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What is 99tests? Crowdsourced Software Testing Platform, 8500+ Testers, 25+ Countries. 99tests is a Crowdsourced Software Testing Platform with over 6500 Software Testers. We have logged over 27000 bugs. Crowd Testing helps software product owners get their applications tested in the real world by testers across the world.

What is Algolia? Developer-friendly API and complete set of tools for building search. Our mission is to make you a search expert. Push data to our API to make it searchable in real time. Build your dream front end with one of our web or mobile UI libraries. Tune relevance and get analytics right from your dashboard.

99tests can be classified as a tool in the "Crowdsourced Testing" category, while Algolia is grouped under "Search as a Service".

Some of the features offered by 99tests are:

  • Functional, UI, Load and Security testing
  • On-demand professional testers
  • Team Access to Bugs

On the other hand, Algolia provides the following key features:

  • Database search
  • Multi-attributes
  • Search as you type
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Rana Usman Shahid
Chief Technology Officer at TechAvanza · | 6 upvotes · 402.7K views
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Hey everybody! (1) I am developing an android application. I have data of around 3 million record (less than a TB). I want to save that data in the cloud. Which company provides the best cloud database services that would suit my scenario? It should be secured, long term useable, and provide better services. I decided to use Firebase Realtime database. Should I stick with Firebase or are there any other companies that provide a better service?

(2) I have the functionality of searching data in my app. Same data (less than a TB). Which search solution should I use in this case? I found Elasticsearch and Algolia search. It should be secure and fast. If any other company provides better services than these, please feel free to suggest them.

Thank you!

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Josh Dzielak
Co-Founder & CTO at Orbit · | 8 upvotes · 302.7K views
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Hi Rana, good question! From my Firebase experience, 3 million records is not too big at all, as long as the cost is within reason for you. With Firebase you will be able to access the data from anywhere, including an android app, and implement fine-grained security with JSON rules. The real-time-ness works perfectly. As a fully managed database, Firebase really takes care of everything. The only thing to watch out for is if you need complex query patterns - Firestore (also in the Firebase family) can be a better fit there.

To answer question 2: the right answer will depend on what's most important to you. Algolia is like Firebase is that it is fully-managed, very easy to set up, and has great SDKs for Android. Algolia is really a full-stack search solution in this case, and it is easy to connect with your Firebase data. Bear in mind that Algolia does cost money, so you'll want to make sure the cost is okay for you, but you will save a lot of engineering time and never have to worry about scale. The search-as-you-type performance with Algolia is flawless, as that is a primary aspect of its design. Elasticsearch can store tons of data and has all the flexibility, is hosted for cheap by many cloud services, and has many users. If you haven't done a lot with search before, the learning curve is higher than Algolia for getting the results ranked properly, and there is another learning curve if you want to do the DevOps part yourself. Both are very good platforms for search, Algolia shines when buliding your app is the most important and you don't want to spend many engineering hours, Elasticsearch shines when you have a lot of data and don't mind learning how to run and optimize it.

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Rana - we use Cloud Firestore at our startup. It handles many million records without any issues. It provides you the same set of features that the Firebase Realtime Database provides on top of the indexing and security trims. The only thing to watch out for is to make sure your Cloud Functions have proper exception handling and there are no infinite loop in the code. This will be too costly if not caught quickly.

For search; Algolia is a great option, but cost is a real consideration. Indexing large number of records can be cost prohibitive for most projects. Elasticsearch is a solid alternative, but requires a little additional work to configure and maintain if you want to self-host.

Hope this helps.

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Pros of 99tests
Pros of Algolia
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    Can run Exploratory Testing at $100/Day
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    Ultra fast
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    Super easy to implement
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    Modern search engine
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    Excellent support
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    Easy setup, fast and relevant
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    Typos handling
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    Search analytics
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    Distributed Search Network
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    Designed to search records, not pages
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    Multiple datacenters
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    Smart Highlighting
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    Search as you type
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    Multi-attributes
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    Instantsearch.js
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    Super fast, easy to set up
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    Amazing uptime
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    Database search
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    Highly customizable
  • 4
    Great documentation
  • 4
    Github-awesome-autocomple
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    Realtime
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    Powerful Search
  • 3
    Places.js
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    Beautiful UI
  • 2
    Ok to use
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    Integrates with just about everything
  • 2
    Awesome aanltiycs and typos hnadling
  • 1
    Developer-friendly frontend libraries
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    Smooth platform
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    Fast response time
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    Github integration
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    What is 99tests?

    99tests is a Crowdsourced Software Testing Platform with over 6500 Software Testers. We have logged over 27000 bugs. Crowd Testing helps software product owners get their applications tested in the real world by testers across the world.

    What is Algolia?

    Our mission is to make you a search expert. Push data to our API to make it searchable in real time. Build your dream front end with one of our web or mobile UI libraries. Tune relevance and get analytics right from your dashboard.

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