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Noam Shemesh
| 9 upvotes · 1.1M views
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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
Junior Full Stack Developer at Freelance · | 7 upvotes · 485.8K views
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FirebaseFirebase

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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Ramiro Nuñez Dosio
| 4 upvotes · 372K views
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AblyAbly

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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Ilya Lazarev
PM · | 2 upvotes · 478.7K views
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8base8base

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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      Realtime backend made easy
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      Fast and responsive
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      Easy setup
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      Real-time
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      JSON
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      Free
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      Backed by google
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      Angular adaptor
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      Reliable
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      Great customer support
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      Great documentation
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      Real-time synchronization
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      Mobile friendly
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      Rapid prototyping
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      Great security
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      Automatic scaling
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      Freakingly awesome
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      Super fast development
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      Angularfire is an amazing addition!
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      Chat
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      Firebase hosting
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      Built in user auth/oauth
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      Awesome next-gen backend
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      Ios adaptor
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      Speed of light
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      Very easy to use
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      Great
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      It's made development super fast
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      Brilliant for startups
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      Free hosting
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      Cloud functions
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      JS Offline and Sync suport
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      Low battery consumption
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      .net
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      The concurrent updates create a great experience
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      Push notification
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      I can quickly create static web apps with no backend
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      Great all-round functionality
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      Free authentication solution
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      Easy Reactjs integration
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      Google's support
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      Free SSL
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      CDN & cache out of the box
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      Easy to use
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      Large
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      Faster workflow
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      Serverless
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      Good Free Limits
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      Simple and easy
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      Scales well and quite easy
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      Can use .Net or open source tools
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      Startup friendly
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      Startup plans via BizSpark
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      High performance
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      Wide choice of services
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      Low cost
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      Lots of integrations
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      Twillio & Github are directly accessible
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      RESTful API
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      DocumentDB
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      It rocks
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    Cons of AWS Mobile Hub
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        Can become expensive
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        No open source, you depend on external company
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        Scalability is not infinite
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        Not Flexible Enough
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        Cant filter queries
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        Very unstable server
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        No Relational Data
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        Too many errors
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        No offline sync
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        Confusing UI
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        Expensive plesk on Azure

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      What is AWS Mobile Hub?

      AWS Mobile Hub is the fastest way to build mobile apps powered by AWS. It lets you easily add and configure features for your apps, including user authentication, data storage, backend logic, push notifications, content delivery, and analytics. After you build your app, AWS Mobile Hub gives you easy access to testing on real devices, as well as analytics dashboards to track usage of your app – all from a single, integrated console.

      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.

      What is Microsoft Azure?

      Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables you to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. You can build applications using any language, tool or framework. And you can integrate your public cloud applications with your existing IT environment.

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