When comparing Marketcloud vs Skygear, 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 Skygear is ranked 7th. 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 Raw data is exportable
Pro Supports User authentication
Pro Supports Cloudcode
Pro Rich SDK support
Skygear has SDKs for iOS, Android, JavaScript.
Pro Scalable Backend
Cons
Con No free plan
There is no free plan available. Pricing starts at 19€/Month.