Although Mok.one and Firebase are both free to start using, there are some significant discrepancies between the two platforms that need to be addressed. Beyond simply the significant feature and cost disparities, it’s crucial to remember that Mok.one has consistently invested in enhancing our platform and is committed to always being the best in its class. In contrast, Google’s long-term commitment to Firebase as a notification platform remains unsure.
Because of Firebase’s shortcomings in terms of capabilities, usability, dependability, support, and cost, we created Mok.one. Mok.one has always been the obvious choice for developers and marketers looking for a free way to get started or an enterprise-level solution for their growing enterprises.
Firebase Cloud Messaging: What is it?
The first item is a “Cloud Messaging” API, which is used by mobile applications to notify users who have downloaded their Android applications. Before Firebase was acquired, this Android device cloud API was known as “Google Cloud Messaging.” Sending notifications to devices that were downloaded from the Google Play Store is only possible using the FCM API.
The purpose of this criterion is to decrease battery usage on Android devices. Google requires that Android apps released through Google Play use a single, shared connection supplied by FCM rather than allowing all Android applications to create individual background connections for notifications. Following this connection with the FCM API, Google offers an API that allows for the sending of messages to applications. Because of this demand, Mok.one itself makes use of the FCM API.
Messages are forwarded by Firebase to the Apple Push Notification Service when using the FCM API to send notifications to iOS devices (APNs). The FCM API and APNs are comparable and share the same goals.
The Firebase Messaging Notification Composer is the second item. Developers and marketers can use the Notification Composer to build mobile push notifications using an online dashboard, deliver those messages to a specific audience, and examine simple metrics on those messages.
Firebase also provides a product called “In-App Messages,” which are pop-up messages that may be written via the Firebase dashboard and then displayed to users while they are using the developer’s mobile application. This product is offered separately from Firebase Cloud Messaging.
Describe Mok.one.
With the help of the omnichannel customer interaction platform Mok.one, marketers and developers can communicate with their users via a variety of media. The company was founded in 2015 as a result of our founders’ personal struggles with effectively notifying game players via push notifications and their realisation that there was a need for a better approach.
More than 1.8 million marketers and developers use Mok.one now. Push notifications, emails, SMS messages, and in-app messaging may all be easily integrated into apps using Mok.one.
Mok.one offers straightforward and effective tools for customer journey automation, segmentation, personalization, and orchestration of communications across channels. This enables marketers send messages that are effective.
Since its inception, Mok.one has expanded quickly thanks to the encouragement of our devoted consumers and the platform’s expanding global appeal. We keep making significant investments in our top-tier push notification solution.
What is the past, present, and future of Firebase?
A startup named Firebase was purchased by Google in 2014. Google considerably improved the Firebase platform in its early years. Other Google products were moved to become a part of the expanding Firebase product line, including “Google Cloud Messaging,” “Google Analytics for Mobile,” “Admob,” and others. Firebase Cloud Messaging replaced Google Cloud Messaging. Firebase Analytics replaced Google Analytics for Mobile. Even Google’s mobile advertising platform Admob joined Firebase.
A total of 20 products make up the Firebase portfolio, which includes Crash Reporting, App Distribution Capabilities, a Realtime Database, Cloud Hosting, Machine Learning tools, and more.
Around 2019, Google started to halt Firebase’s advancements and scale back several of its current features. A literal iframe around Google Analytics was replaced with Firebase Analytics, which was largely deprecated. The number of new Firebase product upgrades every year decreased from a few dozen to just two or three.
Today, hundreds of thousands of developers still make use of one or more Firebase-branded technologies, such as Firebase Cloud Messaging. However, it looks like Google has delayed investing in Firebase for the time being, therefore Firebase’s future is unknown.
Features
A basic set of functionalities are available in the Firebase Notification Composer for creating notifications and sending them to recipients. A notification’s title, wording, and attachment of a picture can all be customised.
Although Firebase appears to display a preview of the message, users frequently discover that the preview was inaccurate. Many platform features, like as notification action buttons or even iOS notification subtitles, are not natively supported.
Mok.one notification composer, in contrast, displays realistic previews for each type of device. Action buttons, rich media, and subtitles are just a few of the notification features that are natively supported.
Additionally, Mok.one natively provides full Liquid Templating support, message internationalisation, and user attribute substitution (such as “first name”) inside a message.
Conclusion
Google has not made the maintenance and innovation investments required from contemporary messaging platforms and APIs, despite Firebase once being a viable option for developers seeking a straightforward platform to send notifications. Today, Mok.one is without a doubt the best option in terms of dependability, usability, functionality, support, and cost.
Our clients concur. According to Joan Martin of Mobile Jazz:
“Use Firebase as a central location for all services, including push notifications. Mok.one, though, does it better.”
Mok.one is rated as a Leader by G2. As an illustration, real Mok.one user Ahmed S. provided a review on G2 that details certain issues that Mok.one, as opposed to Firebase, managed to resolve:
Mok.one Can Teach You More
Mok.one keeps getting better every day. The platform is simple to set up and makes it simple to convey messages that stand out. If you don’t already have one, you can sign up for Mok.one for free and start using it to send your users effective push notifications, emails, SMS messages, and in-app messages right away. Mok.one has you covered whether you’re searching for a top-notch solution for your marketing requirements or a reliable API to send your transactional notifications. You can create an account and check it out for yourself, so there’s no need to take our word for it.