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

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Spark (Free)). Among the 8 push notifications we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** firebase.google.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Google Analytics, Firebase Remote Config, Firebase A/B Testing, BigQuery, Android (APNs via FCM), iOS APNs, Flutter, Web (VAPID), C++, Unity
**Best for:** Developers needing a free, scalable push delivery backbone with no marketing overhead; Teams already in the Google/Firebase ecosystem; Apps requiring cross-platform delivery with no per-message cost

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spark (Free) | $0 | — | flat | Firebase Cloud Messaging is free with no message-volume charges. Supports Android, iOS, web, Flutter, C++, Unity. No credit card required on Spark plan. | firebase.google.com |
| Blaze (Pay-as-you-go) | $0 | — | flat | FCM remains free on Blaze. Billing applies to other Firebase services (Firestore reads/writes, Cloud Functions, Hosting bandwidth, etc.) but not to push notification sends. Requires a Google Cloud billing account. | firebase.google.com |

**Key features:** Completely free push delivery with no volume cap on messages; Cross-platform: Android, iOS, web, Flutter, C++, Unity; Topic-based subscriptions for broadcast messaging; Downstream message delivery with configurable TTL, priority, and sounds; Integration with Firebase A/B Testing and Remote Config; ISO 27001, SOC 1/2/3 certified (Google Cloud infrastructure); GDPR: Google provides Data Processing and Security Terms; EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework certified.

**Plan limits:** FCM is a delivery API only — no marketing UI, no audience builder, no journey orchestration; No built-in subscriber management or segmentation beyond topic subscriptions; Message payload size limit: 4 KB for most messages (notification + data); No native analytics beyond what Firebase/Google Analytics provides.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-14
Provenance: https://firebase.google.com/pricing fetched 2026-06-14. FCM confirmed free on both Spark (free) and Blaze (pay-as-you-go) plans with no per-message charge and no stated volume cap for notifications. The Blaze plan billing is for other Firebase services (Firestore, Functions, etc.), not FCM messages.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/push-notifications/firebase-cloud-messaging/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Firebase Cloud Messaging's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-14 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/push-notifications/firebase-cloud-messaging/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl