Firebase
vs
Google Cloud
Every Firebase project is a Google Cloud project. Firebase supplies the app layer of auth, Firestore and push notifications, while Google Cloud adds VMs, Kubernetes, GPUs, BigQuery and charges less for egress.
What's good about each
- 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
- 40+ regions across 26 countries
- BigQuery, GKE and Gemini models on Vertex AI
- TPUs, plus Nvidia T4 up to 8x B200 nodes
- Automatic sustained use discounts on N1 and N2 VMs
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Firebase | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | |
| Object storage | $39.24 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress, 1M download + 100k upload operations | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | 7% cheaper on Firebase |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration · $0.40 / 1M invocations + Cloud Run CPU and memory rates | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (Cloud Run functions, 0.333 vCPU) | Identical |
| Egress allowance | 360 MB/day on Hosting (~10 GB/mo) | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | |
| Egress | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Hosting) | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | 20% cheaper on Google Cloud |
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
Google Cloud offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Firebase. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Firebase | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
24 configs
|
-- | $3.77 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
-- | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
A100
36 configs
|
-- | $1.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
L4
32 configs
|
-- | $0.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
V100
48 configs
|
-- | $1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
T4
48 configs
|
-- | $0.21 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
P100
36 configs
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
P4
36 configs
|
-- | $0.12 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months). 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 | Firebase | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Some Firebase services only | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High |
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 | Firebase | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 42 | 40 |
| Example customers | The New York Times, Duolingo, Venmo, Trivago, Ctrip, Gameloft | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | firebase.google.com | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Firebase was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 20, 2026.