Firebase is our default back end, and by now we have been through enough production incidents, billing surprises, and scaling gotchas to turn the experience into a paid advisory. Anoint Tech offers Firebase and Google Cloud consulting to SaaS startups and consumer-app teams worldwide who want a second opinion before they lock in a costly architecture decision — or a way out of one they have already locked in.
What you get
- Architecture review of your current Firestore schema, security rules, and Cloud Function topology.
- Written recommendations with before/after diagrams, priced for effort and risk.
- Cost-model projection based on your actual usage curves — not Firebase's sticker price.
- Security-rules audit with a reproducible test suite.
- Cloud Run deployment, scaling, and cold-start tuning.
- Migration planning — Realtime Database → Firestore, Firestore → BigQuery, Cloud Functions → Cloud Run.
- Incident response support during a production degradation (retainer).
Where we typically help
- Cost optimisation. Firestore reads are cheap individually and expensive collectively. We identify the queries that are quietly costing you 80% of your bill and propose structural fixes that do not require a full rewrite.
- Scaling past the free tier. Most teams hit the first real architectural wall somewhere between 1k and 10k daily active users. We know where those walls sit and how to get through them without a rebuild.
- Cold-start latency on Cloud Run. Min-instances, concurrency, CPU allocation, keepalive tuning — the four dials most people get wrong.
- Security-rules review. Firestore security rules are code, and code has bugs. We write them as code with tests attached.
- Migration from Realtime Database to Firestore. A common upgrade path for apps that outgrew the Realtime Database's data model. We have done it for apps at several scales.
- Data pipelines to BigQuery. For teams that need real analytics beyond what Firebase Analytics provides.
Technologies we work with
- Firebase: Auth, Firestore, Realtime Database, Cloud Functions, Cloud Messaging, App Check, Remote Config.
- Google Cloud: Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, Cloud Storage, Cloud Tasks, Secret Manager, BigQuery.
- IaC: Terraform for Firebase and GCP resources.
- Observability: Cloud Logging, Cloud Trace, Error Reporting, Firebase Crashlytics.
How we work
Consulting engagements run as a fixed-scope two-to-four week project, or as a monthly retainer. For project work, we run a kickoff session to capture the brief, do the review, and deliver a written report with a review call at the end. For retainers, we hold a weekly hour-long call plus async Slack support for production issues. Every deliverable is a written artefact you keep — architecture decision records, security-rules test suites, cost-model spreadsheets.
Pricing guidance
A one-off architecture review with written recommendations typically starts at $750 USD / ₹60,000. A production-incident retainer starts at $500 USD / ₹40,000 per month. A migration project is scoped individually. Every engagement begins with a free 30-minute scoping call so we can confirm we are the right fit.
Why work with us
Most Firebase consulting on the market is priced at agency rates and optimises for the rich-customer assumption. We have operated production workloads in markets where every Firestore read counts — which means we instinctively reach for the cheap design first. We deliver written artefacts (not just slide decks), work async across time zones, and stay engaged after the report lands so that fixes actually ship.
Frequently asked questions
What does a Firebase architecture review look like?
We audit your Firestore data model, security rules, Cloud Functions, billing setup, and authentication flow. Output is a written report with prioritised findings, estimated cost impact, and a remediation plan. Typical engagement: 5–10 working days.
Can you help us reduce our Firebase bill?
Yes. The most common wins are Firestore read patterns (denormalisation, caching, listener tuning), Cloud Functions cold-start mitigation, and Cloud Run min-instance sizing. Most teams save 30–60% on monthly Firebase costs after our review.
Do you migrate teams off Firebase?
Sometimes that is the right answer. We have helped teams migrate from Firestore to Postgres on Cloud SQL when their access patterns outgrew Firestore. We give you the honest answer — including when staying on Firebase with better architecture is cheaper than migrating.
What about Firestore security rules?
We run a full security rules audit, write test cases against the rules, and patch the holes. Most projects we audit have at least one rule that exposes user data — we find them before an attacker does.
Do you offer ongoing cloud retainer?
Yes. Post-review we offer a monthly retainer for ongoing Cloud architecture support, billing monitoring, and quarterly re-audits as your traffic scales.