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Bjoern
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Discussion: Supabase vs. Firebase - What do you think?

Hey there,
I want to keep this short. As a tech enthusiast, I love to try new things. My normal tech stack would be a Firebase backend and a Vercel NextJS frontend.

Now I stumbled upon two things that I got recommended by others and haven't had the chance to test so I thought I would ask you :)

What are your experiences with Firebase?
(Bonus: the second thing is Cloudflare Pages vs. Vercel but the more pressing question is the first)

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Ali Spittel

Biased but with AWS Amplify you can have the backend and frontend pieces fully integrated! You could use the Gen 2 preview to write a backend in code and deploy your frontend in one experience.

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Bjoern

AWS is good too, for sure! Agree 100%. Having your backend in code is a good practice, and at least for Firebase, I know it is possible as well (at least it's the way I use it).

Do you rely on Amplify to deploy your backend or do you use a third party solution, e.g. serverless framework?

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Ali Spittel

Disclaimer that I work on Amplify, so I use it directly!

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Biplav Sharma

Pocketbase is the ultimate side hustle backend in my opinion. Never thought that sqlite can be in a production ready environment.

Bonus:
We can look into other alternatives as

  1. Mongodb realm for nosql BAAS
  2. Nhost if you like supabase but with graphql
  3. Apprite: is kinda nosql database but on top of Maria DB
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Bjoern

Pocketbase sounds like a really interesting concept. Thanks so much for sharing. Do you use it to kick off all your projects, and did you encounter limitations so far?

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Biplav Sharma

Yes if its a small project. the only limitation i found was it can be scaled vertically only. Its kinda powerful tool specially if you use as a go framework.