Appwrite vs Firebase: pricing, quotas & features (2025)

Open-source BaaS for building full-stack apps
vs. Google's mobile & web app development platform

Data sourced from vendor documentation · Last updated May 2026

Summary

Appwrite and Firebase are both baas platforms, addressing the same core use case with different implementation philosophies and trade-offs. Both offer a free tier, making it easy to prototype without a credit card. Appwrite offers paid plans from $15/month; Firebase does not publish standard pricing. Firebase has a broader documented feature set (20 vs 13 features). The right choice depends on your existing stack, team experience, and feature requirements. All pricing and quota data below is sourced from Appwrite and Firebase's official documentation — not generated by AI or estimated.

Appwrite vs Firebase: Comparativa de precios, cuotas y características (2025)

En esta comparativa analizamos Appwrite y Firebase lado a lado — incluyendo precios mensuales, límites del tier gratuito, características técnicas, cuotas de uso (almacenamiento, transferencia, usuarios activos mensuales) y los interfaces de desarrollo disponibles. Todos los datos proceden de la documentación oficial de cada proveedor, no de respuestas generadas por IA.

Appwrite es una plataforma de la categoría baas — Open-source BaaS for building full-stack apps. Ofrece 5 tiers de precio: Self-Hosted gratuito, Cloud Free gratuito, Cloud Pro desde $15/mes, Cloud Scale desde $599/mes. Su catálogo en Staxly documenta 13 características y 19 interfazes para desarrolladores.

Firebase pertenece a la categoría baas — Google's mobile & web app development platform. Ofrece 2 tiers de precio: Spark (No-cost) gratuito, Blaze (Pay as you go) (personalizado). Su catálogo documenta 20 características y 18 interfazes para desarrolladores.

A continuación encontrarás los tiers de precio completos de ambas plataformas, una matriz de cuotas del tier gratuito (transferencia, almacenamiento, MAU, llamadas a la API y otros límites), el listado completo de características y los interfaces (CLI, SDKs, REST, GraphQL, MCP) disponibles para integrar cada servicio.

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Pricing tiers

Appwrite

Self-Hosted

Run Appwrite on your own infrastructure. MIT licensed — no usage limits.

$0 base (usage-based)

Cloud Free

Managed cloud. Hard caps: 1 team member, 1 database per project.

Free

Cloud Pro

From $15/member/month. 2 TB bandwidth, 150 GB storage, 200k MAU, 3.5M executions, unlimited databases + team members.

$15/mo

Cloud Scale

$599/month flat for the org. Higher included usage + advanced security. Deprecated in some regions — check.

$599/mo

Enterprise

Custom pricing. SOC 2, HIPAA (on request), dedicated infra, SLAs.

Custom

Appwrite website ↗

Firebase

Spark (No-cost)

Free tier with generous quotas. No credit card required. Cannot exceed free quotas.

Free

Blaze (Pay as you go)

Usage-based billing. Includes Spark quotas free, then pay Google Cloud rates. Required for Cloud Functions outbound networking, scheduled jobs, some extensions.

Custom

Firebase website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Appwrite vs spark on Firebase.

Metric	Appwrite	Firebase
auth mau	—	50000 users/month
bandwidth gb month	5 GB/month	—
databases per project	1 databases	—
firestore deletes per day	—	20000 docs/day
firestore egress gib month	—	10 GiB/month
firestore reads per day	—	50000 docs/day
firestore storage gib	—	1 GiB
firestore writes per day	—	20000 docs/day
function duration s	30 seconds	—
function executions	750000 exec/month	—
functions cpu seconds	—	200000 CPU-sec/month
functions gb seconds	—	400000 GB-sec/month
functions invocations	—	2000000 invocations/mo
functions outbound gb	—	5 GB/month
hosting storage gb	—	10 GB
hosting transfer gb month	—	10.8 GB/month
mau	75000 users/month	—
phone sms verifications day	—	10 sms/day
rtdb connections	—	100 connections
rtdb downloaded gb month	—	10 GB/month
rtdb stored gb	—	1 GB
storage downloaded gb day	—	1 GB/day
storage gb	2 GB	5 GB
storage operations day	—	50000 ops/day
team members	1 members	—

Features

Appwrite · 13 features

Account (Auth) — User authentication: email/password, magic URLs, phone OTP, anonymous, 30+ OAuth…
Avatars — Generated avatars, country flags, credit-card icons, QR codes, favicons.
Databases — NoSQL collections with attribute types, indexes, permissions per document/collec…
Events System — Unified event bus: subscribe in Functions, Webhooks, Realtime using event string…
Functions — Serverless functions in 13+ runtimes (Node, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Dart, Deno, S…
Messaging — Multi-channel messaging: Push (FCM/APNs), SMS (Twilio/Vonage/Msg91), Email (Mail…
Migrations — Import from Firebase, Supabase, NHost, or another Appwrite project.
Permissions (ACLs) — Per-document / per-collection ACLs: Role.user(), Role.team(), Role.any(), Role.g…
Realtime — WebSocket subscriptions to events: database changes, auth, storage, function exe…
Sites — Deploy static and SSR frameworks (Next, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, Remix) direct fr…
Storage — File buckets with access control, auto-transforms (image preview), antivirus, en…
Teams — Group users with shared access + roles. Used for row-level permissions on resour…
Webhooks — HTTP callbacks on any Appwrite event. Signed with x-appwrite-webhook-signature.

Firebase · 20 features

A/B Testing — Experiments on Remote Config params, FCM notifications, and Analytics events. Ba…
App Check — Attestation service: only requests from authentic, untampered app instances reac…
App Hosting — Managed hosting for modern web apps (Next.js, Angular, SvelteKit). Git-based dep…
Cloud Firestore — Serverless NoSQL document database. Real-time sync, ACID transactions, offline p…
Cloud Functions — Serverless functions (Node.js/Python). Trigger on HTTP, Firestore, RTDB, Auth, S…
Cloud Storage — Object storage for user files. Built on GCS. Security rules + signed URLs. Resum…
Crashlytics — Real-time crash reporting for iOS/Android/Unity/Flutter. Stack traces, breadcrum…
Data Connect — GraphQL API backed by Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL. Type-safe SDK generation. Previe…
Dynamic Links — Deep links that survive app install. NOTE: deprecated, shutdown Aug 2025 — migra…
FCM Topics — Publish/subscribe messaging: devices subscribe to topic names; backend sends one…
Firebase AI Logic — Client-side SDK to call Gemini models directly from mobile/web. Formerly "Vertex…
Firebase Authentication — Drop-in auth: email/password, phone, anonymous, 10+ federated providers, custom …
Firebase Cloud Messaging — Push notifications for iOS, Android, Web (APNs/FCM transports). Topics, device g…
Firebase Extensions — Pre-packaged Cloud Functions + config: Stripe, Algolia search, image resize, tra…
Firebase Hosting — Static + dynamic hosting with global CDN. Preview channels, atomic deploys, rewr…
Genkit — Open-source AI app framework. Unified API for Gemini, OpenAI, Ollama; tools, RAG…
Google Analytics for Firebase — Free unlimited event tracking with audience building. BigQuery export on Blaze. …
Performance Monitoring — App startup, HTTP network, and custom traces. Integrates with Google Analytics e…
Realtime Database — Low-latency JSON tree database with WebSocket sync. Best for high-frequency pres…
Remote Config — Feature flags / parameterized config with conditional targeting (user property, …

Developer interfaces

Kind	Appwrite	Firebase
CLI	Appwrite CLI	Firebase CLI
SDK	.NET Server SDK, Android SDK (Kotlin), Apple SDK (Swift), Dart Server SDK, Deno SDK, Flutter SDK, Kotlin Server SDK, Node.js Server SDK, PHP Server SDK, Python Server SDK, React Native SDK, Ruby Server SDK, Swift Server SDK, Web SDK (browser)	Admin SDK (Go), Admin SDK (Java), Admin SDK (Node.js), Admin SDK (Python), Android SDK, Apple Platforms SDK, Flutter SDK (FlutterFire), JavaScript SDK, Unity SDK
REST	REST API	Auth REST API, Cloud Storage REST, Firebase Management API, Firestore REST API, Realtime Database REST
GRAPHQL	GraphQL API	—
MCP	Appwrite MCP Server	Firebase MCP Server
OTHER	Realtime WebSocket	Firestore gRPC, Realtime Database WebSocket

Key takeaways

Both Appwrite and Firebase offer a free tier — Appwrite ("Self-Hosted") and Firebase ("Spark (No-cost)") — with no credit card required to start.
Appwrite's entry paid tier (Cloud Pro) costs $15/month; Firebase does not list public pricing.
On the free tier, Appwrite includes 2 GB of storage gb; Firebase includes 5 GB.
Firebase has a broader documented feature set (20 features) vs. Appwrite (13 features) in Staxly's catalog.
Developer integrations differ: only Appwrite offers GRAPHQL.

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