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Heroku VS Firebase
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and scale applications in a variety of languages. With Heroku, you can deploy your application by pushing your code to a Git repository, and the platform will automatically build and run your application.
Heroku provides a number of services and features that are designed to help you build and manage your applications, including support for a variety of programming languages, a cloud-based application server, a managed database service, and a number of other tools and services. You can use Heroku to deploy a wide range of applications, including web applications, mobile applications, and APIs.
Firebase
Firebase is a mobile and web application development platform developed by Google. It offers a number of services for developing and managing mobile and web applications, including a real-time database, user authentication, hosting, and analytics. Firebase provides developers with a number of tools and APIs for building and managing applications, including a cloud-based NoSQL database, user authentication, and hosting.
You can use Firebase to build and deploy a variety of different types of applications, including mobile apps, web apps, and real-time collaboration apps.
Heroku
- host web applications written in a variety of languages, including as Java, Ruby, Python, and Java
- enables the use of custom domains
- offers both a free plan and premium options with more features and scalability
- enables for scalable and on-demand resource provisioning and integrates with a variety of add-ons
- Suitable for web programmes written in a variety of languages, with the capacity to expand and make resources available as needed
- has numerous deploy choices, a pipeline creation capability, and a build and deployment function
Firebase
- Global CDN-based hosting
- Firebase Authentication is integrated support for authentication and authorisation
- Firebase CLI and Firebase Hosting are used for deployment and hosting respectively, with built-in support for continuous integration and deployment
- features a free tier and fees for more usage and storage
- connects to more Firebase products, including Firestore, Cloud Functions, and Hosting
- More suitable for online and mobile applications that need authentication and authorization features, as well as applications that require hosting or real-time databases
| FrameWork | Heroku | Firebase |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | Learn more | - |
| Infrastructure | Heroku Cloud | Google Cloud (GCP) |
| Continuous deployment | ||
| Automated builds from Git | Need to use additional CI/CD service | |
| Instant rollbacks to any version | ||
| Site previews for every push | ||
| Compatible with all Static Site Generators | ||
| Notifications | Slack | |
| Team Management | ||
| Custom domains | ||
| Automatic HTTPS | ||
| Rewrites & Redirects | ||
| Password Protection | ||
| Websites | N/A | Unlimited |
| Build Minutes | N/A | N/A |
| Concurrent builds | N/A | N/A |
| Bandwidth | N/A | 360 MB /day |
| Team Members | N/A | Unlimited |
| Build Time Per Deployment | N/A | N/A |
| Build Memory Limit (in MiB) | N/A | N/A |
| Max team members before switch to custom pricing | 25 | Unlimited |
| Git contributors have to be Team Members | ||
| Serverless Functions (API) | JavaScript | |
| Edge Functions | ||
| Background Functions | N/A | |
| CRON Jobs | Schedule functions | |
| CLI | heroku cli | firebase-tools |
| Extensions | Heroku Elements: Add-ons, Buttons, Buildpacks | Firebase Extensions |
| Environment Variables | ||
| Build Logs | ||
| Build Canceling | ||
| Analytics | Integration with Google Analytics | |
| Authentication | Firebase Authentication | |
| Database | Heroku Postgres, Heroku Redis, Apache Kafka on Heroku | Firestore & Realtime |
| Asset Optimizations | ||
| A/B Testing | ||
| Form Handling | ||
| Data Storage | ||
| Push Notifications | ||
| Machine Learning | ||
| Two-factor authentication | ||
| Team Logs | ||
| SOC2 | ||
| ISO27001 | ||
| GDPR | ||
| Carbon Neutral | N/A | |
| Carbon-free Energy | N/A | |
| Overview | - | Learn more |
Deployment Platforms
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