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  • Name: Nizi D.
    Job Title: UI Designer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
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    A simple backend by Google.

    Date: Aug 13 2021

    Summary: Overall, Firebase is a beginner-friendly backend for application developers. It allows the user to deploy authentication quickly and easily.

    Positive: - Firebase allows the beginner application developer to use a backend that does not require relational database queries to use it.
    - Applying authentication in the application cannot get easier than this, Firebase lets the user add various types of authentication in a simple manner.
    - The SDK is stable and have a well-written documentation with a large community support.

    Negative: - It works perfectly fine in every situation and is an ideal backend solution for beginners, the only lacking is that the analytics is not 100% accurate all the time.

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  • Name: Kaif Y.
    Job Title: Server Engineer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
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    All round backend solution for mobile apps.

    Date: Jul 29 2021

    Summary: Overall, Firebase can be used as an easy alternative for traditional backend by beginners or programmers who want a simple backend solution for their application.

    Positive: - Firebase is a No-SQL database that is pretty easy to operate and use.
    - It supports remote configuration, push notifications and provides detailed crash log.
    - Various types of authentication can be implemented on the mobile application with ease.

    Negative: - Analytics are sometimes not 100% accurate.
    - The customer support is unreachable.

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  • Name: Asif A.
    Job Title: DevOps Engineer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
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    More than just a Database.

    Date: Jul 26 2021

    Summary: Overall, Firebase is a backend alternative from Google, it provides all the basic features of a typical backend in addition with some unique features like various types of authentication.

    Positive: - Firebase provides a real-time backend environment, that too with an easy-to-use interface, making implementing backend effortless for beginners.
    - It is secure in terms of data security, being a tool from Google.
    - It makes implementing authentication of all kinds on applications a piece of cake.
    - Its console provide endless features, satisfying both beginners and experts.

    Negative: - The data explorer layout can be improved, by making it less complex.
    - There are some limitations in free version like number of simultaneous connections.

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  • Name: Ali S.
    Job Title: Android Developer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
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    Hassle-Free Database for Developers.

    Edited: Jul 13 2021

    Summary: Overall, Firebase is a database solution by Google that can be the best option for beginners and front end developers wanting to deploy authentication and other backend features without having to code.

    Positive: - Firebase can be used to integrate authentication on the application in a straightforward manner.
    - Firebase can be most suitable for front-end developers who want to use databases without any backend knowledge.
    - It has all the database features that can be used easily because of the straightforward layout.

    Negative: - The only con in using Firebase as a backend database is that it is not feasible for large scale applications because of a lack of customization.

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  • Name: Faraz M.
    Job Title: Flutter Developer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
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    A seamless database experience.

    Date: Jul 03 2021

    Summary: Overall, Firebase is an easy to use and manage database solution, especially for beginners who are getting started.

    Positive: - Firebase provides real-time push notifications.
    - The data that gets structured on Firebase is organized in a simple and easy to understand layout for the user.
    - The free version provides more than enough features to get started.

    Negative: - It does not allow data export from the Firebase to a data visualization tool directly.

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  • Name: Swaraj K.
    Job Title: Technical Lead
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
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    Real-Time Database Solution.

    Date: Jun 29 2021

    Summary: Overall, Firebase provides a reliable and secure database by which various authenticate can be deployed. it also provides real-time analytics and pushes notifications.

    Positive: - It is fairly easy to set up and configure.
    - There are various ways to deploy authentication like Google, text and Facebook.
    - The free version provides almost all the premium features.

    Negative: - It is not suitable for relational databases and complex queries.

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  • Name: Maira S.
    Job Title: Full stack Android developer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Administrator
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
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    Fire up your application

    Date: May 25 2021

    Summary: If you are new in development you can use it pre made features which does not requires a lot of coding.
    It is secure, reliable.
    Cloud services are also there.

    Positive: You can add challenging features in you application with no time with Firebase.
    You can have add its extremely secure servers.
    It can be use to implement high level machine learning features.
    You can pay as you need the services.

    Negative: You need give a lot of time to learn about every tool.
    It is in developing phase, many features are in beta.

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  • Name: Ramsha K.
    Job Title: Photographer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
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    Organization Size: 1 - 25
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    Seamless backend Platform for Mobile Applications.

    Date: Mar 23 2021

    Summary: Overall, Google Firebase provides a platform for backend works of the application. It is very easy to set up and has a very low learning curve.

    Positive: 1. It provides real-time authentication and data synchronization.
    2. It provides cloud functions that further help with the API automation for the application.
    3. You can run a beta test and see crash logs and analytics.

    Negative: 1. It could be very expensive for big data applications.
    2. You will have to create separate projects for android and ios.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Marketeer
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
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    A great cloud tool for SMBs and startups

    Date: Aug 07 2020

    Summary: I believe Firebase can definitely be the best first database platform you use. It's easy to learn, easy to teach, and easy to deploy all by yourself.

    Positive: - Firebase has everything a developer starting out to develop his/her platform might need and it makes it so easy to get started.
    - Easy to train the team on Firebase when compared to other services.

    Negative: - Huge companies with large technology requirements for their services might not love Firebase over something like Google cloud.
    - Lack of features that allow you to select data with identifier keys.

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