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Countly vs Firebase: What are the differences?

  1. Data Collection and Customization: Countly offers more advanced data collection and customization options compared to Firebase. With Countly, users can capture and analyze a wide range of data points with greater flexibility and customization, allowing for more tailored insights and reporting.

  2. Platform Support: Firebase has broader platform support compared to Countly. While Countly primarily focuses on mobile and web analytics, Firebase offers a wider range of services across various platforms, including mobile, web, and even IoT devices. This makes Firebase a more versatile choice for developers working on multi-platform projects.

  3. Open Source vs Closed Source: Countly is open-source software, providing users with full control over their analytics data and the ability to modify the platform to suit their specific needs. On the other hand, Firebase is a closed-source platform, limiting customization options and potentially raising concerns about data ownership and control.

  4. Real-time Analytics: Countly excels in providing real-time analytics capabilities, allowing users to track and visualize data as it happens. This feature can be particularly useful for applications requiring immediate insights for decision-making or monitoring user behavior in real-time, a capability that Firebase does not offer to the same extent.

  5. Pricing Model: Countly typically offers more flexible pricing options compared to Firebase. While Firebase provides a free tier with limited features and charges based on usage, Countly offers more customizable pricing plans tailored to the specific needs of businesses, potentially resulting in cost savings for certain organizations.

  6. Customization and Integration: Countly offers extensive customization and integration options, allowing users to easily integrate the platform with other tools and systems. This flexibility enables users to create a more comprehensive analytics ecosystem tailored to their unique requirements, a level of customization that Firebase may not fully support.

In Summary, Countly and Firebase differ in their data collection capabilities, platform support, openness, real-time analytics, pricing models, and customization/integration options.

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We are starting to work on a web-based platform aiming to connect artists (clients) and professional freelancers (service providers). In-app, timeline-based, real-time communication between users (& storing it), file transfers, and push notifications are essential core features. We are considering using Node.js, ExpressJS, React, MongoDB stack with Socket.IO & Apollo, or maybe using Real-Time Database and functionalities of Firebase.

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Timothy Malstead
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I would recommend looking hard into Firebase for this project, especially if you do not have dedicated full-stack or backend members on your team.

The real time database, as you mentioned, is a great option, but I would also look into Firestore. Similar to RTDB, it adds more functions and some cool methods as well. Also, another great thing about Firebase is you have easy access to storage and dead simple auth as well.

Node.js Express MongoDB Socket.IO and Apollo are great technologies as well, and may be the better option if you do not wish to cede as much control to third parties in your application.

Overall, I say if you wish to focus more time developing your React application instead of other parts of your stack, Firebase is a great way to do that.

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Hello Noam 👋,

I suggest taking a look at Ably, it has all the realtime features you need and the platform is designed to guarantee critical functionality at scale.

Here is an in depth comparison between Ably and Firebase

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Hey Noam,

I would recommend you to take a look into 8base. It has features you've requested, also relation database and GraphQL API which will help you to develop rapidly.

Thanks, Ilya

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Pros of Countly
Pros of Firebase
  • 4
    Easy setup
  • 3
    Funnels
  • 3
    Great UI
  • 2
    Omni Channel
  • 2
    Custom Dashboards
  • 2
    Extensible via plugins
  • 1
    Custom Events
  • 1
    Secure
  • 1
    Extensible Product Analytics
  • 1
    Private Cloud
  • 1
    Cohorts
  • 1
    Push Notifications
  • 1
    Advanced Segmentation
  • 371
    Realtime backend made easy
  • 270
    Fast and responsive
  • 242
    Easy setup
  • 215
    Real-time
  • 191
    JSON
  • 134
    Free
  • 128
    Backed by google
  • 83
    Angular adaptor
  • 68
    Reliable
  • 36
    Great customer support
  • 32
    Great documentation
  • 25
    Real-time synchronization
  • 21
    Mobile friendly
  • 18
    Rapid prototyping
  • 14
    Great security
  • 12
    Automatic scaling
  • 11
    Freakingly awesome
  • 8
    Super fast development
  • 8
    Angularfire is an amazing addition!
  • 8
    Chat
  • 6
    Built in user auth/oauth
  • 6
    Ios adaptor
  • 6
    Awesome next-gen backend
  • 6
    Firebase hosting
  • 4
    Speed of light
  • 4
    Very easy to use
  • 3
    Great
  • 3
    It's made development super fast
  • 3
    Brilliant for startups
  • 2
    The concurrent updates create a great experience
  • 2
    Push notification
  • 2
    .net
  • 2
    Cloud functions
  • 2
    Free hosting
  • 2
    Free authentication solution
  • 2
    JS Offline and Sync suport
  • 2
    Low battery consumption
  • 2
    I can quickly create static web apps with no backend
  • 2
    Great all-round functionality
  • 1
    Large
  • 1
    Easy to use
  • 1
    Free SSL
  • 1
    Faster workflow
  • 1
    Google's support
  • 1
    CDN & cache out of the box
  • 1
    Easy Reactjs integration
  • 1
    Simple and easy
  • 1
    Good Free Limits
  • 1
    Serverless

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Cons of Countly
Cons of Firebase
  • 1
    User Profiles
  • 1
    Push Notifications
  • 1
    Crashes
  • 31
    Can become expensive
  • 16
    No open source, you depend on external company
  • 15
    Scalability is not infinite
  • 9
    Not Flexible Enough
  • 7
    Cant filter queries
  • 3
    Very unstable server
  • 3
    No Relational Data
  • 2
    Too many errors
  • 2
    No offline sync

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What is Countly?

Countly is a product analytics solution and innovation enabler that helps organizations track product performance and user journey and behavior across mobile, web, and desktop applications.

What is Firebase?

Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds.

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