--- title: "Firebase Pricing 2026: Spark Free vs Blaze Pay as You Go | Superapp" description: "Firebase pricing in November 2026: the free Spark plan, Blaze pay as you go with $300 credit if eligible, Firestore, Functions, Storage and Hosting rates." image: https://superapp.dev/superapp-logo.png canonical_url: https://superapp.dev/blog/firebase-pricing md_url: https://superapp.dev/blog/firebase-pricing.md --- Published ยท Last updated ## Firebase Pricing: The Short Answer Firebase has two plans. Spark is free, needs no payment method and has fixed usage limits. Blaze is pay as you go: it includes the same no-cost usage as Spark, unlocks more services such as Cloud Functions, and bills you only for usage above the free quotas. Eligible new accounts get $300 of free credit on Blaze. Many Firebase products, including Analytics, Crashlytics for mobile and Cloud Messaging, are free on both plans. > **Quick answer: How much does Firebase cost?** $0 on Spark. On Blaze there is no monthly fee; you pay for usage past the free quotas, for example $0.40 per million Cloud Functions invocations after 2 million a month. Prices are from Firebase's pricing page, checked November 10, 2026. ## Services That Are Free on Both Plans A/B Testing, Analytics, App Distribution, Cloud Messaging (FCM), In-App Messaging, Performance Monitoring and Crashlytics for mobile apps are listed as no-cost. ## Firebase Free Quotas and Blaze Rates | Service | Free quota (Spark and Blaze) | Blaze rate above quota | | --- | --- | --- | | Firestore stored data | 1 GiB | Google Cloud pricing | | Firestore reads | 50,000 a day | Google Cloud pricing | | Firestore writes | 20,000 a day | Google Cloud pricing | | Cloud Functions invocations | 2M a month (Blaze only) | $0.40 per million | | Cloud Functions outbound data | 5 GB a month (Blaze only) | $0.12 per GB | | Authentication | 50,000 monthly active users | Google Cloud pricing; phone auth billed per SMS | | Hosting storage | 10 GB | $0.026 per GB | | Hosting data transfer | 360 MB a day | $0.15 per GB | | Cloud Storage (legacy appspot bucket) | 5 GB stored, 1 GB a day downloaded | $0.026 per GB stored, $0.12 per GB downloaded | | App Hosting bandwidth | n/a on Spark | 10 GiB a month free, then $0.20 per GiB uncached | Spark does not include Cloud Functions or App Hosting at all. Phone authentication is billed per SMS on Blaze. ## SQL Connect and Cloud SQL Firebase SQL Connect gives a 3-month no-cost trial of a Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance. After the trial, Firebase says instances start as low as $9.37 a month, depending on region and configuration. On Spark, an instance not upgraded to Blaze by the end of the trial is archived, then deleted 90 days later. ## How to Avoid a Surprise Firebase Bill - Set a budget alert in Google Cloud for your Blaze project. - Watch Firestore reads: a screen that re-reads a large collection on every load is the usual cause of high bills. - Cache images and static files so Hosting and Storage downloads stay inside the free quota. - Use the Google Cloud pricing calculator for apps at scale, as Firebase recommends. ## Is Firebase Worth It? For a new mobile app, Spark covers development and a small launch for free, and Blaze stays cheap while you are inside the daily quotas. Costs become harder to predict at scale because they track usage closely. Teams that prefer a fixed base fee often compare it with Supabase. ## Firebase Alternatives | Backend | Free tier | Paid starting point | | --- | --- | --- | | Firebase | Spark | Blaze, usage only | | Supabase | 2 projects, 500 MB database | $25 a month (Pro) | | Vercel (hosting) | Hobby | $20 a month (Pro) | See our [Supabase pricing](https://superapp.dev/blog/supabase-pricing) and [Vercel pricing](https://superapp.dev/blog/vercel-pricing) guides. FlutterFlow and many other builders connect to Firebase. As a disclosure, Superapp is our product, so weigh this accordingly. Superapp turns a plain-English description into a native Swift app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Mac, or a web app with a cloud backend, and prepares the App Store submission, so you do not configure Firebase yourself. It does not build Android apps. ## Frequently Asked Questions **Is Firebase free?** Yes. The Spark plan is free with no payment method, and many products such as Analytics, Crashlytics for mobile and Cloud Messaging are free on every plan. **What is the Firebase Blaze plan?** Blaze is pay as you go. It includes Spark's free usage, unlocks more services such as Cloud Functions, and bills only for usage above the free quotas. **Does Blaze have a monthly fee?** No. You pay only for usage above the free quotas. **Do I get free credit on Firebase?** Firebase says eligible accounts get $300 of free credit on Blaze. **How much do Cloud Functions cost?** 2 million invocations a month are free on Blaze, then $0.40 per million, plus compute and networking charges. **How much does Firestore cost?** Up to 1 GiB stored, 50,000 reads and 20,000 writes a day are free, then Google Cloud pricing applies on Blaze. **Is Firebase Authentication free?** Up to 50,000 monthly active users at no cost. Phone authentication is billed per SMS on Blaze. **Is Firebase cheaper than Supabase?** For small apps inside the free quotas, Firebase can cost nothing. Supabase Pro has a $25 base fee with larger included quotas. ## References - [Firebase: Pricing](https://firebase.google.com/pricing) - [Supabase: Pricing](https://supabase.com/pricing) - [Superapp: Home](https://superapp.dev/) ![Superapp Logo](https://superapp.dev/superapp-logo.svg) Superapp ## Build iOS or web apps with AI Superapp is AI that builds your iOS or web app and runs your marketing while you sleep. [Build an app](https://superapp.dev/) Already have an app? Superapp can get you users with Marketing AI. [Learn more](https://superapp.dev/selfdrive)