Is Firebase good?
Firebase costs free, then pay per use. Nobody has reviewed it here yet, so this page is about what it costs and what it does, not how well it does it.
Based on pricing read from Firebase's own page on 2026-08-28, and what the product says it does. No reviews yet, so no score.
When Firebase is worth it
Mobile apps that need realtime sync and offline support out of the box. There is a free tier: Spark plan is free forever: 1 GiB Firestore storage, 50K document reads and 20K writes a day, 50K auth users, 10 GB hosting..
- Offline sync and realtime on mobile are still the best in this list
- Auth, push, crash reporting and analytics come with it, in one console
- The free tier never expires and needs no card
When it isn't
Firestore is a proprietary document store, so leaving Firebase means rewriting your data layer, not exporting it
- Blaze bills usage with no cap turned on by default, so a runaway loop becomes a very large invoice
- No joins and awkward aggregation: queries that are one line of SQL become application code
Common questions about Firebase
Is Firebase good?
Firebase costs free, then pay per use. Nobody has reviewed it here yet, so this page is about what it costs and what it does, not how well it does it. Based on pricing read from Firebase's own page on 2026-08-28, and what the product says it does. No reviews yet, so no score.
How much does Firebase cost?
Free, then pay per use. There are 2 tiers: Spark at $0 a month, Blaze. Checked on 2026-08-28.
Does Firebase have a free plan?
Yes. Spark plan is free forever: 1 GiB Firestore storage, 50K document reads and 20K writes a day, 50K auth users, 10 GB hosting.
What is wrong with Firebase?
Firestore is a proprietary document store, so leaving Firebase means rewriting your data layer, not exporting it Blaze bills usage with no cap turned on by default, so a runaway loop becomes a very large invoice No joins and awkward aggregation: queries that are one line of SQL become application code
Has Firebase raised its prices?
Not since 2026-08-27, which is when we started keeping a dated record of it. Free, then pay per use today, the same as it was then.
What to use instead of Firebase
Everything else in databases, on the same terms: live pricing, honest cons, open to reviews.
Pricing on this page was read from Firebase's own site on 2026-08-28. How we make money.