G2

Patrick W.

Creative Director + Strategist, UX/UI/Experience Designer, Senior Consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/8/2016

"Awesome, Simple Backend Services"

4/5

What do you like best about Parse?

I initially used Parse as an easy way of integrating push notifications into a native iOS application I developed. Its very well designed and easy to add to an application with minimal headaches. If you plug in additional data points, Parse makes it easy to target messages to specific users or groups of users that match certain attributes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse?

One of the best things about Parse is that it's currently managed and operated for you. In January 2017, you'll need to host the service yourself in order to continue using it (http://parse.com/migration). That said, it's still immensely valuable even if you have to host it yourself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Parse:

You'll need to setup your own hosted version of Parse if you wish to continue using it after January 2017. That said: it's worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parse solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to push content to users and maintain a tightly integrated database in parallel is really valuable in quickly building and deploying a technology product. Parse makes it very easy to integrate push notifications into your application with as little complexity as possible or as much as you desire if you wish to push the feature further. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.