Firebase

An app development platform backed by Google

5.0•198 reviews•

2.2K followers

An app development platform backed by Google

5.0•198 reviews•

2.2K followers

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Authentication & identity tools

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Databases and backend frameworks

An app development platform that helps you build and grow apps and games users love. Backed by Google and trusted by millions of businesses around the world.

Firebase Reviews

The community submitted 198 reviews to tell us what they like about Firebase, what Firebase can do better, and more.

5.0

Based on 198 reviews

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Founder feedback is emphatic: the makers of

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praise Firebase for fast iteration, reliable auth, and Google-backed scale, often running entire backends with minimal DevOps. Builders highlight strong docs, real-time capabilities, and a generous free tier. Users echo ease of launching and cross-platform APIs. Critiques surface around Firestore’s no-joins modeling, read limits, dashboard analytics friction, and perceived complexity from tighter Google Cloud coupling and billing anxiety. Overall sentiment: outstanding velocity and stability, with caveats on complexity and data modeling trade-offs.

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Pros

authentication (23)

scalable backend (23)

real-time database (19)

analytics (10)

fast performance (10)

easy setup (9)

Firestore (5)

cloud storage (4)

Crashlytics (3)

Google Cloud integration (3)

Cons

complex setup (2)

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•1 review

I've used Firebase for several years with great success and extremely low costs. Their APIs work for native and web with frequent updates!

What's great

free tier (2)

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3yr ago

•12 reviews

While Firebase has many strengths, I find it notably challenging, if not impossible, to create diagrams for tracking KPIs directly in the platform. The need to constantly reapply filters is not the most efficient way to monitor important metrics. Furthermore, I'm somewhat skeptical about the accuracy of the tracking data, which sometimes seems less precise than expected. Despite these issues, I must commend the excellent features like Authentication and Firestore that Firebase provides. These tools are fantastic and greatly simplify many aspects of app development and data handling. They certainly add significant value to the platform and make it a powerful tool for developers. I look forward to seeing how Firebase evolves to address these feedback points in future updates.

What's great

authentication (23)Firestore (5)

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•3 reviews

Perfect when starting new projects, it has many features which take hours to build if you were to do them yourself. I was able to launch products which would never see the light of day just because of how fast working with Firebase is.

What's great

fast performance (10)

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2yr ago

•1 review

its ok... not very beginner-friendly. It asks you for a justification when you create more than 5 projects... I did so because I was unsure about my Auth system, so had to remake things- it sent me an email asking why I require more space

What needs improvement

complex setup (2)

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•1 review

It's incredible how complex Firebase has become, because of the link with Google Cloud. Firebase used to be an easy solution, but it's all soo overly complex that I don't trust any of it. Maybe I will suddenly get a large bill because I made a mistake, or the configuration is bad. It's really annoying. The service has gone from an easy to use cloud solution to a complete mess of configuration annoyances, security angst, complex issues. The documentation is overly complex. You loop around in al the options. And everything refers to Google Cloud again. Nothing is easy with Firebase anymore. It has become a little glue on top of GC, nothing more. It's a mess

What needs improvement

complex setup (2)complex documentation (1)Google Cloud integration (1)

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1 view1yr ago

•7 reviews

It is a very logical tool for writing very fast, especially when connecting and writing from different sources, it is very fluid. However, even in the paid plan, the limits on reading data are sometimes annoying. There should be plans to be able to draw more data or the process should be streamlined.

What's great

fast performance (10)

What needs improvement

real-time database (1)

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1 view1yr ago

•1 review

Using Firebase has been a fantastic experience! The real-time database and easy authentication make it incredibly straightforward to build and scale applications. I appreciate the detailed documentation, which helped me get up to speed quickly. Plus, the integration with other Google services is a major bonus. It allows me to focus on creating rather than managing servers. If you’re looking to streamline your development process, I highly recommend giving Firebase a try!

What's great

authentication (23)real-time database (19)Google Cloud integration (3)

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1 view1yr ago

•10 reviews

Despite these issues, I must commend the excellent features like Authentication and Firestore that Firebase provides. These tools are fantastic and greatly simplify many aspects of app development and data handling. They certainly add significant value to the platform and make it a powerful tool for developers. I look forward to seeing how Firebase evolves to address these feedback points in future updates.

What's great

authentication (23)Firestore (5)

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12mo ago

•4 reviews

Firestore’s lack of relational joins can be tricky did you ever feel like your data model had to change just to fit Firebase’s limitations?

What needs improvement

Firestore (1)

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1 view7mo ago