Elastx
vs
Firebase
What's good about each
- Three availability zones, all in Sweden
- ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 14001 certified
- 24/7 support included at no extra cost
- Datacenters run on 100% renewable electricity
- A100, L4, L40S and RTX PRO 6000 GPUs
- Free Spark plan with no payment method needed
- Realtime sync in Firestore and Realtime Database
- SDKs for iOS, Android, web, Flutter and Unity
- Crashlytics, Analytics and Cloud Messaging at no cost
- Runs on Google Cloud in 40+ locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Elastx | Firebase | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $26.12 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $126.43 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $252.86 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $28.32 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $69.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $39.24 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress, 1M download + 100k upload operations | 44% cheaper on Firebase |
| PostgreSQL | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $38.59 /mo v1-lb-1 | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration · $0.40 / 1M invocations + Cloud Run CPU and memory rates | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 360 MB/day on Hosting (~10 GB/mo) | |
| Egress | $49.85 /TB 1 TB external traffic | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Hosting) | 67% cheaper on Elastx |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Elastx offers 4 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Firebase. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Elastx | Firebase | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$2.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Elastx only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Elastx only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Elastx only |
|
L4
1 config
|
$0.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Elastx only |
Elastx bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Elastx | Firebase |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Some Firebase services only |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Elastx | Firebase |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 42 |
| Example customers | -- | The New York Times, Duolingo, Venmo, Trivago, Ctrip, Gameloft |
| Website | elastx.se | firebase.google.com |
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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Firebase on Sept. 18, 2026.