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There are two products - Realm Mobile Database[0] and Realm Mobile Platform[1]. The former is, as the HN post suggests, basically a database for mobile applica
by citruspi 10y ago
There are two products - Realm Mobile Database[0] and Realm Mobile Platform[1].
The former is, as the HN post suggests, basically a database for mobile applications which you can use in place of SQLite or as a key value store.
The latter combines the database software which runs on the mobile devices with the Realm Object Server[2] which runs server side to provide something like Firebase (disclaimer: I've used the Mobile Database but haven't used the Mobile Platform (and Object Server) yet).
[0]: https://realm.io/products/realm-mobile-database/ https://realm.io/products/realm-mobile-database/
[1]: https://realm.io/products/realm-mobile-platform/ https://realm.io/products/realm-mobile-platform/
[2]: https://realm.io/docs/realm-object-server https://realm.io/docs/realm-object-server
- lpga510 10y agoWhat are the differences with firebase? There must be something.
- bigfish24 10y agoThe biggest would be the Realm Mobile Platform is not a service, but a server-side application, Realm Object Server, that you can run on your own alongside the mobile client SDKs embedded in your apps. Another key difference, is that with our Node.js SDK you can create a level of integration with any existing backend infrastructure that would be harder with Firebase.