We compared Microsoft Azure and Google Firebase based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
In summary, Microsoft Azure is praised for its scalability, reliability, and wide range of services, with positive feedback on customer service, setup cost, and licensing. Google Firebase is valued for its integration with Google services, real-time database functionality, and ease of use, with commendations on customer service and pricing. The main differences lie in the specific features and advantages highlighted by users for each platform.
Features: Microsoft Azure is highly praised for its scalability, versatility, reliability, and extensive range of services. On the other hand, Google Firebase is valued for its seamless integration with other Google services, real-time database functionality, scalability, ease of use for beginners, and diverse set of development tools and APIs.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Microsoft Azure is considered commendable, with users mentioning the ease and simplicity of the installation process. In contrast, Google Firebase also offers a straightforward setup process with reasonable pricing options and flexible licensing agreements., Microsoft Azure has been praised for offering cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved scalability. Azure's diverse services and tools enable successful project implementation. On the other hand, Google Firebase efficiently manages and stores data, improves app performance, and effectively tracks user analytics. Its user-friendly interface and integration with other Google services contribute to a satisfactory ROI.
Room for Improvement: Microsoft Azure users have provided feedback on areas that require improvement, while Google Firebase users have identified several areas for improvement. These include better documentation and tutorials, enhanced interface customization, increased flexibility with data querying, improved error handling, and more comprehensive error messages.
Deployment and customer support: The user reviews for Microsoft Azure and Google Firebase show that there are varying time frames for deploying, setting up, and implementing new tech solutions. Some users mention separate time frames for deployment and setup with no clear consensus, while others treat deployment and setup as the same period., Microsoft Azure's customer service stands out for its responsiveness and expertise. Azure team promptly resolves technical issues with the help of comprehensive documentation. On the other hand, Google Firebase receives positive feedback for its prompt assistance, knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives, quick response times, and efficient troubleshooting. Overall, both products provide highly regarded customer service and support.
The summary above is based on 40 interviews we conducted recently with Microsoft Azure and Google Firebase users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"If there's data added to the solution, there's a good record of it so it's easy to track everything."
"The product is easy to use."
"It is a very stable solution."
"What I like most about Google Firebase is that it's one of the easier options to host a website or app quickly."
"Its initial setup process is easy."
"The most valuable feature I like is about the realtime. Updates are also very fast."
"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."
"The scalability is good."
"The most valuable features are the interface and customizability."
"The design of Microsoft Azure is for it to be scalable and it is scalable."
"In terms of scalability, it is perfect."
"We've got multiple tools on Azure, which is a very good feature of Azure. Our Palo Alto firewall and other things are hosted in Azure. We're using Sentinel as well, which is a security tool that is being used by our SOC teams. I've also used AWS, and I find Azure to be more Windows-driven. Although Azure is newer as compared to AWS, it is growing fast. Microsoft is working towards the betterment of Azure."
"The focus on security is excellent. We really appreciate that about the solution."
"With the Azure solution, you can get more value from your cloud investment no matter what your future goals are. It depends on your level of familiarity with the cloud you are using or with your computing. Azure helps you with every stage of the cloud."
"We are going to use Microsoft Azure to move some on-premise servers into the cloud so that our data can be held there."
"The time to market is fast compared back to the traditional on-premise hosting. That is one of the better things I can say because there is no need to worry. The Pack services will enable it to start immediately."
"There's always room for improvement in every product, and the major improvement that's needed in Google Firebase is its simplification, particularly for unsavvy users or non-technical users. If you're not tech-savvy, it would be very difficult for you to use the functions of the solution and understand its security rules. If you want even non-technical people to find it easy to use Google Firebase, it should be simplified because the difference between screen-derived management and code-derived management isn't complex, so simplification wouldn't be an issue."
"Firebase uses JSON, and the storage format is very different to that of SQL. This does not allow for easy migrations."
"Their technical support needs to be enhanced with more support for customers."
"The platform's bandwidth is quite expensive. Its price could be better."
"I would like to see faster data migration and some support for other languages in the next release."
"Integrations and extensions offered by the product are quite limited presently."
"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."
"The solution needs to offer capabilities to work offline. Like Firestore, we should be able to do insertion, updating, and deletion offline."
"I would recommend some enhancement regarding integration features."
"I would like to see this solution support integration."
"Ease of use could be improved."
"Price could always be better. The features come in quickly, so we're comfortable with the feature set that is available to us."
"Security could be better. Once there was an attack, and we couldn't get to the cloud to see the reports for about five hours."
"Any time you use a cloud service, there are increased security risks. If you want more security, you have to have private hosting."
"There are multiple DevOps solutions and tools available in Microsoft Azure, but most of the time they are either in the build mode, meaning you don't get complete support for them because they are either making changes, or changing the names of the particular services. Sometimes, services vanish from the portal. We are not able to see that. I think they actually change the names of the services."
"There are always new features to add in terms of additional indicators, improving the looks of the dashboard and stuff. There are some dashboards that are not attractive, we are looking to make them fancier and nice-looking."
Google Firebase is ranked 5th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 32 reviews while Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 299 reviews. Google Firebase is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4. 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 Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". Google Firebase is most compared with Amazon AWS, DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Alibaba Cloud and Linode, whereas Microsoft Azure is most compared with Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry, SAP Cloud Platform and Alibaba Cloud. See our Google Firebase vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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