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Posted by Parker Skiba
Parker Skiba
5,583 Points

Cloudkit vs Parse?

Anyone had experience with Cloudkit yet? I am a little skeptical because its new and I don't believe it is as versatile as Parse for a cross-platform solution, but I haven't used it yet. Any feedback on it for personal experience would be helpful thank you!

Gaurav Raghuvanshy
Gaurav Raghuvanshy
10,672 Points

Good morning (afternoon or evening), Deliberating which BaaS I should adopt, and seeing as there have been an update(Web app is now possible) to cloud kit I'm wondering wether your opinions have changed over the last year?

4 Answers

Hayden Evans
Hayden Evans
15,399 Points
Hayden Evans
Hayden Evans
15,399 Points

I don't personally have experience developing an app for CloudKit yet but from what I have read a bout it and the keynotes I have seen on it, I do not believe that it is a cross-platform solution as it relies on iCloud authentication. Furthermore, it functions differently than that of Parse as it is primarily architected as a cloud container for data, whereas Parse has server-side functionality in addition to cloud-based data storage. In short, if you are looking to build a cross platform app that relies on cloud-based data storage, stick with Parse. If you are looking to get a cloud-based iOS app up and running quickly and cheaply, CloudKit may work for you.

Kai Aldag
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Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points
Kai Aldag
Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points

I would say parse because it's such a widely used tool and it's mobile as apposed to cloud-kit which is only iOS. From experiece parse seems alot better then cloud kit too but it comes down to which one you want to use, as i said i prefere parse but thats preference.

Parker Skiba
Parker Skiba
5,583 Points
Parker Skiba
Parker Skiba
5,583 Points

Cool thanks for the replies. I feel like Parse is a better solution for now too, its tested and not in beta stages, I just have never used cloudkit so its good to get some other people opinions on the matter. I hope it becomes slightly more versatile like parse because Apple definitely has a faster Cloud service.

Marek Hrusovsky
Marek Hrusovsky
4,217 Points
Marek Hrusovsky
Marek Hrusovsky
4,217 Points

There is no Javascript API or REST API for CloudKit (web access to data). Therefore, I would stay away from CloudKit and prefer Parse. In addition Parse works with older OS versions while CloudKit is supported on OS versions greater than iOS8 | Yosemite (there is no framework on the system).