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.
VMware Cloud Foundation allows cost and time savings by quickly deploying infrastructure requests and integrating automatic ticketing and backup services.
In terms of ROI, although VMware Cloud Foundation is expensive, it saves time in most cases, which indirectly saves costs for users.
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.
There are times when support is unclear, and even VMware support personnel may lack familiarity with certain parts, causing difficulties.
The technical support from VMware is very good.
Our technical support team is capable of providing support on the operating system side.
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.
When more hosts are added, performance goes slow.
VMware Cloud Foundation supports scalability and company growth.
In terms of scalability, I also rate VMware Cloud Foundation as an eight out of ten.
The stability of VMware Cloud Foundation is very high.
If one component fails to operate in a timely manner, the entire infrastructure can go down because everything is interconnected.
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.
Each user needs deep knowledge of every aspect of virtualization.
VMware Broadcom needs to include auto resource allocation at the VM levels.
VMware Cloud Foundation is complex, and there are always updates regarding security features, accessibility, and the user interface.
Google Firebase offers a reasonable pricing structure.
The cost has become very high, especially after Broadcom's acquisition, altering the licensing model to a more expensive core-based system.
The price is quite higher than some other vendors.
VMware Cloud Foundation is quite expensive when compared to its competitors, but it does save time, which in turn saves money.
What I appreciate most about Google Firebase is the speed, accuracy, and security it offers.
These features are invaluable for mobile development and ensuring smooth internal operations.
VMware Cloud Foundation is its ability to manage everything from a single console, including network, virtualization, and storage management.
It includes virtualization hardware as compute using vSphere, storage virtualization, network virtualization, and automation all combined in a single solution.
VMware Cloud Foundation allows for extensive customization, aligning with our customer requirements.
Google Firebase is a stable, reliable, and scalable mobile platform that enables you to quickly develop apps, accelerate them, and monitor their performance.
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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.”
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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