When comparing Marketcloud vs Kuzzle, the Slant community recommends Marketcloud for most people. In the question“What are the best iOS BaaS (Backend as a Service) providers?” Marketcloud is ranked 5th while Kuzzle is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Marketcloud is:
It's e-commerce oriented, so if you need to build an e-commerce mobile app you don't have to re-define common resources such as Categories Brands Products and Carts.
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Pros
Pro E-commerce oriented
It's e-commerce oriented, so if you need to build an e-commerce mobile app you don't have to re-define common resources such as Categories Brands Products and Carts.
Pro Can be modified to be used not only for e-commerce
While it's true that it's built for creating e-commerce apps, every resource can be extended with metadata in order to use it for many use cases.
Pro Cross-platform
Can be used for mobile app as well as web applications.
Pro Multiprotocol
Supports REST, WebSockets and MQ protocols.
Pro Realtime through filters
You do not connect to classic rooms but to search filters and can be warned of changes on permanent storage or volatile one.
Pro Open Source
Kuzzle is open source and it's released under the Apache 2 License.
Pro Javascript SDK
A fully documented javascript SDK exists.
Cons
Con No free plan
There is no free plan available. Pricing starts at 19€/Month.
Con May have issues since it's stil la relatively young project
Kuzzle is (as of February 2nd, 2015) in alpha version and approaching beta.
