# Firebase (Google) pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Spark (No-Cost)). Among the 8 backend as a service we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** firebase.google.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Google Analytics 4, AdMob, Crashlytics, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions
**Best for:** mobile apps; Google ecosystem; real-time sync; analytics-heavy apps

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spark (No-Cost) | $0 | — | flat | Firestore: 1 GiB storage, 50K reads/day, 20K writes/day, 10 GiB/mo egress. Auth: 50K MAUs. Cloud Storage: 5 GB. Functions: 2M invocations/mo, 400K GB-seconds/mo. Hosting: 10 GB storage, 360 MB/day transfer. Realtime DB: 1 GB stored. No payment method required; cannot use paid services. | firebase.google.com |
| Blaze (Pay as you go) | Quote-only | — | custom | Includes all Spark free quotas then pay-as-you-go; no fixed monthly fee. Functions: $0.40/million invocations above 2M free. Cloud Storage: $0.026/GB storage, $0.12/GB downloads. Hosting: $0.026/GB storage, $0.15/GB transfer. Realtime DB: $5/GB stored, $1/GB downloaded. Firestore and Auth (beyond 50K MAUs) follow Google Cloud pricing. Eligible users receive $300 free credit. | firebase.google.com |

**Key features:** Tightly integrated with the Google Cloud ecosystem; Realtime Database + Firestore dual NoSQL offerings; Built-in A/B testing, Remote Config, and Crashlytics; Blaze unlocks Cloud Functions and all GCP services; HIPAA only via Google Cloud BAA on eligible services.

**Plan limits:** Spark: 50K Auth MAUs, 1 GiB Firestore, 5 GB Cloud Storage, 2M Functions invocations/mo; Spark: no payment method required, cannot use paid services; Blaze: no hard limits — pay-as-you-go; $0.40/million Functions invocations.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-19
Provenance: Pricing fetched from firebase.google.com/pricing (Spark $0; Blaze pay-as-you-go). HIPAA/BAA verified via Google Cloud compliance docs and WebSearch: Firebase uses the Google Cloud BAA; HIPAA-eligible services include Cloud Firestore, Firebase Auth, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, Hosting, Realtime Database — Analytics, Crashlytics, Performance Monitoring and several others are NOT covered.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/backend-as-a-service/firebase/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Firebase (Google)'s entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-19 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/backend-as-a-service/firebase/
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