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Google Firebase vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
Google Firebase is cost-effective, offers automation features, supports SMS, and is a valuable investment with positive ROI for many users.
Sentiment score
7.5
Users saw mixed ROI from OCI, with varying timescales for returns and benefits from cost management tools.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Google Firebase offers excellent documentation and community support, with responsive service reducing the need for direct contact.
Sentiment score
6.2
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's customer service is adequate, with mixed reviews on response time and support personalization needing improvement.
If the community doesn't have the answers, then I contact the Google Firebase team directly.
Oracle support is very friendly and provided free of cost.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Google Firebase is scalable with ease of use, but high costs and performance issues occur at larger scales.
Sentiment score
7.5
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers scalability for diverse users but faces criticism over manual scaling compared to competitors like AWS.
I would rate the scalability of Google Firebase as eight because I miss some features from MS SQL, particularly the SQL functions.
There are no issues with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's support for scalability demands.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Users highly rate Google Firebase for its stability, reliability, and security, despite minor issues with integration and downtime.
Sentiment score
8.0
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is highly stable with minimal issues, though some experience network problems during upgrades or customizations.
 

Room For Improvement

Google Firebase needs improvements in cloud function controls, pricing, SQL queries, real-time features, support, integrations, and user-friendliness.
OCI should enhance documentation, expand data centers, improve integration, pricing, and UI, while boosting automation and AI offerings.
Since Google Firebase is a NoSQL platform, areas for improvement include enhancing query functionalities to be more equivalent to SQL, like MS SQL.
AWS services typically offer more flexibility to end users.
 

Setup Cost

Google Firebase offers competitive pricing with a free tier, essential understanding needed as costs scale with data and users.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offers flexible, competitive pricing, potentially cheaper than AWS and Azure, though affordability opinions vary.
A 50% cost reduction compared to AWS was estimated.
 

Valuable Features

Google Firebase provides real-time database, authentication, cloud functions, and app enhancement features, making it ideal for mobile development.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers comprehensive features with seamless integration, competitive pricing, scalability, advanced security, and user-friendly management.
What I appreciate most about Google Firebase is the speed, accuracy, and security it offers.
Applications using Oracle Database not only work seamlessly on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) but also benefit from a 25% offset on Oracle Database licenses.
 

Categories and Ranking

Google Firebase
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure...
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
95
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (4th), Container Registry (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Firebase is 6.3%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is 8.5%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Shravan Revanna - PeerSpot reviewer
Simple to get started with and offers integration features in multiple programming languages
The product provides integration features in multiple languages, such as Python, JavaScript, Golang, and all other languages. Google Firebase has documentation, which might seem a bit confusing, but one with decent knowledge can easily explore and get started with Firebase quickly. Before jumping into any cloud infrastructure, the tool should analyze how much it would cost to run the database. Google Firebase provides a certain number of reads and writes per day, which is approximately 40,000 reads and writes. If there are more than 200 to 300 active users per day, there will be plenty of reads and writes to the database. In such a case, one can't use Google Firebase and has to upgrade to Spark, which is where it is based on usage. The tool is fairly simple to get started with. Utilize all the features can get very complicated. One must be a pretty good developer who has a lot of experience to be able to utilize the best features. It gets really complicated over time. The basic functionality and basic usage are easy to use and easy to get started. There are plenty of deprecated versions, and frequently upgrading them causes inconvenience. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
Labhesh Hase - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-effectiveness and pricing consistency support diverse high-intensity applications
The services of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) are quite competent when compared to AWS ( /products/amazon-aws-reviews ) Cloud, and they are also lower in cost. We use compute, storage, and network services. A notable feature is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's consistent global pricing, which is advantageous. Furthermore, applications using Oracle Database ( /products/oracle-database-reviews ) not only work seamlessly on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) but also benefit from a 25% offset on Oracle Database licenses.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
10%
Educational Organization
9%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Microsoft Azure compare to Google Firebase?
I would recommend Google Firebase instead of Microsoft Azure, simply for the array of features that it has to offer. In particular, the Firebase library grants you access to a shared data structure...
Looking to compare Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft Azure
We like Google Firebase hosting and authentication and also the excellent cloud functionality. Our team found the flexibility of handling and dealing with the database through EDL to be very useful...
What do you like most about Google Firebase?
Google Analytics for Firebase is the best feature of the solution.
What are the biggest differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors?
Differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud,w and SAP SuccessFactors:w Oracle: "simple interface and deep customization to suit the purpose." SAP: Multiple functionalities that increase process effi...
What do you like most about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry?
It's reliable, performs well, and is often faster than running applications on separate machines due to optimized performance and networking capabilities within OCI.
What needs improvement with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry?
They could improve their global presence and marketing strategy to compete effectively with the likes of AWS. Additionally, their support team has a slow response time, which is not as great as oth...
 

Also Known As

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry, Oracle OCIR, OCIR, Oracle Cloud, Oracle Cloud Platform
 

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