Firebase
vs
Vast.ai
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
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Firebase | Vast.ai | 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
Vast.ai offers 66 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Firebase. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Firebase | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
39 configs
|
-- | $0.39 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $7.50 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
6 configs
|
-- | $7.13 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
86 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
H200
33 configs
|
-- | $1.32 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
164 configs
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
92 configs
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
147 configs
|
-- | $0.19 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
25 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 3090
88 configs
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 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 | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| 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 | Firebase | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 42 | 10 |
| Example customers | The New York Times, Duolingo, Venmo, Trivago, Ctrip, Gameloft | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | firebase.google.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Firebase was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 2, 2026.