Firebase
Google's app backend with Firestore, auth and push notifications
- HQ
USA- Founded
- 2011
- Locations
- 42
Firebase homepage
At a glance
- Egress
- $150 /TB
- 360 MB/day on Hosting (~10 GB/mo)
- Object storage
- $39.24 /mo
- 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress, 1M download + 100k upload operations
- Serverless
- $44.66 /mo
- 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
What's good about Firebase
- 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
Firebase pricing examples
Firebase offers two plans:
- Spark: free within fixed quotas, no payment method needed.
- Blaze: pay as you go, with the same quotas included at no cost.
Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions and App Hosting require Blaze. Usage past the quotas is billed per unit at Google Cloud rates.
| Price point | Configuration | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|
| Object storage 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress, 1M download + 100k upload operations | 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress, 1M download + 100k upload operations | $39.24 /mo |
| Serverless 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration $0.40 / 1M invocations + Cloud Run CPU and memory rates | 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration $0.40 / 1M invocations + Cloud Run CPU and memory rates | $44.66 /mo |
| Egress allowance | 360 MB/day on Hosting (~10 GB/mo) | |
| Egress $0.15 / GB (Hosting) | $0.15 / GB (Hosting) | $150.00 /TB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
About Firebase
Firebase is Google's platform for building and running web and mobile apps, founded in San Francisco in 2011 and acquired by Google in 2014. It gives app developers a managed backend with authentication, databases, storage, hosting and Gemini model access, plus tools to monitor apps after launch.
Example customers include The New York Times, Duolingo, Venmo, Trivago, Ctrip, Gameloft. More here.
Services
Firebase offers 13 of the 27 services we track.
Locations
Based on our records, Firebase operates in 42 locations across 28 countries.
| Country | Location | Region code |
|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
Melbourne | australia-southeast2 |
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Australia
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Sydney | australia-southeast1 |
 Belgium
|
Belgium | europe-west1 |
 Brazil
|
São Paulo | southamerica-east1 |
 Canada
|
Montréal | northamerica-northeast1 |
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Canada
|
Toronto | northamerica-northeast2 |
 Chile
|
Santiago | southamerica-west1 |
 Finland
|
Finland | europe-north1 |
 France
|
Paris | europe-west9 |
 Germany
|
Berlin | europe-west10 |
|
Germany
|
Frankfurt | europe-west3 |
 Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong | asia-east2 |
 India
|
Delhi | asia-south2 |
|
India
|
Mumbai | asia-south1 |
 Indonesia
|
Jakarta | asia-southeast2 |
 Israel
|
Tel Aviv | me-west1 |
 Italy
|
Milan | europe-west8 |
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Italy
|
Turin | europe-west12 |
 Japan
|
Osaka | asia-northeast2 |
|
Japan
|
Tokyo | asia-northeast1 |
 Mexico
|
Queretaro | northamerica-south1 |
 Netherlands
|
Netherlands | europe-west4 |
 Poland
|
Warsaw | europe-central2 |
 Qatar
|
Doha | me-central1 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
Dammam | me-central2 |
 Singapore
|
Singapore | asia-southeast1 |
 South Africa
|
Johannesburg | africa-south1 |
 South Korea
|
Seoul | asia-northeast3 |
 Spain
|
Madrid | europe-southwest1 |
 Sweden
|
Stockholm | europe-north2 |
 Switzerland
|
Zürich | europe-west6 |
 Taiwan
|
Taiwan | asia-east1 |
 UK
|
London | europe-west2 |
|
USA
|
Columbus | us-east5 |
|
USA
|
Dallas | us-south1 |
|
USA
|
Iowa | us-central1 |
|
USA
|
Las Vegas | us-west4 |
|
USA
|
Los Angeles | us-west2 |
|
USA
|
Northern Virginia | us-east4 |
|
USA
|
Oregon | us-west1 |
|
USA
|
Salt Lake City | us-west3 |
|
USA
|
South Carolina | us-east1 |
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Our data for Firebase was last updated on Sept. 17, 2026.