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Google Cloud vs Google Firebase comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

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
6.9
Organizations benefit from Google Cloud by shortening project timelines and utilizing cost-free tools, achieving substantial time and cost savings.
Sentiment score
7.5
Users find Google Firebase cost-effective with valuable features, though they sometimes choose cheaper alternatives for specific services.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
Google Cloud's support is seen as competent but often criticized for slow response times and separate cost requirements.
Sentiment score
7.0
Google Firebase's clear documentation aids troubleshooting, with mixed feedback on direct support and users often relying on community forums.
I consider them good partners when it comes to support.
I do not currently find any other competitors that match its offering.
If the community doesn't have the answers, then I contact the Google Firebase team directly.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Google Cloud's scalability and Kubernetes integration enable effortless expansion, appealing to users despite cost considerations.
Sentiment score
6.9
Google Firebase is scalable with ease of integration but faces cost, performance, and configurability challenges for some users.
It can handle all tiers of the market effectively.
I would rate the scalability of Google Firebase as eight because I miss some features from MS SQL, particularly the SQL functions.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Google Cloud is praised for reliability, scoring high in stability, but some note rare service-specific issues compared to competitors.
Sentiment score
8.1
Google Firebase is praised for its stability, reliability, and transparency, though some seek improved process management.
 

Room For Improvement

Google Cloud needs improvements in usability, cost, support, integration, security, training, resources, language support, and service expansion.
Firebase needs improvements in control, pricing, support, speed, querying, customization, language support, UI, and integration capabilities.
Providing more hypervisors would be beneficial.
Since Google Firebase is a NoSQL platform, areas for improvement include enhancing query functionalities to be more equivalent to SQL, like MS SQL.
Automation testing with mobile devices could be improved, especially in regression testing to ensure that new feature launches do not affect other features.
 

Setup Cost

Google Cloud offers flexible pay-as-you-go pricing, but some users find it pricier than competitors like Azure and AWS.
Google Firebase offers a generous free tier and flexible pay-as-you-go model, though international costs can add up.
As far as I know, it is a little more expensive compared to other cloud options.
Google Firebase offers a reasonable pricing structure.
 

Valuable Features

Google Cloud offers powerful features like user-friendliness, scalability, security, and managed services, appealing to diverse developer and user needs.
Google Firebase offers real-time database, seamless integration, powerful analytics, scalability, and robust features for efficient app development and hosting.
If customers use different technologies within their environment, GCP cannot offer a full performance analysis covering all the disclosures.
What I appreciate most about Google Firebase is the speed, accuracy, and security it offers.
It allows for pre-launch testing without publishing it on Google Play right away.
 

Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
74
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (6th)
Google Firebase
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Cloud is 8.7%, up from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Firebase is 6.0%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

RaidHammouri - PeerSpot reviewer
Monitoring solution enhances cost efficiency with good internal tools
In terms of Google services, providing more hypervisors would be beneficial. Currently, in my region, they don't offer many services as they have just started. They have some local instances, yet improvements are needed in the tools and offers provided to customers. I currently only use, for example, a native hybrid. VMware is not available, and other hypervisors are still not there. They need to wait on that.
Shravan Revanna - PeerSpot reviewer
Simple to get started with and offers integration features in multiple programming languages
The product provides integration features in multiple languages, such as Python, JavaScript, Golang, and all other languages. Google Firebase has documentation, which might seem a bit confusing, but one with decent knowledge can easily explore and get started with Firebase quickly. Before jumping into any cloud infrastructure, the tool should analyze how much it would cost to run the database. Google Firebase provides a certain number of reads and writes per day, which is approximately 40,000 reads and writes. If there are more than 200 to 300 active users per day, there will be plenty of reads and writes to the database. In such a case, one can't use Google Firebase and has to upgrade to Spark, which is where it is based on usage. The tool is fairly simple to get started with. Utilize all the features can get very complicated. One must be a pretty good developer who has a lot of experience to be able to utilize the best features. It gets really complicated over time. The basic functionality and basic usage are easy to use and easy to get started. There are plenty of deprecated versions, and frequently upgrading them causes inconvenience. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
45%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
5%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
10%
Educational Organization
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Cloud?
Google Cloud is perceived as a cost-effective and user-friendly option, especially compared to AWS. The current affordability and ease of use make it suitable for medium-sized companies. While the ...
What needs improvement with Google Cloud?
In terms of Google services, providing more hypervisors would be beneficial. Currently, in my region, they don't offer many services as they have just started. They have some local instances, yet i...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud?
My platform offers a monitoring solution for the virtual machines hosted in GCP. GCP is one of the firms that I work with. For customers who use GCP as an infrastructure service, software as a serv...
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 do you like most about Google Firebase?
Google Analytics for Firebase is the best feature of the solution.
 

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