Firebase
vs
Lium
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
- Competitive pricing, billed per minute with no hourly minimum
- Rent a single GPU or a full 8-GPU node
- Wide range of GPU models, including H100, H200 and RTX PRO 6000
- CLI, Python SDK and an agent skill for coding agents
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Firebase | Lium | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object storage | $39.24 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress, 1M download + 100k upload operations | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration · $0.40 / 1M invocations + Cloud Run CPU and memory rates | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 360 MB/day on Hosting (~10 GB/mo) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Hosting) | -- Not listed |
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
Lium offers 13 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Firebase. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Firebase | Lium | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
7 configs
|
-- | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
B300
3 configs
|
-- | $11.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs
|
-- | $1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
RTX 5090
12 configs
|
-- | $0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
A100
1 config
|
-- | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
RTX 4090
5 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
-- | $0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
RTX 3090
5 configs
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
Lium bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Lium |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | 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 | Firebase | Lium |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Locations | 42 | 23 |
| Example customers | The New York Times, Duolingo, Venmo, Trivago, Ctrip, Gameloft | -- |
| Website | firebase.google.com | lium.io |
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Our data for Firebase was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Lium on Sept. 28, 2026.