Firebase

Firebase is a BaaS provider primarily focused on database functionality. While they are not as fully featured as most of the other BaaS providers, they do databases well. They are the only provider on this list with autosyncing database functionality.

Firebase services include:

  • Firebase real-time database
  • Firebase authentication
  • Firebase hosting
  • User authentication—e-mail and password, Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, and Google

Since they were recently acquired by Google, you can expect further integration with Google Cloud solutions, as you can see on this link:

https://cloud.google.com/solutions/mobile/firebase-app-engine-android-studio

Note

To sign up with Firebase, visit this link:

https://www.firebase.com/login/

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