Alternative as Competitors to Facebook Parse: If not Parse Then What?

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FacebookParseAgenda

Facebook acquisition of Parse Technicalities of Facebook Parse When to USE? When NOT to use Parse! Challenges faced by application developers for choosing BaaS.•

● Comparative Analysis among various BaaS service providers● Choosing the right BaaS.● Algoworks - Unleashing the power of Parse.

Previously, we discussed

Today we will discuss:

Alternatives as competitors to Parse: If not Parse, then which?

FacebookParseAlternatives

Back-end as a Service or BaaS in short offers:

• a handy iOS library to make integration nice and easy.

• offer free accounts — with a surprisingly generous usage allowance.

• various pricing for apps that may need to scale up.

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BaaS Types Appcelerator

Applicasa

StackMobParse

FacebookParseBaaS Types - Appcelerator Cloud Services

1- The most complete of all BaaS in terms of features.2- Clearly designed to work with the Titanium SDK

3- Tier:

Users, Photos, Custom Objects, Push notifications

Email Templates

4- Tier 2:

Places, Status, Posts, Clients, Social Integration,Check-ins, Chat, Photo Collections, Ratings, Reviews &Likes

1- Offers free plan also

2-The following is on a Per Month Per App basis:

• 1.25 Million Push Notifications & Emails

• 250’000 Tier 1 Calls

• 250’000 Tier 2 Calls

3- For an Additional 10$/Month you can increase your Tier 1 Calls to 1 Million OR increaseyour Tier 2 Calls to 500’000 OR increase your Push Notifications (& Emails) to 5 Million.

FacebookParseBaaS Types - Applicasa

Features:

1- Offers a drag & drop functionality to create your own tables and custom objects.

2-Once your data structure is designed to fit your needs, download the SDK which could adapt to work with your app.

Pricing:

• Applicasa offers a unique business model for Startups and also donot charge on the Number of API calls, they charge on the numberof Users.

• Unlimited Free API calls (and 1 Gb of storage) for the first 100,000Users, then 0.03$ Per User.

FacebookParseBaaS Types - Parse

Features:

1. Simplified documentation

2. Easy to use service- especially for beginners

3. Parse has sample projects which you can download.

4. Add custom UIViews in your projects (Facebook,Twitter login views)

5. Parse offers most of the features that you’d expect from a back-end service provider, including Custom Objects, Users, Push Notifications,

Social Integration, Files, Geolocation

Pricing:

For the Free Plan you get on a Per Month Per App basis:

• 1 Million API Calls

• 1 Million Push Notifications

• 1 Gb Storage (for files)

An Enterprise Plan will run you 199$/month and provide you with 15 Million API calls + 5 Million Push Notifications and 10 GB of storage.

FacebookParseBaaS Types - StackMob

Features:

1. Simplified documentation which is easy to understand.

2. Easy to use service working especially for beginners.

3. Parse has sample projects which you can download. You can add customUIViews in your projects, such as Facebook and Twitter login views.

4. Parse offers most of the features that you’d expect from a back-endservice provider, including Custom Objects, Users, Push Notifications,Social Integration, Files, Geolocation

• Their full Price Plans.

• 1- For the Free Plan you get on a Per Month basis:60’000 API Calls

• 60’000 Push Notifications

FacebookParseHow to Choose?

• Check for each service’s features and their usefulness to you.

• Services which offer just “users”might initially seem moredifficult, until you can realize thatsubstantial flexibility comesindeed in a user-based approach.

• Documentation is important. Take a close look atthe documentation.

• Consider the costing which you will incur in usingthe service- short term and long term both.

• If your app is going to require a paid plan from thestart but it fails, will it be worth?

• Evaluate risks and let your assessment phase begiven enough time.

• These questions can probably help you in choosing the right BaaS for yourmobile or Facebook application development process.

• It should also be noted that the above questions need convincing answersand it is recommended that you let experts

analyze your system

observe the latest trends,

study in detail your requirements and

explain how it best fits your plan to generate the best ROI.

Parse SDK- Unleashed By Algoworks

FacebookParseParse SDK- Unleashed By Algoworks

Algoworks has developed a scalable and an innovative inventory tool management application for its in-house purpose.

This Device Manager Application uses push notification features and acts as a great back end database service for innumerable devices which is required in the mobility

department of the company.

1. With the increasing use of mobile devices, it isimperative to maintain a complete track record of alldevices operating in the premises.

2. Device Manager Application offers features likebackup of data storage and updates on status of thedevice.

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3. The application sends notification on other devices incase the user requires that device.

4. With the help of Parse Cloud data, the information iswell-managed and kept updated on back-end whichcan be retrieved/changed based on the servicerequest messages given by database administrator.

5. This customizable back-end is well-knitted and well-integrated in the application.

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FacebookParseConclusion & Interference

So what should be the ultimate judgment?

After brushing through the technicalities and other things such as

pricing we discussed, what should be the decision?

FacebookParseConclusion & Interference

WELL…

IT IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER PARSE IS THE

BEST, OR WHETHER PARSE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH

FOR YOU.

IT IS SIMPLY ABOUT ANSWERING THE QUESTION WHETHER IT

SERVES YOUR PURPOSES, WHAT REQUIREMENTS

YOU GOT AND HOW IT CAN BENEFIT YOU?

Snehesh Mitra

Author

DirectorMobile Technologies

Snehesh is leading the mobility business development function, mobility strategy and consulting practice at

Algoworks. He is an expert of latest mobile technologies and has

experience in managing teams involved in the development of custom iPhone/iPad/Android/HTML5 apps.

Write to me at snehesh@algoworks.com

Happy Using Parse!

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