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."What I like most about Google Firebase is that it's one of the easier options to host a website or app quickly."
"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."
"Its simplicity makes it quite handy for my needs in app development."
"Allows us to create functions without any infrastructure apart from the Google App Engine."
"The scalability is good."
"The most valuable features of Google Firebase have been Analytics, Remote Config, and Crashlytics. Additionally, a lot of companies have used push notifications which is important. There is little maintenance required."
"It's stable."
"The most valuable feature of Google Firebase authentication and deployment."
"The fact that you can get a person on the phone has just been fantastic."
"The ability to fire up a virtual machine, use it, and then kill it, is quite a valuable feature for me."
"They have a very nice web interface to allow you to manage and reorganize your server."
"The most valuable feature is that they are flexible and easy to get ahold of if I need something."
"Linode offers cost-effective pricing, and it enables me to swiftly deploy my services."
"The virtual machine configuration tool is very helpful for setting up a new server or for modifying an existing server."
"The fact that you can do any Linux distribution is great. You can try out any Linux distribution, even some of the more obscure ones, and they are always keeping them up-to-date. As soon as a new distribution comes out, it is on the platform pretty much the same day, which I find really helpful."
"The most valuable feature is the domain settings page."
"I would prefer Google Firebase to focus more on its integration capabilities since it is an area in the solution with certain shortcomings."
"I would like to have a facility for testing possible scenarios by writing dummy data and then doing different queries."
"Google Cloud Functions (which is still a BETA version) needs to have more control over the uploaded functions. That is, it needs more options for controlling the functions itself."
"Integrations and extensions offered by the product are quite limited presently."
"The notifications must be made a little bit better."
"The solution could improve by providing an improved SDK tool and automatic indexing for databases."
"The UI for the realtime database could be simplified."
"Firebase's real-time information isn't technically real-time. It takes a while to upload user activity into the app. It's not as fast as Datadog, the other solution we use."
"There is no notification from the company regarding upgrades."
"It would be helpful if they offered a service where they handle the Linux security."
"There is room for improvement regarding customer support."
"The network between different servers isn't very good. I have to install additional solutions to link the servers with each other."
"I've had some difficulties with some of their IP addresses being banned by certain mail servers."
"I would like to see more seamless integration with backup, although it's pretty easy to do."
"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."
"It's not really an issue with Linode itself but upgrading Linux major versions can be challenging. It would be be fantastic if Linode developed a way to ease transitioning to a major new Linux upgrade."
Google Firebase is ranked 5th 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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