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Cloud Functions for Firebase vs Google Cloud Functions: What are the differences?

Developers describe Cloud Functions for Firebase as "Run your mobile backend code without managing servers". Cloud Functions for Firebase lets you create functions that are triggered by Firebase products, such as changes to data in the Realtime Database, uploads to Cloud Storage, new user sign ups via Authentication, and conversion events in Analytics. On the other hand, Google Cloud Functions is detailed as "A serverless environment to build and connect cloud services". Construct applications from bite-sized business logic billed to the nearest 100 milliseconds, only while your code is running.

Cloud Functions for Firebase and Google Cloud Functions can be primarily classified as "Serverless / Task Processing" tools.

According to the StackShare community, Cloud Functions for Firebase has a broader approval, being mentioned in 46 company stacks & 32 developers stacks; compared to Google Cloud Functions, which is listed in 55 company stacks and 21 developer stacks.

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Pros of Cloud Functions for Firebase
Pros of Google Cloud Functions
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    Up and running
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    Multi-region
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    Affordable
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    Serverless Applications
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    Its not AWS
  • 4
    Simplicity
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    Free Tiers and Trainging
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    Simple config with GitLab CI/CD
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    Built-in Webhook trigger
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    Typescript Support
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    Blaze, pay as you go
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    Customer Support

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Cons of Cloud Functions for Firebase
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    What is Cloud Functions for Firebase?

    Cloud Functions for Firebase lets you create functions that are triggered by Firebase products, such as changes to data in the Realtime Database, uploads to Cloud Storage, new user sign ups via Authentication, and conversion events in Analytics.

    What is Google Cloud Functions?

    Construct applications from bite-sized business logic billed to the nearest 100 milliseconds, only while your code is running

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    What are some alternatives to Cloud Functions for Firebase and Google Cloud Functions?
    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.
    NGINX
    nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
    Apache HTTP Server
    The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the Internet.
    Amazon EC2
    It is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.
    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    It is a comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally.
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