the company called Aiwox (A I W O O X). We have numerous projects for mobile application development, and we have shifted from Google Firebase to Supabase because there is a fixed price for Supabase. Supabase is built on top of AWS, and it provides a very good pricing model. Some of the credits are free, and once you reach a certain limit, you know the charges. The second improvement area is related to SQL. They provide the real-time database, which is very good, and they have gradually started including PostgreSQL, which is a relational database, but it is not production-ready yet. I may be incorrect; perhaps they have released something new, but PostgreSQL database real-time database remains a challenge with Google Firebase.

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

Pros

"Enables me to use the same web technology to develop cross-platform native apps. The cloud-based one-click app build system is a valuable feature as well."
"What I like most about Google Firebase is that it's one of the easier options to host a website or app quickly."
"The solution is useful for managing users and user authentication."
"It's stable."
"The solution is stable."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Firebase has been helpful in providing analytics and crash insights."
"The most beautiful feature of Google Firebase is that it gives you a lot of functionalities out of the box, without you having to develop or having to complete a solution. For example, identity management is integrated, and security is out of the box, particularly security for the user and the ability of each user to see his data. I also like that Google Firebase has a really good performance and is comparable to MongoDB. It's on the same level, and sometimes, it's on an even higher level than MongoDB. Other functions that Google Firebase has that I find valuable include information dissemination, mail automation, and SMS, available out of the box. Another valuable feature of the solution is that it allows you to develop some functionalities on the server side, so you can write JavaScript functions on the server side and use those functions quite easily. Google Firebase gives you almost a full backend environment out of the box without you having to do any deployments or a lot of administration because all administration is given out of the box."
"Its initial setup process is easy."
 

Cons

"Scalability is not so good if you have a complex UX."
"It would be awesome if they would work on improving the speed of the app building process."
"Firebase uses JSON, and the storage format is very different to that of SQL. This does not allow for easy migrations."
"Google Firebase lacks a SQL database."
"Their technical support needs to be enhanced with more support for customers."
"I would prefer Google Firebase to focus more on its integration capabilities since it is an area in the solution with certain shortcomings."
"They have discontinued some very valuable features, including the Firebase UI that I used to log in."
"Automation testing with mobile devices could be improved, especially in regression testing to ensure that new feature launches do not affect other features."
"If I were to review the service, it would be about paid functionalities, like implementing notifications, is easy, but debugging is not."
"The exploration of the functions within Firebase could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We are using the free version of Google Firebase."
"Pricing for Google Firebase is not so expensive, and if you're a start-up with a small amount of data, it will be quite cheap, and there's even a free tier that you can use. If you're doing a pilot with a reasonable amount of data, for example, just a few gigabytes, it's still on the free tier. If you increase the amount of data, Google Firebase pricing is still reasonable."
"They have a free tier that will cover most projects. For more intensive use, you pay as you use it, but the price is very cheap."
"Google Firebase’s pricing needs improvement."
"The pricing component is a bit confusing when it comes to what exactly you'll pay for, but I wouldn't say it's expensive."
"It is not easy to calculate the cost per copy, use or if the load rose dramatically we did not know how that would impact the final price."
"My company makes monthly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no additional costs apart from the licensing costs attached to the solution."
"My company makes very minimal payments toward the licensing costs of the solution."
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University
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Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
8%
 

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