Google Cloud Storage for Firebase Reviews & Product Details

Firebase storage is a reliable and secure platform provided by Google to store user related data, static files like videos, pdfs, photos, etc. The pricing is really competitive as compared to other platforms. It is easy to set up, thanks to it's updated and comprehensive documentation, now I can easily set up firebase storage across all my projects, let it be mobile or web! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Firebase storage natively does not support searching of files, also if i need to search any file, first i need to store the file id in database then retrieve the id from database to search the file which makes the process complex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Firebase storage is the most reliable, secure and scalable option that can be used by developers to securely store data directly from their apps or websites. It is cost friendly and it's generous free tier makes it the best choice for hobby developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some frameworks are not supported yet and hence there is no documentation for platforms like php, ruby. This lack of documentations makes it very tough to use in these platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Firebase storage provides a reliable and secure way of hosting my files including but not limited to user generated data. The pricing is really competitive and the free plan is really great that comes with a 5 GB of free storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no clear documentation of implementation of Firebase storage with PHP, I need to read a lot of outdated documentations to implement Firebase storage with PHP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Google Cloud Storage for Firebase is highly scalable and seamlessly integrates with Firebase Authentication and Firestore. It offers robust security with fine-grained access control and easy integration with other Google Cloud services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The free tier has limited storage and bandwidth, which can be restrictive for growing applications. Pricing can also become expensive at scale, especially when handling high volumes of file downloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Google Cloud Storage for Firebase provides Cloud Storage that is:

i) Highly Secure

ii) Highly Reliable and

iiI) Highly Scalable

This is very useful in storing & fetching user-generated content such as display pictures, videos etc.

It also has a free tier with 5GB of storage and 1GB bandwidth limit per day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While creating the storage bucket it will ask for the location, we need to choose the location very wisely because we can't change it later and it can severely impact the downloading time of the items stored in the bucket.

they don't have any mobile application for monitoring & administrating the usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Infrastructure as a Service and Google Drive is SaaS – Software as a Service. Google Cloud is more suitable for enterprises, whereas Google Drive is for personal backups for normal users. Google Cloud doesn't provide 15gb free storage whereas Google Drive does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Support fee is quite hefty, around 150 USD per month for the most basic service (Silver class), Downloading data from Google Cloud Storage is expensive. 0,12 USD per GB. Personally, I find the Google Cloud Platform web interface a bit confusing. Sometimes I get lost while browsing around the menus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bascially what i like the most about coud storage, it's that allows me to deal with the storage that my users need on my applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it's a little bit slow, should be some cache solution work around more easily and ready to go Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Easy to integrate with apps.

2. Web SDK size is significantly less.

3. Highly reliable.

4. Removes most of the boilerplate in the backend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes, the downloading of files is very slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Google cloud storage for firebase provides scalable and secure data access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing for me to dislike in google cloud storage for firebase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The SDK is really simple and well documented, the setup is quite straightforward since the console UI is uncluttered.

Starting a new Firebase project requires just a few steps and then the store is ready to use, you even have its documentation at hand to get understanding on what a storage service is and how to use it properly.

One of the features that I like best is the resuming of transfers via its API in case of connectivity issues, it actually lets you retry exactly where you left off and continue from there.

Another key aspect of the Firebase Storage is that it integrates perfectly with Firebase Authentication, that way you can grant specific access to you content through roles management.

Since data is saved on GC Storage buckets, you can also perform server side operations like transcoding or reformatting (cropping, trimming, etc) the content at the server side, as it is stored. A classic use case would be to generate a thumbnail for an image or video that was uploaded to the storage.

Many times you need to remove some old data, and there are different approaches to doing so, but in this case it's super easy since you can take advantage of the out of the box Object Lifecycle Management feature that will allow you to do just that by setting up a lifecycle policy for your bucket. They're easy to configure, you'll just indicate the action to perform, and under which condition it should be performed. I.e. "remove" the object "when 30 days old". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have to say that I like everything about it. As I mentioned earlier the SDK is great, the UI is super easy, it's integrated with CGP and other Firebase services, and more important, it works flawlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.