Firebase
Google's Mobile and Web App Development Platform·firebase.google.com
Firebase is an app development platform that helps developers build and grow apps and games. It provides managed backend infrastructure—covering databases, hosting, authentication, storage, functions, and AI integration—powered by Google Cloud. It is designed to support the complete app development lifecycle, from building to running and monitoring apps. It is backed by Google and used by businesses and development teams worldwide.
What it's for
Features 21
- A/B Testing
- App Check (backend abuse protection via app attestation)
- App Distribution (distribute app builds to testers)
- App Hosting (full-stack app deployment from GitHub)
- Authentication (multi-provider sign-in)
- Cloud Firestore (NoSQL document database)
- Cloud Functions (serverless backend logic)
- Cloud Messaging (FCM push notifications)
- Cloud Storage (store and serve user-generated content)
- Crashlytics (crash reporting and stability monitoring)
- Extensions (pre-packaged open-source automation bundles)
- Firebase AI Logic (Gemini API integration into client apps)
- Google Analytics integration
- Hosting (static web app hosting with global CDN)
- In-App Messaging
- Performance Monitoring
- Phone Number Verification
- Realtime Database (near-real-time data sync)
- Remote Config (dynamic app configuration)
- SQL Connect (connect app to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL)
- Test Lab (automated app testing on virtual/physical devices)
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Spark plan is entirely no-cost with generous usage limits and no payment method required. Blaze plan is pay-as-you-go with usage-based rates that vary by product and are too numerous to state as a single flat price; eligible new billing accounts get $300 in free credit. Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL via SQL Connect has a 3-month no-cost trial, then pricing starting around $9.37/month depending on region/configuration.
Free tier for Firebase; no billing account required.
Generous no-cost usage limits across products (e.g., 1 GiB Firestore storage, 10 GB Hosting storage, 50K Auth MAUs, 2M Cloud Functions invocations/month)
Pay-as-you-go plan; requires a billing account.
Includes all Spark no-cost usage, then charges apply per usage beyond free quotas; eligible accounts get $300 in free credit