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Some good Firebase alternatives: https://parse.com/ https://parse.com/ - freemium http://backendless.com/ http://backendless.com/ - freemium http://www.kinve

by niutech 12y ago

Some good Firebase alternatives: https://parse.com/ https://parse.com/ - freemium http://backendless.com/ http://backendless.com/ - freemium http://www.kinvey.com/ http://www.kinvey.com/ - freemium http://deployd.com/ http://deployd.com/ - open source http://firehose.io/ http://firehose.io/ - open source http://www.baasbox.com/ http://www.baasbox.com/ - open source https://www.meteor.com/ https://www.meteor.com/ - open source

morgante 12y ago
Most of the Freemium options seem to be targeted at either (a) mobile apps or (b) enterprises (their homepages clearly target executives/managers, not developers). They seem to want to own your whole stack. We have an existing app, with just a small bit that needs to be realtime. Firebase is the perfect solution, so it's really a shame that their future isn't bright. As for the open source solutions, I specifically want to pay someone money to solve this for us. We've been running ShareJS, but it's annoying to maintain and fix.
- tfb 12y ago
  https://www.loggur.com https://www.loggur.com is like Firebase on steroids, though only launched a few weeks ago. There is a lot to come: first thing being proper documentation for the REST API behind Loggur (should developers prefer to talk directly to it), and then hopefully huge strides in usability. But we need tons of feedback for the latter!
- jkarneges 12y ago
  (Disclaimer: I work for Fanout) If you want to add realtime to an existing project that already has a database, then I suggest checking out Fanout ( https://fanout.io/ https://fanout.io/ ). We intentionally don't want to own your whole stack, and we've opened our code and protocols so that you're never trapped. Would love to get your feedback.
- reshambabble 12y ago
  Parse actually seems pretty developer-focused. So does Syncano, except their free tier is limited. I believe they're changing that, though. Pubnub, Kinvey, etc. all seem to target more enterprise clients.
reshambabble 12y ago
Also: http://www.syncano.com http://www.syncano.com (freemium) http://www.pubnub.com http://www.pubnub.com (freemium) http://www.socket.io http://www.socket.io (open source)

by niutech 12y ago

morgante 12y ago

Most of the Freemium options seem to be targeted at either (a) mobile apps or (b) enterprises (their homepages clearly target executives/managers, not developers). They seem to want to own your whole stack. We have an existing app, with just a small bit that needs to be realtime. Firebase is the perfect solution, so it's really a shame that their future isn't bright. As for the open source solutions, I specifically want to pay someone money to solve this for us. We've been running ShareJS, but it's annoying to maintain and fix.

tfb 12y ago
https://www.loggur.com https://www.loggur.com is like Firebase on steroids, though only launched a few weeks ago. There is a lot to come: first thing being proper documentation for the REST API behind Loggur (should developers prefer to talk directly to it), and then hopefully huge strides in usability. But we need tons of feedback for the latter!
jkarneges 12y ago
(Disclaimer: I work for Fanout) If you want to add realtime to an existing project that already has a database, then I suggest checking out Fanout ( https://fanout.io/ https://fanout.io/ ). We intentionally don't want to own your whole stack, and we've opened our code and protocols so that you're never trapped. Would love to get your feedback.
reshambabble 12y ago
Parse actually seems pretty developer-focused. So does Syncano, except their free tier is limited. I believe they're changing that, though. Pubnub, Kinvey, etc. all seem to target more enterprise clients.

reshambabble 12y ago

Also: http://www.syncano.com http://www.syncano.com (freemium) http://www.pubnub.com http://www.pubnub.com (freemium) http://www.socket.io http://www.socket.io (open source)