Case Study: Hawkin Dynamics achieves faster product development and lower costs with Firebase

Hawkin Dynamics levels up their product in 2 weeks instead of months

Hawkin Dynamics provides research-grade biomechanical data to help sports teams improve athlete performance, but its real-time force plate analytics were complex and time-consuming to build. Using Firebase, the company had originally relied on Firebase Realtime Database plus AWS, and needed months to stitch together back-end components and support mobile and web analytics for coaches.

With Firebase, Hawkin Dynamics migrated to Cloud Firestore and Cloud Functions in just a few days with one developer, replacing its legacy web data layer and simplifying the back end. Firebase helped the team launch new web and Android apps in two weeks, cut development costs by over 50%, and reduce maintenance by 2,500 lines of code.

Hawkin Dynamics

Chris Wales

Chief Technology Officer