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DO NOT INTEGRATE FIREBASE - YOU WILL REGRET IT. We have implemented standard push notifications in dozens of apps but recently had a client that insisted on Firebase for all services as they wanted to use some of the additional features. Integrating Firebase has been a complete nightmare and caused us countless lost hours. Every SDK we have used (iOS, Android, Python) is extremely poorly documented. The majority of things one needs to know is not documented. Additionally, the SDKs are full of bugs. You have to work around almost every feature. The entire design of the Firebase APIs are almost non sensical. No consistency, no proper naming, different operation than stated. The issues with firebase are absolutely endless. AVOID.

Now, some might strongly disagree with me on what I am about to say, just keep in mind this is my opinion: First off, firebase is amazing for any new or experienced developer that wants to create a web application but doesn't like back-end or needs a trusted ( more on that later ) hosting for it. The features it offers are 2 types of databases, a storage solution, authentication, ads, analytics and functions. All of them run fine and are just as promised, the problem appears when you start going over the free limit. While not being very expensive, sometimes renting a VPS, setting up Appwrite.io and using that is cheaper, as firebase has Google Cloud prices, which are not the most friendly ones. Now, about privacy: technically, when you store a users data with firebase you don't actually own it ( by my understanding of the service terms ), meaning your users data is not private from third parties, leaving google with all of your data at their disposal. tl;dr : Why 3 stars? Well, I like my users data to be private and be shared only with my and theirs consent. Also, it is a bit pricey compared to the self-hosted alternative. Is it amazing? 100% yes! Would I used it in production? If the data is shared by default, no.

Ottimo servizio di backend ma... Firebase è molto utile come backend ed è facile da usare. Fornisce vari servizi come: 1) Database 2) Storage per file 3) Auth per autenticazione utente 4) Cloud Functions, funzioni da usare nella tua app da remoto ecc... Unica pecca: rende la tua applicazione davvero pesante.

Best Platform for Backend!