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Firebase Realtime Database pricing
Firebase Realtime Database publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Firebase Realtime Database plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Blaze | Free | 3 | +$0/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Spark
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 1gb storage, 10gb/month download, 100 simultaneous connections.
Blaze
FreeOver Spark, this tier adds:
- Pay as you go
- Unlimited storage
- Unlimited connections
Where Firebase Realtime Database stops being free
Spark, Free
- 1GB storage
- 10GB/month download
- 100 simultaneous connections
No paid tier on record
Firebase Realtime Database lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Firebase Realtime Database 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 Sync
- Offline Support
- JSON Storage
- Security Rules
- Data Validation
- Multi-platform SDKs
- Scalable
Integrations
- Firebase Auth
- Cloud Functions
- Analytics
- Crashlytics
- AdMob
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
People bring Firebase Realtime Database in for syncing json application state between clients in real time, backing mobile and web apps with offline capable data storage, prototyping realtime features such as presence and chat. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Firebase Realtime Database are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Database & Data Management
Too few database & data management 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 Realtime Database (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Knack | On request | subscription | - | vs Firebase Realtime Database |
| Ninox | On request | subscription | - | vs Firebase Realtime Database |
| Grist | On request | subscription | - | vs Firebase Realtime Database |
| Cloudinary | Free | freemium | - | vs Firebase Realtime Database |
| Azure SQL | Free | - | - | vs Firebase Realtime Database |
| Amazon Aurora | Free | usage-based | - | vs Firebase Realtime Database |
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 Realtime Database badges page.
Before you pay for Firebase Realtime Database
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: 2 tiers between Free and Free, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Firebase Realtime Database runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Google of Mountain View, California. The full record is on the Firebase Realtime Database review, and the rest of the category is under best database & data management tools.
Firebase Realtime Database pricing questions
- How much does Firebase Realtime Database cost?
- Firebase Realtime Database publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Spark up to Free for Blaze. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Firebase Realtime Database have a free plan?
- Yes. The Spark tier costs nothing and covers 1gb storage, 10gb/month download, 100 simultaneous connections.
- What is the difference between Spark and Blaze on Firebase Realtime Database?
- Blaze costs Free against Free, and adds pay as you go, unlimited storage, unlimited connections.
- Which database & data management tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 database & data management tools listed alongside Firebase Realtime Database have a free tier: Cloudinary, Azure SQL, Amazon Aurora, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot.
- What am I actually paying for with Firebase Realtime Database?
- The record lists 15 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for syncing json application state between clients in real time, backing mobile and web apps with offline capable data storage, prototyping realtime features such as presence and chat.
- Does Firebase Realtime Database charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, 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 Realtime Database 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 Realtime Database against before paying?
- The closest database & data management tools in this directory are Knack, Ninox, Grist, Cloudinary. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Firebase Realtime Database covering price, platforms and features.