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Firebase

Stacks22.6K

Followers18.6K

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Votes1.9K

PubNub

Stacks167

Followers350

+ 1

Votes228

Socket.IO

Stacks7.6K

Followers6.1K

+ 1

Votes761

Pros of Firebase

Pros of PubNub

Pros of Socket.IO

357
Realtime backend made easy
261
Fast and responsive
233
Easy setup
206
Real-time
184
JSON
126
Free
120
Backed by google
80
Angular adaptor
62
Reliable
36
Great customer support
25
Great documentation
22
Real-time synchronization
19
Mobile friendly
17
Rapid prototyping
12
Great security
10
Automatic scaling
9
Freakingly awesome
8
Super fast development
8
Chat
8
Angularfire is an amazing addition!
6
Awesome next-gen backend
6
Ios adaptor
5
Firebase hosting
5
Built in user auth/oauth
4
Very easy to use
3
Great
3
Speed of light
3
Brilliant for startups
3
It's made development super fast
2
Low battery consumption
2
The concurrent updates create a great experience
2
I can quickly create static web apps with no backend
2
Great all-round functionality
1
Easy Reactjs integration
1
Good Free Limits
1
.net
1
Faster workflow
1
Serverless
1
JS Offline and Sync suport
1
Easy to use
1
Large
1
Push notification

33
Massively scalable & easy to use
24
Easy setup
18
Great support
18
Reliable
14
Flexible to integrate to custom applications
13
High-Performance
12
99.999% availability guarantees
12
Sockets at Scale
12
Multiplexing
11
High-Reliability
7
Scalability
5
High-Availability
5
70+ SDKs
4
Azure Add-on
4
Security
3
Presence
3
Heroku Add-on
3
Flexible
3
Easy to setup
2
Data Sync
2
AngularJS Adapter
2
PhoneGap Plugin
2
Server-Side Cache
2
Free Plan
2
Support
2
Analytics
2
Data Streams
1
Easy setup and very reliable
1
Real time and easy to use.
1
High cost, going up more in Summer '15
1
Cool
1
CTO stephen also is A++++++
1
Angular 2+ integration
1
Documentation, easy to use, great people/service
1
Easy integration with iOS apps

209
Real-time
140
Event-based communication
139
Node.js
101
Open source
99
WebSockets
26
Binary streaming
22
No internet dependency
9
Fallback to polling if WebSockets not supported
7
Large community
5
Ease of access and setup
4
Push notification

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Cons of Firebase

Cons of PubNub

Cons of Socket.IO

26
Can become expensive
14
No open source, you depend on external company
14
Scalability is not infinite
9
Not Flexible Enough
5
Cant filter queries
3
Very unstable server
2
Too many errors
2
No Relational Data

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9
Bad documentation
4
Githubs that complement it are mostly deprecated
2
Doesn't work on React Native
2
Small community

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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 PubNub?

PubNub makes it easy for you to add real-time capabilities to your apps, without worrying about the infrastructure. Build apps that allow your users to engage in real-time across mobile, browser, desktop and server.

What is Socket.IO?

It enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication. It works on every platform, browser or device, focusing equally on reliability and speed.

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Blog Posts

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What are some alternatives to Firebase, PubNub, and Socket.IO?

MongoDB

MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.

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.

Heroku

Heroku is a cloud application platform – a new way of building and deploying web apps. Heroku lets app developers spend 100% of their time on their application code, not managing servers, deployment, ongoing operations, or scaling.

Auth0

A set of unified APIs and tools that instantly enables Single Sign On and user management to all your applications.

Realm

The Realm Mobile Platform is a next-generation data layer for applications. Realm is reactive, concurrent, and lightweight, allowing you to work with live, native objects.

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