Google Firebase vs VMware Cloud Foundation comparison

Google and Broadcom are both solutions in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category. Google is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4, while Broadcom is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.2. Google holds a 2.6% mindshare in ISI, compared to Broadcom’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

Google Firebase and VMware Cloud Foundation compete in the cloud services category. Google Firebase seems to have the upper hand in user-friendliness and mobile app integration, while VMware Cloud Foundation excels in enterprise capabilities and integration with various platforms.

Features: Google Firebase offers a real-time database, seamless mobile app integration, and built-in analytics that simplify backend tasks, making it particularly appealing for mobile developers. VMware Cloud Foundation provides robust automation, advanced lifecycle management, and scalable infrastructure options, which are ideal for managing complex enterprise environments.

Room for Improvement: Google Firebase could enhance logging capabilities, improve its function controls, and offer better SQL query support. VMware Cloud Foundation has room to improve its upgrade processes, offer more flexible integration, and address pricing complexities as identified in user reviews.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Firebase is noted for its easy deployment in public cloud environments, supported by comprehensive documentation and community support. VMware Cloud Foundation, while versatile in hybrid and on-premises environments, faces challenges related to technical support and documentation during deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Google Firebase provides cost-effective solutions with a generous free tier and reasonable pay-as-you-go pricing model, favored by startups for low initial expenses. VMware Cloud Foundation is viewed as an expensive but worthwhile investment for larger enterprises despite concerns over high licensing costs. Its integrated approach offers potential for significant long-term ROI.

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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

6.7

Google Firebase is cost-effective for large apps, with valuable features and manageable for small teams, despite some expenses.

Sentiment score

5.7

VMware Cloud Foundation promises future returns with potential savings, despite high costs, through increased efficiency and stability.

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VMware Cloud Foundation allows cost and time savings by quickly deploying infrastructure requests and integrating automatic ticketing and backup services.

Muneer-Hussain

Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank

In terms of ROI, although VMware Cloud Foundation is expensive, it saves time in most cases, which indirectly saves costs for users.

Mangesh Parjane

Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.1

Users rarely need support due to excellent documentation and community resources, but views on direct support vary.

Sentiment score

7.0

VMware Cloud Foundation's support is generally responsive and professional, but some users seek improvements in speed and issue resolution.

If the community doesn't have the answers, then I contact the Google Firebase team directly.

Ariel Mondejar

IT specialist at CUADRO OCHO INC

I do not currently find any other competitors that match its offering.

El Yusron

DIV head at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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There are times when support is unclear, and even VMware support personnel may lack familiarity with certain parts, causing difficulties.

Mangesh Parjane

Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.

Based on my nine years of experience with VMware, I would evaluate their technical support as effective.

Narasimha Reddy Illuri

VMware Administrator at Infosys

The technical support from VMware Cloud Foundation deserves a nine out of ten rating.

MONICA I.

Cyber Security Analyst at Amdari

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.8

Firebase is scalable and flexible, though some users face challenges with pricing and configuration as usage increases.

Sentiment score

7.8

VMware Cloud Foundation offers excellent scalability, adaptable for various businesses, though dependent on licensing and hardware configurations.

It can handle all tiers of the market effectively.

El Yusron

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.

Sameer Kulkarni

Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I would rate the scalability of Google Firebase as eight because I miss some features from MS SQL, particularly the SQL functions.

Ariel Mondejar

IT specialist at CUADRO OCHO INC

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When more hosts are added, performance goes slow.

Abid_Ali

Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems

VMware Cloud Foundation supports scalability and company growth.

Muneer-Hussain

Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank

VMware Cloud Foundation is quite scalable, receiving a rating of eight and a half to nine out of ten.

Mangesh Parjane

Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.0

Google Firebase is praised for its stability and reliability, with minor concerns about downtime and performance by some users.

Sentiment score

7.7

VMware Cloud Foundation is stable and reliable, with high performance and minimal issues, despite some migration complexities.

In our company, we have prototypes on Google Firebase and productions on AWS Cloud.

Sameer Kulkarni

Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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The stability of VMware Cloud Foundation is very high.

Abid_Ali

Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems

If one component fails to operate in a timely manner, the entire infrastructure can go down because everything is interconnected.

Mangesh Parjane

Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.

I am currently satisfied with the stability of VMware Cloud Foundation, though having started only two to three months ago, I am still in the monitoring phase.

Narasimha Reddy Illuri

VMware Administrator at Infosys

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Room For Improvement

Users want improved control, logging, queries, pricing, support, interface, documentation, and integration for better Cloud Function performance.

VMware Cloud Foundation requires improved integration, security, user-friendly features, better pricing, and enhanced support, especially post-Broadcom acquisition.

Since Google Firebase is a NoSQL platform, areas for improvement include enhancing query functionalities to be more equivalent to SQL, like MS SQL.

Ariel Mondejar

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.

El Yusron

DIV head at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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VMware Broadcom needs to include auto resource allocation at the VM levels.

Abid_Ali

Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems

The maintenance cost has increased significantly, especially after Broadcom acquired VMware, with a shift from socket-based licensing to core-based licensing.

Muneer-Hussain

Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank

Each user needs deep knowledge of every aspect of virtualization.

Mangesh Parjane

Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.

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Setup Cost

Google Firebase offers a free tier and scalable pricing, but users should carefully manage costs due to potential fluctuations.

VMware Cloud Foundation is costly but valued for comprehensive features, despite post-acquisition price hikes; bundles offer savings.

They could have implemented credits based on usage so that users would be able to easily calculate the pricing and provide it to customers.

Sameer Kulkarni

Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Google Firebase offers a reasonable pricing structure.

El Yusron

DIV head at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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The cost has become very high, especially after Broadcom's acquisition, altering the licensing model to a more expensive core-based system.

Muneer-Hussain

Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank

When comparing prices of both clouds, AWS is cheaper because they offer a free section for practice.

MONICA I.

Cyber Security Analyst at Amdari

The price is quite higher than some other vendors.

Abid_Ali

Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems

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Valuable Features

Firebase excels with real-time database, authentication, cloud functions, push notifications, and scalability, ideal for rapid app development.

VMware Cloud Foundation offers scalable automation, disaster recovery, and seamless management, enhancing operational efficiency and infrastructure modernization.

What I appreciate most about Google Firebase is the speed, accuracy, and security it offers.

Ariel Mondejar

IT specialist at CUADRO OCHO INC

It allows for pre-launch testing without publishing it on Google Play right away.

El Yusron

DIV head at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

A real-time database.

Sameer Kulkarni

Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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The solution now offers auto-deployment of VMs.

Narasimha Reddy Illuri

VMware Administrator at Infosys

All features of VMware Cloud Foundation are valuable to us, as it covers every industry standard protocol and requirement protocol.

Abid_Ali

Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems

VMware Cloud Foundation allows for extensive customization, aligning with our customer requirements.

Muneer-Hussain

Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank

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Categories and Ranking

Google Firebase

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware Cloud Foundation

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Firebase is 2.6%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Cloud Foundation is 1.6%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Google Firebase	2.6%
VMware Cloud Foundation	1.6%
Other	95.8%

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

Featured Reviews

Sameer Kulkarni

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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Narasimha Reddy Illuri

VMware Administrator at Infosys

There is progress in performance and stability, but further advancements are needed for end-user satisfaction

VMware Cloud Foundation's best features include its advanced capabilities, security purposes, and performance levels. The solution offers efficient licensing options. Previously, vSphere essential was available, but now it has moved to VMware Cloud Foundation 8.0. It includes advanced features such as lifecycle manager, patching level, and cluster level patching options. The solution now offers auto-deployment of VMs. Previously, I had to use the content library, right-click, and create VMs manually. With VMware Cloud Foundation, auto-deployment is possible by simply right-clicking and assigning a specific DHCP IP, enabling physical to vCenter level communication for automatic VM deployment. The workload portability feature in VMware Cloud Foundation provides good workload balance. For instance, in a cluster level with four to five ESXi hosts, each host has minimum resources allocated for CPU and memory, resulting in significantly reduced utilization at the VMware Cloud Foundation level.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

University

11%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	27

Questions from the Community

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...

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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...

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What do you like most about Google Firebase?

Google Analytics for Firebase is the best feature of the solution.

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What do you like most about VMware Cloud Foundation?

VMware Cloud Foundation provides us with the vSphere dashboard through which we can manage, monitor, schedule, and spin up your virtual machines. We can manage, monitor, and get reports of your inf...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Foundation?

The price for VMware Cloud Foundation is not cheap, as the market is competitive with AWS cloud. When comparing prices of both clouds, AWS is cheaper because they offer a free section for practice....

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What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Foundation?

In VMware Cloud Foundation, areas that have room for improvement include the experience between VMware Cloud Foundation and the cloud. I prefer working with the cloud due to my study with the archi...

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Overview

Google Firebase is a stable, reliable, and scalable mobile platform that enables you to quickly develop apps, accelerate them, and monitor their performance.

With Google Firebase You Can

Build and run successful apps
Scale globally
Monitor app quality and performance with little effort
Boost user engagement

Google Firebase Features:

Crashlytic
Automatic updates
Fast and easy deployment
Access to Cloud Firestore
Multi-platform sign-in authentication
Flexible drop-in UI
Real-time database
Remote configuration
Firebase machine learning
Cloud messaging
Advanced message targeting
Push messages
Error monitoring

SDKs supported by Google Firebase:

Web SDK
iOS SDK
Android SDK
Admin SDK

Benefits of Google Firebase:

Fast implementation: Google Firebase makes it possible for you to set up your authentication system quickly, using minimal code.
Comprehensive security: With Google Firebase, your systems remain secured; It is backed by Google Sign-in, Chrome Password Manager, and also Smart Lock.
Machine learning capabilities: Firebase offers machine learning capabilities that help you deploy and train custom models.
Eliminate the need to manage servers: Because Google Firebase offers cloud functions, it enables you to run your mobile backend code without having to also manage your servers.
Authentication for any platform: Google’s Firebase authentication makes the sign-in process easier by providing an end-to-end identity solution that works with any platform.
Customized notifications: With cloud messaging, you can customize alerts, defining how and when they are sent, what sounds they should make, and can also select the expiration date for each message. In addition, it gives you the ability to track custom conversion events.
Fast and secure web hosting: Firebase makes it possible for you to have easy and secure web hosting with fast content delivery. Firebase hosting also provides free SSL certificates.
Cloud storage: With Google Firebase you have access to cloud storage that supports robust uploads and downloads, can handle user-generated content, and provides simple and intuitive access control.
Developer-friendly: Developers prefer to use Firebase because it lets them focus on creating frontend code for mobile applications rather than having to concentrate on backend code.

Reviews from Real Users

PeerSpot user Nilakshi S., technical team lead at AuthentiCode says, “The solution is very stable and very reliable. There aren't any bugs or glitches.”

"What I like most about Google Firebase is that it's one of the easier options to host a website or app quickly," says Craig F., application development manager at a financial services firm.

A senior developer at a consultancy says, “The documentation for Google Firebase is great. Also, what I like about it is the integration to Android, which is the reason I went with Firebase.”

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VMware Cloud Foundation makes it easy to deploy and run a hybrid cloud. VMware Cloud Foundation provides integrated cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, and security) and cloud management services to run enterprise applications in both private and public environments.

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