We're somewhat similar to GoInstant (not so much Hoodie) but the difference is we're building out a platform with a lot of features to help make development eas

We're somewhat similar to GoInstant (not so much Hoodie) but the difference is we're building out a platform with a lot of features to help make development easier as well as faster. You can connect your app up to Github or Dropbox to sync your code on the fly, for example. Or, you can use our environments feature to create a clone of your production code to work on new features in a sandbox. We've got some unique features, such the ability to connect with other cloud apps' API's such as Xero, Spotify or Twitter in your client-side app. In the future, we'll also have Billing API's so you can quickly charge your app's customers, a search API for client-side apps so that Google can index them correctly and are looking at building out a marketplace so developers are able to on-sell their apps to others too. Firebase's offering is similar to our Data API, but the differentiation is that we've built out a number of other features around it that are complementary and add value for developers, as well as offering hosting for them.