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Crashlytics vs Fabric: What are the differences?

Introduction

Crashlytics and Fabric are both software development kits (SDKs) that offer tools for monitoring and analyzing app crashes, performance issues, and user engagement. Since the acquisition of Fabric by Google, Crashlytics has become a part of Firebase, Google's comprehensive mobile and web development platform. Despite their similarities, there are key differences between Crashlytics and Fabric that are important to consider when choosing the right solution for your app.

  1. Ownership: Crashlytics is now a part of Firebase, which is owned by Google. On the other hand, Fabric used to be an independent platform but has been fully integrated into Firebase. This means that if you choose Crashlytics, you will be utilizing Google's infrastructure and support.

  2. Platform Stability: As Crashlytics is a part of Firebase, it offers enhanced stability and reliability due to Google's robust infrastructure. Fabric, on the other hand, being an independent platform, might not have the level of stability and resources that Google provides.

  3. Integrated Services: Crashlytics, being a part of Firebase, offers seamless integration with other Firebase services such as Firebase Analytics, Firebase Cloud Messaging, and Firebase Authentication. This integration allows you to leverage the full power of Firebase's suite of tools. However, Fabric also provides these integrations since it has been fully absorbed into Firebase.

  4. User Interface: Crashlytics has a user-friendly and intuitive web interface, which underwent significant improvements after its integration into Firebase. On the other hand, Fabric had a distinct interface that might not be as refined as Crashlytics' interface.

  5. Community Support: Crashlytics, being a part of Firebase, benefits from Firebase's large and thriving community of developers. You can find extensive documentation, tutorials, and support forums specific to Crashlytics within Firebase's ecosystem. Fabric had its own community, but it might not be as large or active as that of Firebase.

  6. Long-Term Support: Being a part of Firebase, Crashlytics is backed by Google's long-term investment and commitment. This ensures ongoing development, updates, and support for Crashlytics. Fabric, while integrated into Firebase, might not receive the same level of long-term support as Crashlytics.

In summary, Crashlytics, as a part of Firebase, offers enhanced stability, integrated services, a user-friendly interface, community support, and long-term support compared to Fabric.

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Pros of Crashlytics
Pros of Fabric
  • 78
    Crash tracking
  • 56
    Mobile exception tracking
  • 53
    Free
  • 37
    Easy deployment
  • 25
    Ios
  • 15
    Great ui
  • 11
    Great reports
  • 10
    Android
  • 8
    Advanced Logging
  • 7
    Monitor Tester Lifecycle
  • 3
    Mac APP and IDE Plugins
  • 3
    Great User Experience
  • 3
    In Real-Time
  • 3
    iOS SDK
  • 3
    Security
  • 3
    Android SDK
  • 2
    The UI is simple and it just works
  • 2
    Best UI
  • 2
    Light
  • 2
    Real-time
  • 2
    Seamless
  • 2
    Painless App Distribution
  • 2
    Crash Reporting
  • 2
    Beta distribution
  • 2
    Mobile Analytics
  • 2
    Deep Workflow Integration
  • 1
    IOS QA Deploy and tracking
  • 1
    Easy iOS Integration
  • 23
    Python
  • 21
    Simple
  • 5
    Low learning curve, from bash script to Python power
  • 5
    Installation feedback for Twitter App Cards
  • 3
    Easy on maintainance
  • 3
    Single config file
  • 3
    Installation? pip install fabric... Boom
  • 3
    Easy to add any type of job
  • 3
    Agentless
  • 2
    Easily automate any set system automation
  • 1
    Flexible
  • 1
    Crash Analytics
  • 1
    Backward compatibility
  • 1
    Remote sudo execution

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What is Crashlytics?

Instead of just showing you the stack trace, Crashlytics performs deep analysis of each and every thread. We de-prioritize lines that don't matter while highlighting the interesting ones. This makes reading stack traces easier, faster, and far more useful! Crashlytics' intelligent grouping can take 50,000 crashes, distill them down to 20 unique issues, and then tell you which 3 are the most important to fix.

What is Fabric?

Fabric is a Python (2.5-2.7) library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks. It provides a basic suite of operations for executing local or remote shell commands (normally or via sudo) and uploading/downloading files, as well as auxiliary functionality such as prompting the running user for input, or aborting execution.

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