What's good about...
Firebase
- Generous free tier for small to medium projects
- Real-time database with synchronization
- Complete user auth system with social login
- Seamless integration with other Google Cloud services
- Solid mobile SDK for iOS and Android
Fly.io
- Excellent tooling and developer experience
- Fast deployments, scale to zero, little config needed
- Per-second billing, with a 40% discount for reserved compute blocks
- Anycast networking and global load balancing included at no extra cost
Price comparison
How do Firebase's prices compare against Fly.io?
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VM Large
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Block Storage
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Object Storage
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Load Balancer
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Managed PostgreSQL
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Managed Redis®*
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Serverless 25M Executions
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Free egress allowance
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Firebase and Fly.io offer:
Company details
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Fly.io
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|---|---|---|
| Website | firebase.google.com | fly.io |
| Headquarters |
United States of America 
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United States of America
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| Founded | 2011 | 2017 |
| Data Center Locations | 42 | 18 |
| Example Customers | The New York Times, Duolingo, Venmo, Trivago, Ctrip, Gameloft | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase |
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Our data for Firebase was last updated on July 27, 2026, and for Fly.io on Aug. 24, 2026.