Apigee vs Appcelerator vs Parse

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Apigee

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Appcelerator

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Parse

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Pros of Apigee
Pros of Appcelerator
Pros of Parse
  • 12
    Highly scalable and secure API Management Platform
  • 6
    Good documentation
  • 6
    Quick jumpstart
  • 3
    Fast and adjustable caching
  • 3
    Easy to use
  • 5
    Android
  • 4
    Open Source
  • 4
    Easy to learn
  • 2
    Great community
  • 2
    Javascript
  • 2
    IOS
  • 1
    Angular.js beta
  • 1
    Vue.js beta
  • 1
    Native UI
  • 1
    Lots of native modules, components, libraries
  • 1
    MVC-based
  • 1
    Paid plans available
  • 1
    Free
  • 1
    Write directly to iOS and Android SDK with JavaScript
  • 118
    Easy setup
  • 78
    Free hosting
  • 62
    Well-documented
  • 52
    Cheap
  • 47
    Use push notifications in 3 lines of code
  • 41
    Fast
  • 39
    Cloud code
  • 32
    Good for prototypes
  • 31
    Cloud modules
  • 27
    Backed by facebook
  • 7
    Parse Push
  • 7
    Cross Platform
  • 6
    Parse Analytics
  • 6
    Multiplatform
  • 6
    Parse Core
  • 5
    Quick chat and profile capabilities
  • 5
    Free Tier
  • 5
    Cloud Based
  • 4
    Nice security concept
  • 4
    Free
  • 3
    About to Die
  • 3
    Local Datastore
  • 3
    Backend as a service
  • 3
    Backbone Models
  • 3
    Geopoints
  • 2
    Anonymous Users
  • 2
    Easy to use

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Cons of Apigee
Cons of Appcelerator
Cons of Parse
  • 11
    Expensive
  • 1
    Doesn't support hybrid natively
  • 1
    No online IDE
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    What is Apigee?

    API management, design, analytics, and security are at the heart of modern digital architecture. The Apigee intelligent API platform is a complete solution for moving business to the digital world.

    What is Appcelerator?

    Appcelerator is the first mobile platform to combine the flexibility of open source development technologies with the power of cloud services.

    What is Parse?

    With Parse, you can add a scalable and powerful backend in minutes and launch a full-featured app in record time without ever worrying about server management. We offer push notifications, social integration, data storage, and the ability to add rich custom logic to your app’s backend with Cloud Code.

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    Istio
    Istio is an open platform for providing a uniform way to integrate microservices, manage traffic flow across microservices, enforce policies and aggregate telemetry data. Istio's control plane provides an abstraction layer over the underlying cluster management platform, such as Kubernetes, Mesos, etc.
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