Comment by indescions_2017

I think the main differentiator is Firebase integration. Especially registering with Analytics events such as Auth. But yeah obvs you trade convenience for vendor lockin ;)

Here is a Codelab to get you started and I believe you'll see how it can reduce your development time dramatically...

CodeLab: Cloud Functions for Firebase

https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/firebase-clo...