Which MBaaS platform to use for a specific project: Parse or Google Cloud

Question

My Android project currently requires an authentication of some sort (mobile phone number / facebook / gmail... I haven't decided yet), frequent read/write operations from the server's db (not a big amount of data, and no images/videos), push notifications and in the future, possibly complex queries on the data stored.

I started reading about Parse and Google cloud (in google, specifically about mobile backend starter).

I can't seem to find a comparison between the two. I've read that both have relatively easy implementations, but except for the platforms (I'm using Android, so both work for me), I can't find a place that says "Parse is better at ... and Google cloud is better at ...".

So my questions are:

1. Can anyone please give a recommendation / reference?
2. Does one of the above platforms at all fit my project? (I am familiar with AWS, and would like to avoid it so I will not need to worry about stability and scalability)

Answer 1

Shameless plug: I'm a developer at kii.com

You can also take a look at Kii Cloud MbaaS

Among its features:

• User management, including authentication using Facebook credentials.
• Data management that never locks you into any schemas.
• File storage and cloud backup for your app.
• Push notifications so you can push messages to your users or to your app itself with updated instructions for functionality.
• Geolocation so you can offer location-based services.
• Server extension to define your own business logic without managing servers.
• Android, iOS, html5 and unity support