Google Firebase Reviews

I mainly use authentication, database, notifications, and remote config. Most of the key features of Firebase.

The authentication. It's a managed product that supports all types of authentication and has a generous free trial. They give a very big free credit to start with.

Firebase Analytics is good enough, but I prefer to use Google Analytics directly by inserting their tag in my code.

We don't use their app distribution product. It's okay, but not that useful.

They lack a SQL database. It would be great to have that feature added.

Like PlanetScale. They have a Firebase database as well as a real-time database, but no SQL database.

I have been using it for three to four years now. 

It's stable. No issues so far.

All students use it, especially for building side projects. Maybe not everyone uses all features, but Firebase authentication is widely used.

Firebase authentication is very scalable. But for the Firestore database, people say you can get a big bill when you scale up.

We didn't experience that because we didn't reach that scale, but their pricing plans indicate it can get very expensive.

Cloud Storage is good, but I switched to Cloudflare R2 because to the cheap pricing plans. However, at scale, Firestore can have issues with concurrent writes, like exceeding rate limits.

We did reach out to them for GCP, but not for Firebase. 

The initial setup is very easy. Even for a beginner. Their documentation is good, and there are a lot of helpful videos on YouTube.

The pricing plans indicate it can get very expensive.

I would definitely recommend it to others. It is very easy to learn. 

Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten.

I chose Google Firebase because it provides an easy way to authenticate. It offers a lot of authentication services and libraries. It is easier to use, allowing authentication directly from the front end without interacting with the back end. For more advanced use, it can also integrate with the back end. It supports most social logins and offers a free tier with features like email sending for sign-up confirmations and OTP authentication, which can be costly. The solution is user-friendly for developers and good for our company’s authentication needs across all applications.

The authentication features have made things a lot easier for our organization. About five years ago, developers had to create authentication systems from scratch. Now, services like Google Firebase provide secure and accurate authentication solutions. We can implement authentication quickly by following their documentation.

The customization options for password resetting are limited. The process requires additional steps and coding to make it user-friendly. While Google Firebase works well for the login page, password resetting and user verification redirect users to a separate interface, which is not very user-friendly.

I have been using the product for one and a half years. 

The solution is stable; only disruptions exist when the user does not confirm emails. 

My company has seven users. I rate the tool's scalability a seven out of ten. We had issues with scalability, particularly with configurability. Sometimes, we couldn't meet our expectations because the features provided were limited. For example, when sending customer emails, we had limited customization options.

I used open-source libraries before Google Firebase. 

The solution's deployment is easy for a front-end engineer. There are not many operations in the front end. 

I suggest reviewing the documentation and understanding the flow before starting development. It may seem complicated initially, but having a clear idea of the process will make implementation easier. Integrating one application into others becomes straightforward once you have one application set up. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

I use Google Firebase mainly for applications. Google Firebase has competitors like Supabase and PostgreSQL. Google Firebase has a lot of services like storage, Firestore, and push notifications. The solution also has a feature where you can change the parameters online. Other products in the market cannot compare with the many services Google Firebase provides for application development.

Also, the solution's deployment for the App Store is very easy with the swing Firebase. Mostly, 90% of people use Google Firebase because of its availability in many places. The solution is very fast, scalable, and dynamic. If you have a lot of clients, the solution will automatically scale up to the number of your clients.

Google Firebase's app testing feature for Android, where you can upload your APK, needs improvement because it's not working very well. It's not very easy because you can upload one version of your app and test it with different phones. Google needs to improve it because I tried it multiple times and found that manually testing the app works better and much faster.

Google should find a way to reduce the solution's read and write. For example, if you have a list of 100 clients for only one click, and if they read, it will be 100 reads, which is expensive. We could use a cache method, but it's still expensive. So Google should reduce the cost a bit. Like Supabase, Google Firebase can have SQL models so that we can have relational and non-relational databases at the same time. A relational database could be much cheaper in some cases.

I have been using Google Firebase since 2018.

Google Firebase is a very stable solution.

Google Firebase is a scalable solution.

Everyone uses Google Firebase because it is very easy to set up, run, and maintain. Even if you don't have a lot of experience in coding or the back end, you could deploy the solution in a very short time.

Google Firebase is an expensive solution.

Google Firebase is very fast and easy to use, but it's expensive. The solution is expensive because of the read-and-write feature. So, if you have a lot of clients and don't know how to optimize it in your app, it will cost you a lot. The solution is easy to set up, but you have to know how to read and write.

Google Firebase has a lot of services like push notifications and Firestore. For example, I once used AWS Amplify, and it's not easy to deploy. Apart from Supabase, which arrived last year in the market, Google Firebase does not have a lot of alternatives. However, the downside is that it's expensive. The solution has a special calculator, but it still is unclear how much it charges us for read and write functions.

Overall, I rate Google Firebase an eight out of ten.

We use Firebase primarily for storing user data, authentication data, and many more - like Apple authentication data, Google authentication data, Facebook authentication data, and storage of any authentication data in Firestore. 

We also use it for chat modules such as one-to-one or real-time chat using the real-time database.

Firebase has been very useful to us. We have been using Firebase for three years, and it has been beneficial as we can store user data efficiently. Additionally, the access to Firestore is very easy.

Firebase provides valuable features in the Flutter framework. We can use Firebase through the SDK. The provider like Firebase gives access to their database through Stream or FutureBuilder. The integration with Flutter is seamless, making it very easy to use.

There are many features in Firebase that we have not used. As we are a small team, we have only utilized some features, however, all those features have been very useful, and there is no problem.

We have been using Firebase for three years.

Stability is excellent, given that Firebase is a Google product.

The support from Google is highly responsive. We once encountered an incident where a developer mistakenly deleted the database. We emailed Google's support team, and they promptly recovered the full database for us.

Positive

I recommend Firebase to everyone looking to use any cloud database. It is worth using and very useful.

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

I am using Google Firebase as a real-time database for all my applications. It allows me to get data in real time with an automatically refreshable website, so there is no delay. Even if the data changes, my website automatically updates, even if it is open in a browser.

Google Firebase has helped my organization by providing a real-time database, which means I don't have to worry about delays and ensures automatic website updates. It also provides an easy way to manage user authentication with various providers like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.

The real-time database feature is the most valuable, allowing real-time feedback without needing to constantly poll the database. It enables real-time interactions similar to seeing cars moving on a map in real time.

There needs to be an easy way to duplicate a database. Currently, creating a copy of a database is a manual process, which could be improved with an option to automatically create another copy.

I have been working with Google Firebase for probably ten years.

From the point of view of reliability, Google Firebase works well with no issues.

In terms of scalability, Google Firebase handles it well. It automatically scales like YouTube when hosting video content, allowing millions of customers to stream the same content without any manual intervention.

I have not needed to contact Google support for Firebase. Whereas, I have contacted AWS support, which is really good, because I couldn't figure out certain things. For Google, I never needed the support.

Positive

I have used Google Cloud and AWS previously. Google Cloud is the cheapest and their free tier is very generous. Google Cloud has allowed me to run sites for years without any cost, unlike AWS which costs me even though it receives less traffic.

The setup process for Google Firebase is not difficult. I have looked it over and found that you don't have to know a lot to get started.

Google Cloud is the cheapest among the solutions I have used. Their free tier is very generous, allowing me to run sites with no cost.

I evaluated AWS and Azure before using Google Firebase.

I would recommend Google Firebase because it provides reliable and scalable solutions.

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

My team uses the solution for authentication and back-end server deployment.

The product is easy to use.

The product is not that cheap.

I have been using the solution for more than five years.

The tool’s stability is better than that of Azure. We did not have any issues with stability.

I rate the tool’s scalability an eight out of ten. We have 21 users. Few of them work remotely.

The user experience is good. The setup is easier than that of Alibaba Cloud.

The solution’s pricing is similar to that of AWS. The cheapest tool is Alibaba Cloud.

We use Amazon S3 most of the time. We also use Clerk and Alibaba ECS. Clerk is a one-stop solution for authentication. We do not have to develop anything for authentication. It’s very easy to attach an API for the customer to log in to Facebook. We have 19 different authentication styles. It is not very expensive. Our choice of solution depends on our customers’ requirements. Alibaba Cloud provides good support.

We use Google Analytics for marketing purposes. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

I use Analytics for Firebase, Firebase Cloud Messaging, and Firebase Crashlytics. I have also used Firebase Performance.

Google Analytics for Firebase is the best feature of the solution. Generally, for analytics, I must integrate GA4 for the web. Since Firebase supports analytics, I can now analyze on the same dashboard using Google Analytics. It is very useful for me. The notification services, Google Analytics, and Crashlytics are easy to use.

The notifications must be made a little bit better. Firebase Cloud Messaging doesn’t support non-dismissable notifications. I encountered some difficulties migrating the code from Firebase Cloud Storage to another DB.

I have been using the solution for three years and two months.

The product had bugs. I haven't found any bugs for the past one and a half years. There are conflicts with the Flutter text package while migrating to the latest Firebase version. It would be better if the problem were resolved.

The product is much more scalable compared to other solutions. I know 12 people in the organization who use the solution. Eight know the tool well and use it in different company projects.

I contacted support when I started using the solution. Now, I don’t need any support. The documentation is understandable.

The initial installation was easier after FlutterFire CLI was created. It was very useful to integrate the product. Before FlutterFire CLI, it was a little bit harder to integrate the tool into iOS.

The tool is affordable. The cost is a bit high compared to REST API. Some clients prefer REST API over Firebase.

I have deployed one project in the cloud. I have used some services of the solution for other use cases. The services similar to notification services, Google Analytics, and Crashlytics are not easy to use in other tools. I will recommend the solution if someone wants to use the notification services, Messaging, Analytics, and Crashlytics. However, I will not suggest if someone wants to use Firebase Cloud Storage.

The solution is difficult to learn if someone is just starting their career. If we get a little bit of guidance from a senior, it will be very easy. I number the patchwork for app versioning and deployment just like Android versioning. The first digit will be for batches from right to left, the second for major updates, and the third for a complete app version change. I increase the number by one for every build, patch it, and publish it. I use the same logic if I am deploying in Firebase.

Most of the applications I have worked on are e-commerce-based applications. The main requirement for clients in such applications is conversion rate. When a user interacts with a particular product, the client wants to know whether the user purchased the product or not. They want to know where the users lost interest and went away without making the payment. Google Analytics helped me fix such issues much better than any other product. I'm very happy with it.

Sometimes, I couldn't figure out how to fix issues when working on iOS. Suppose I’m just upgrading Firebase through workspace.yaml, sometimes, I may need to check whether the native version is supported. I will have to go through the documentation again. It will be much better if it is fixed by changing the version in workspace.yaml. Everything else works well.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Integrations and extensions offered by the product are quite limited presently. From an improvement perspective, the tool should try to increase the extensions it provides. I feel that Google is trying to improve in the area of the extensions it provides, but I feel that it would take time.

I have been using Google Firebase for four years.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

Considering the scope of the product's use in my company, I can't comment much on the tool's scalability.

Around 500 people in my company use the product.

There is no plan to increase product usage in our company.

I did not have the need to contact the product's support because the solution's documentation and FAQs help resolve problems. My company did not encounter any shoes, and because of this, we had to seek direct help from the support team.

The product's initial setup phase was simple and straightforward.

There is not much my company can do when it comes to the deployment part since our managed service providers use the SDKs provided by Google along with our company's keys for authentication purposes.

The solution is deployed on a managed cloud solution.

The solution can be deployed in five days.

The deployment phase can be done with the help of our company's in-house team, considering that it is a surprisingly easy process. Beginners who are new to the product can easily take care of the product's deployment phase.

Supabase can be considered a good option against Google Firebase.

Google Firebase is the first product my company used. My company had also done some research on Google products, after which we opted for Google Firebase. The product was able to cover most of our company's use cases. The product is also easy to use. My company did not have to look at the other services during our exploration research.

I use the solution for real-time data synchronization of applications. I use the tool to build native applications using React Native Firebase. Google Firebase integrates well with React Native Firebase. Google Firebase has me. It has a large online community, and it offers most of the features one would need to build an application.

Setting up Google Firebase for user authentication and management is quite straightforward and easy.

Tracking user engagement is possible with Google Firebase since it easily integrates with Google Analytics, and it is also easy to set it up inside applications. My company also uses Crashlytics, which is included in Google Firebase and is sometimes handy and useful.

There is nothing specific about how Firebase Cloud Messaging improves the way my company interacts with product users. My company uses the product since it easily fits into the stack of tools we use. The users don't feel anything about what our company does on the back end, and it also doesn't affect them.

Although my company has not experienced any bugs or crashes in production, we have tested the tool well enough. Once or twice, when there were crashes, reports from Firebase Crashlytics helped debug or pinpoint the location where the problem was and the reason why the problem arose.

Google Firebase has affected our company's uptime and scalability part since it has had a surprising impact on our development time. With the tool, my company is able to rapidly create prototype applications and roll them out for users for feedback, based on which we can make changes to improve the product.

The product helps my company to rapidly build prototypes for our projects and get inputs from our customers.

I rate the tool a ten out of ten.