When comparing Marketcloud vs Baasbox, the Slant community recommends Baasbox for most people. In the question“What are the best iOS BaaS (Backend as a Service) providers?” Baasbox is ranked 3rd while Marketcloud is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Baasbox is:
Deploying BaasBox is very simple, and the documentation on their site is very helpful and easy to understand.
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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 Easy to deploy
Deploying BaasBox is very simple, and the documentation on their site is very helpful and easy to understand.
Pro Self hosted and hosted options
You can choose to either download and install Baasbox on your own server, or use their hosted solution.
Cons
Con No free plan
There is no free plan available. Pricing starts at 19€/Month.
Con No JavaScript SDK
The JavaScript SDK is not yet released although it should be available in the near future.
Con No longer maintained
Last commit is from 2015.