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Mongoose vs Parse: What are the differences?
Mongoose: MongoDB object modeling designed to work in an asynchronous environment. Let's face it, writing MongoDB validation, casting and business logic boilerplate is a drag. That's why we wrote Mongoose. Mongoose provides a straight-forward, schema-based solution to modeling your application data and includes built-in type casting, validation, query building, business logic hooks and more, out of the box; Parse: The complete mobile app platform. 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.
Mongoose and Parse are primarily classified as "Object Document Mapper (ODM)" and "Mobile Backend" tools respectively.
"Well documented" is the top reason why over 14 developers like Mongoose, while over 111 developers mention "Easy setup" as the leading cause for choosing Parse.
Mongoose is an open source tool with 18.8K GitHub stars and 2.62K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Mongoose's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Mongoose has a broader approval, being mentioned in 85 company stacks & 88 developers stacks; compared to Parse, which is listed in 92 company stacks and 44 developer stacks.
Pros of Mongoose
- Well documented17
- Several bad ideas mixed together16
- JSON10
- Actually terrible documentation8
- Recommended and used by Valve. See steamworks docs2
- Can be used with passportjs for oauth1
- Yeah1
Pros of Parse
- Easy setup118
- Free hosting77
- Well-documented62
- Cheap51
- Use push notifications in 3 lines of code47
- Fast41
- Cloud code39
- Good for prototypes32
- Cloud modules31
- Backed by facebook27
- Cross Platform7
- Parse Push7
- Multiplatform6
- Parse Core6
- Parse Analytics6
- Quick chat and profile capabilities5
- Cloud Based5
- Free Tier5
- Nice security concept4
- Local Datastore3
- Backbone Models3
- Free3
- Geopoints3
- Backend as a service3
- Easy to use2
- About to Die2
- Anonymous Users2
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Cons of Mongoose
- Model middleware/hooks are not user friendly3