Google Firebase vs Appwrite.io
These days, serverless application development is rising swiftly. With serverless application development, we can cut off the server maintenance cost and time, which is going to be very beneficial for lucrative software development.
Google provides it in the form of Google Firebase. Firebase allows you to develop the backend part of the application, hosting, database, and user authentication, and also allows you to use amazing features like Machine Learning in your application in very little time. It also provides you the analytics for your application like how many queries are sent to the database etc.
Firebase provides features in a limited quantity in its free tier. It only allows you to store 1 GB of data, and 10 GB of downloads per month, and you can only host 15 projects in the free tier. This is not instrumental for low-budget projects. And also it is not a very secure solution.
The best alternative for Firebase is Appwrite.io. It is a self-hosted and 100% open-source platform to provide the services that are provided by Firebase. It allows you to store data relatively larger in quantity for free. App write has a very vast community of around 30,000 developers, 10,000 stars on GitHub, and 242 contributors.
If we compare the database services, Google Firebase only provides NoSQL database in the form of JSON API which may cause several drawbacks when migrating a large amount of structured data. Using Appwrite, you can also use a MySQL database, as well as the NoSQL database.
But the integration of Firebase is way easier than Appwrite. You need CLI and docker’s knowledge to install Appwrite to your system or project. While Firebase provides a simple CDN that makes it very easier for the newbies.
Also, the performance of Firebase is considered faster than other cloud solutions. Its faster speed and responsiveness make it stand out in the list of dozens of serverless solutions. Its real-time database is dramatically fast, which is often recommended to be used in blockchain websites, stock exchanges, etc.
Firebase also provides a machine learning kit that is not present in the App write. The machine learning kit allows you to use modern data science techniques and provide a better customer experience according to their interests without much knowledge in ML.
Another bigger plus point for Firebase is that it is backed by the tech giant Google, which makes it more trustable when storing sensitive information.
In conclusion, we can say if you need more storage and have budget constraints, go for app write, but if you need security, performance, and better customer engagement tools, then Firebase is the right choice.
