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Apps 7.1/10

Pay-as-you-go: retains all free Spark quotas, then usage-based (Firestore, Cloud Functions, Hosting, Auth); $300 credit for new eligible accounts

Free credit
$300

Firebase scores 7.1/10 for free value in Apps. The main constraint: Paid — $0 base + usage. Pay-as-you-go: retains all free Spark quotas, then usage-based (Firestore, Cloud Functions, Hosting, Auth); $300 credit for new eligible accounts.

Category Apps Kind Paid plan

Free value score

7.1 / 10
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Overall 7.1/10
value = 7.1/100
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Runtime value 6/10
value = 300 $ one-time
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Always-on fit 8.2/10
value = 8.2/100
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Deploy friction 8/10
value = 8/100
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Key metrics

$0 base
$300 credit

What you get

Paid — $0 base + usage. Pay-as-you-go: retains all free Spark quotas, then usage-based (Firestore, Cloud Functions, Hosting, Auth); $300 credit for new eligible accounts

Free-tier quotas first, then granular per-use pricing with no base fee

Gotchas

No gotchas documented yet. Contribute one if you know a constraint we missed.

Sources

paid value app-platforms
Open service Source ← All Apps

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