We performed a comparison between Google Firebase and Linode based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scalability is good."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Allows us to create functions without any infrastructure apart from the Google App Engine."
"The most beautiful feature of Google Firebase is that it gives you a lot of functionalities out of the box, without you having to develop or having to complete a solution. For example, identity management is integrated, and security is out of the box, particularly security for the user and the ability of each user to see his data. I also like that Google Firebase has a really good performance and is comparable to MongoDB. It's on the same level, and sometimes, it's on an even higher level than MongoDB. Other functions that Google Firebase has that I find valuable include information dissemination, mail automation, and SMS, available out of the box. Another valuable feature of the solution is that it allows you to develop some functionalities on the server side, so you can write JavaScript functions on the server side and use those functions quite easily. Google Firebase gives you almost a full backend environment out of the box without you having to do any deployments or a lot of administration because all administration is given out of the box."
"Google Firebase has a lot of services like storage, Firestore, and push notifications."
"The most valuable features of Google Firebase are its database, noSQL database, file storage, authentication, and notifications."
"This solution supports our real time database. We also use it for AB testing and for its Google Cloud functions. We make use of Crashlytics and reporting on details."
"We're able to use the solution in several processes."
"Generally speaking, I have not found any faults using Linode. For what we wanted, they provided a complete solution."
"The virtual machine configuration tool is very helpful for setting up a new server or for modifying an existing server."
"They have a very nice web interface to allow you to manage and reorganize your server."
"It is also important that Linode offers worldwide coverage via multiple data centers. The ability to deploy on multiple servers, worldwide, allows us to have distributed services and failover and redundancy."
"The most valuable feature is that they are flexible and easy to get ahold of if I need something."
"The ability to fire up a virtual machine, use it, and then kill it, is quite a valuable feature for me."
"When I started using Linode, I found its functionality easy to navigate, user-friendly and responsive to my needs. It provides clear reminders about services I'm not using, like DNS zones, which I appreciate."
"I very much like the support that you get, and I think that it's excellent."
"One of the challenges I was facing when I was using it was the library called Google Dialogflow which allows you to connect your chatbot with an intent. So there is so much adding when you are trying to connect it with your service because you have to do a lot of repetition writing a new intent, putting it step by set so it is good to escape. I believe it should be flexible and dedicate the intents based on the relating and to write a lesser code when doing that."
"Google Firebase could improve the ability to create our own reports, other than what's available on the dashboard. For example, if we want to customize the report or export the data, this is a large task."
"Their technical support needs to be enhanced with more support for customers."
"We use Firebase for media processing and we are growing more. As we grow, the pricing goes high and it's high compared to competitors. The solution is expensive."
"The solution could improve by providing an improved SDK tool and automatic indexing for databases."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"There was no way of knowing how the rise in traffic would impact the price."
"Google Firebase's app testing feature for Android, where you can upload your APK, needs improvement because it's not working very well."
"It would be helpful if they provided the additional Linux distributions that I prefer using. But there is still a workaround. I can do it without direct support. It's a bit more complicated, but it can still be done."
"The only improvement in this aspect of the service which I can think of is perhaps a pool of developers who could be hired for those cases where the need goes beyond the support offered."
"Before they changed the dashboard, I found some of the more granular options easier to find."
"They recently changed the web interface and although the older one did not look as good, the new one is less responsive."
"I'm not sure what could be improved at Linode since they're likely already making enhancements, especially with the Akamai acquisition and, I don't have any specific suggestions as I haven't encountered any major issues. I might consider using API for managing DNS records, but overall, I'm satisfied with Linode."
"There is no notification from the company regarding upgrades."
"Our primary concern is always the latency."
"The suitability of this solution depends on the features that you need. If you're an Uber-sized company then you're probably not going to want to start using Linode. If you are a large-sized organization then you're going to want to start using one of the bigger providers that gives you the scalability and the feature set that you are probably going to be needing in the future."
Google Firebase is ranked 4th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 32 reviews while Linode is ranked 6th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 27 reviews. Google Firebase is rated 8.4, while Linode is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Google Firebase writes "An application development solution that has a lot of services like storage, Firestore, and push notifications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Linode writes "Straightforward to set up, helpful support, and the Object Storage is useful for system backups". Google Firebase is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, DigitalOcean and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), whereas Linode is most compared with Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Cloudflare and HashiCorp Nomad. See our Google Firebase vs. Linode report.
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