Firebase
Firebase scores 81/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
Firebase pricing
13 SKUs priced in mixed units (GB, operations, GB‑seconds…)
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
Cloud Storage (stored) No‑cost up to 5 GB, then $0.026 per GB | $0.026 / GB | — |
Cloud Storage (download) No‑cost up to 1 GB/day, then $0.12 per GB | $0.12 / GB | — |
Cloud Storage upload operations No‑cost up to 20K/day, then $0.05 per 10K operations | $0.05 / 10,000 operations | — |
Cloud Storage download operations No‑cost up to 50K/day, then $0.004 per 10K operations | $0.004 / 10,000 operations | — |
Cloud Functions GB‑seconds No‑cost up to 2 M/month, then $0.40 per million GB‑seconds | $0.4 / 1M GB‑seconds | — |
Cloud Build minutes No‑cost up to 120 min/day, then $0.003 per minute | $0.003 / minute | — |
Realtime Database storage No‑cost up to 1 GB, then $5 per GB | $5 / GB | — |
Realtime Database download No‑cost up to 10 GB/month, then $1 per GB | $1 / GB | — |
Test Lab virtual device test No‑cost up to 60 min/day, then $1 per device‑hour | $1 / device‑hour | — |
Test Lab physical device test No‑cost up to 30 min/day, then $5 per device‑hour | $5 / device‑hour | — |
Android device streaming extra minute 15 cents for each additional minute | $0.15 / minute | — |
Cloud Vision API calls $1.50 per 1K calls | $1.5 / 1K calls | — |
Cloud SQL instance (starting price) Starting as low as $9.37 / month, varies by region | $9.37 / month | — |
How Firebase scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
12 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
20 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
81 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
10 GB storage, 100 K upload ops, 100 K download ops
$0.55/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Purchase orders supported
MSA required
DPA available
Security review required
Trial
Available, no card
Startup credits
eligible for $300 free credit
API & developer surface
API-first product
Public API docs
Sandbox present
Webhooks
MCP mentioned
Trust & compliance
SSO / SAML
RBAC
Audit logs
Data residency
Positioning & ecosystem
“Explore pricing plans, and if eligible, get $300 in free credit”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Firebase?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How Firebase could lift its score
Add at least one self-serve paid tier with a checkout link, so an agent can pay without a sales call.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Explore pricing plans, and if eligible, get $300 in free credit — No-cost (Spark plan) |
| tier_count | 4 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | 9.37 |
| free_tier | false |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | $0.026/GB GB |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 0 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://firebase.google.com/docs |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | {"unit_class":"data_volume","confidence":"medium","agent_task_price_forecastable":"partial","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$0.026/GB GB"} |
| usage_headline_present | true |
| custom_tier_present | true |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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81
/ 100 (rubric v2.0)Application Development
Explore pricing plans, and if eligible, get $300 in free credit — No-cost (Spark plan)
4
No
$9.37/mo
$0.026/GB GB
0 / 1
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Per-model / per-SKU pricing
Firebase pricing includes a free Spark plan with no-cost usage limits and a pay‑as‑you‑go Blaze plan where services are billed per usage; eligible users receive $300 in free credit. Billed monthly based on consumption.
Free plan (Free)
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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