Firebase is Google's managed backend: authentication, Firestore, cloud functions, push notifications, and analytics under one console. For mobile-first MVPs that need realtime data and zero server operations, it's a fast, proven foundation.
Firebase removes the backend operations burden entirely for the right product shape.
The honest comparison: Firestore's NoSQL model is great for document-shaped data and realtime feeds; Supabase's Postgres wins when the data is relational and you'll want SQL, joins, and reporting later. We pick per product, not by habit.
Security rules written and tested — the most-skipped step in Firebase projects — plus cost guards on reads and functions so a traffic spike doesn't become an invoice surprise.
Our process
We clarify the buyer, the core workflow, and platform requirements before any design or code begins.
High-fidelity screens and flows for the core journey, optimised for the way people actually use the product.
Implementation with clean architecture, tested as we go and wired to a real backend and staging environment.
We deploy, set up analytics, review the first real usage, and plan the next cycle with you.
Technical expertise
Social logins, anonymous auth, and rules tested against real access patterns.
Document models that stay queryable and affordable as usage grows.
Server logic without servers — payments webhooks, notifications, scheduled jobs.
FCM configured for iOS and Android with segmented targeting.
Read/write budgets and alerts before launch, not after the bill.
Practical answers
Excellent for mobile-first, realtime products — auth, data, and push are solved on day one. Less ideal when the product is heavily relational.
Document-shaped realtime data: Firebase. Relational data, SQL reporting, or future warehouse needs: Supabase. We'll recommend honestly in scoping.
Yes, with planning — we structure data access through a service layer so a future migration touches one layer, not every screen.
Usually €0–€50/month during validation. We set budget alerts and design queries so costs scale with value, not accidents.
Yes — rules are written, reviewed, and tested as part of the build. An open Firestore is the classic Firebase failure; we don't ship them.
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Describe the product and we'll scope it on Firebase or Supabase — whichever actually fits your data.
