Firebase Hosting on own server

Question

I am looking for a solution for developing iOS and Android chat to replace our current (unreliable, maybe poorly written by previous devs) XMPP/OpenFire chat. I came across Firebase which looks good. However, I don't quite get the setup for it.

Can I host Firebase on my own server and not have to subscribe to any of Firebase's plans?

Answer 1

Firebase offers a few products:

• the Firebase realtime database
• Firebase hosting (for hosting static resources)
• Firebase authentication

I think you are looking for the Firebase realtime database.

There is no way currently to host the Firebase realtime database on your own servers.