Firebase
Google's BaaS platform. Firestore (NoSQL), Realtime Database, Auth, Cloud Functions, Hosting, and ML. Free Spark tier; pay-as-you-go Blaze.
Firebase is Google's backend-as-a-service for mobile and web. Firestore is the document database most teams pick today; Realtime Database is the older real-time JSON store. Authentication ships with social providers out of the box, Cloud Functions runs serverless code on Google Cloud, and Hosting handles static sites with CDN. Firebase shines for mobile apps, real-time multiplayer, and quick MVPs. The pricing model is consumption-based and can surprise teams at scale, which is part of why Postgres-based alternatives like Supabase have grown.
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