Firebase

About Firebase

Firebase is a platform of app development products from Google, covering the build and run phases of the app lifecycle. Build-side products include App Check, App Hosting, Authentication, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, SQL Connect, Firestore, Hosting, Phone Number Verification, Realtime Database, and Firebase AI Logic for generative AI integration. Run-side products include A/B Testing, App Distribution, Cloud Messaging, Crashlytics, Google Analytics, In-App Messaging, Performance Monitoring, Remote Config, and Test Lab.

The platform integrates with Google and third-party tools including Flutter, Google Ads, AdMob, Google Marketing Platform, Google Play, Looker Studio, BigQuery, Slack, Jira, and Android Studio. It also offers Extensions, which are pre-packaged, open source bundles of code for automating common development tasks such as streaming data to BigQuery, adding search with Algolia, and processing payments with Stripe.

Firebase is built on Google Cloud infrastructure and is aimed at developers building mobile and web applications who need managed backend services and AI integration. New users creating a Billing Account receive $300 in credit to spend on Firebase services such as hosting, storage, and event triggers.

Key features

• Managed backend infrastructure for building and scaling web and mobile apps
• Cloud Firestore and Realtime Database for app data storage
• Authentication service for user sign-in
• Cloud Functions for event-triggered backend code
• Firebase AI Logic for integrating Gemini and generative AI into apps
• Pre-packaged Extensions to automate common development tasks like Stripe payments or BigQuery streaming

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