For
mobile app developers, picking and choosing a server or cloud
solution for things like storage, push notifications, user
information and analytics can be a struggle.
We have few servers like parse, firebase and more which helps us in
doing all the job of backend without writing a single line of code.
We will compare Parse Vs Firebase in the post.
Heads up: you're comparing apples to
oranges. Tools belonging to different groups are often not directly
comparable because they usually have different intended purposes,
benefits and need.
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|
Firebase |
Parse |
Description |
Real-time
cloud data service
|
Complete
technology stack for building mobile apps
|
Storage |
NoSQL
|
SQL
|
Setup |
Easy
|
Easy
|
Documentation |
Great Documentation
|
Well documented
|
Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Supports |
Android/iOS/REST/Web
|
Android/iOS/REST/Web/PHP/.NET
and more
|
Authentication |
Firebase
makes authentication easy. It can integrate with your existing
login server, or authenticate users with only client-side code. It
has built-in functionality for email & password, and
third-party providers such as Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, and
Google.
|
Users
can be created through traditional username/password signup,
through a third-party login system like Facebook or Twitter, or
even by using Parse's automatic
anonymous users functionality.
|
Offline/Local Data Storage |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Analytics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Security & Rules |
Yes
|
Yes
|
File Storage |
No
|
Yes
|
Push Notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Realtime Communcation |
Yes
|
No
|
Crash Reporting |
No
|
Yes
|
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