Google’s comprehensive app development platform for real-time document sync, authentication, and serverless compute.
Technical Overview & Architecture
Firebase is Google’s premier mobile and web application development platform, built around Cloud Firestore (NoSQL realtime database), Firebase Authentication, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Functions. Designed for rapid full-stack prototyping, Firebase provides client-side SDKs with automatic offline caching, realtime WebSockets, and deep Google Cloud and Google Analytics integration.
Pricing Breakdown
Transparent tiers and feature allotments for engineering teams.
Spark (Free)
$0
- 1 GB Firestore Storage
- 50,000 document reads/day
- 10,000 Phone Auth verifications/mo
Most Popular
Blaze (Pay-as-you-go)
Usage-based
- Multi-region database replication
- Cloud Functions execution
- Google Cloud enterprise SLA
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