Mobile Development · pricing
Firebase pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Firebase. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the mobile development tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Firebase catalogue entry carries a starting price of Free and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Firebase review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Firebase feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Real-time Database
- REST API
- Authentication
Integrations
- Google Cloud
- Cloud functions
- Cloud Storage
Platform
- Web support
- Mobile support
- Cloud support
People bring Firebase in for mobile app backend development, real-time data synchronisation, web application backend, cross-platform app development. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Firebase are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Mobile Development
Too few mobile development tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firebase (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Android Studio | Free | - | - | vs Firebase |
| Bitrise | Free | freemium | - | vs Firebase |
| BuildFire | On request | subscription | - | vs Firebase |
| Codemagic | Free | freemium | - | vs Firebase |
| Luciq | On request | quote | - | vs Firebase |
| Xcode | Free | - | - | vs Firebase |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Firebase badges page.
Before you pay for Firebase
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Firebase runs on ios, android, web, flutter, c++, unity, and is published by Google of Mountain View, California, USA. The full record is on the Firebase review, and the rest of the category is under best mobile development tools.
Firebase pricing questions
- How much does Firebase cost?
- Firebase starts at Free. No tier-by-tier breakdown is published on the record we hold.
- Does Firebase have a free plan?
- Yes, Firebase is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.
- Which mobile development tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 6 mobile development tools listed alongside Firebase have a free tier: Android Studio, Bitrise, Codemagic, Xcode.
- What am I actually paying for with Firebase?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for mobile app backend development, real-time data synchronisation, web application backend.
- Does Firebase charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Firebase prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Firebase against before paying?
- The closest mobile development tools in this directory are Android Studio, Bitrise, BuildFire, Codemagic. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Firebase covering price, platforms and features.