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How to monitor Firebase Firestore usage and costs?

Discover smart ways to keep an eye on Firebase Firestore use and manage expenses. Explore handy tools, insightful tips, and top-notch practices to get the most out of your database budget.

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Overview

Monitoring Firebase Firestore usage and expenses is key for developers to keep budgets in check and boost app performance. It means tracking read, write, and delete operations, which have a direct effect on costs. Firebase offers built-in tools for real-time insights, like the Firebase Console and usage dashboard, providing detailed reports and alerts. On top of that, third-party services and custom analytics can give even better insights and help avoid surprise charges. Here’s a guide to navigate these tools and strategies smoothly.

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How to monitor Firebase Firestore usage and costs?

Step 1: Access Firebase Console

  • Head over to the Firebase Console.
  • Click on your Firebase project. Easy peasy.

Step 2: Go to Firestore Section

  • On the left-hand menu, pick Firestore Database.
  • Make sure you're in the Firebase Firestore tab. Double-check, just in case.

Step 3: Monitor Usage in the Firestore Dashboard

  • Click on the Usage tab up top in the Firestore database section.
  • Check out the metrics like document reads, writes, deletes, and storage usage. It's all there.

Step 4: Set Up Billing Alerts

  • Go to the Google Cloud Platform Console.
  • Navigate to Billing, then to Budgets & alerts.
  • Click Create budget, and set it up to alert you when spending goes over certain thresholds. Better safe than sorry.

Step 5: Enable and View Cloud Monitoring

  • In the Google Cloud Console, head to Monitoring.
  • Set up a dashboard to include Firebase Firestore metrics.
  • Add widgets to track Firestore Document Reads, Writes, and Deletes. Widgets are fun, right?

Step 6: Use Data Export for Detailed Analysis

  • Go back to the Firebase Console.
  • Select Usage and billing, under Settings.
  • Click Download Usage to export detailed usage data in a CSV file. Perfect for a deep dive.

Step 7: Review Billing Reports

  • In the Google Cloud Platform Console, go to Billing.
  • Under Reports, view the detailed billing reports to understand cost distributions.
  • Filter by Firebase Firestore to get specific insights about Firestore usage costs. Super handy.

Step 8: Optimize Firestore Usage

  • Look at your Firestore usage patterns and think about optimizations like:
  • Reducing how often you read, write, and delete.
  • Using batched writes and compound queries to limit operations.
  • Periodically deleting unused documents and collections to save on storage costs. Every bit helps.

Step 9: Consult Firebase Documentation

  • Check out the Firebase Firestore documentation for detailed info on quotas and limits.
  • Follow the best practices and recommendations in the official documentation to manage usage and costs efficiently. It's all about being smart with your resources.

Following these steps will help you keep an eye on things and manage your Firebase Firestore costs effectively.

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