TOOL PROFILE / EDITION 2026.09
Firebase Studio
A cloud agentic development environment combining Project IDX, Gemini assistance, full-stack prototyping, and Firebase services; now in migration-only life cycle.
Published balanced editorial evidence score; rank 18. No rank delta is shown because there is no prior numeric snapshot.
Best for
Existing workspace owners migrating before March 2027
Price & access
No cost; no new signups since Jun 22, 2026; shutdown Mar 22, 2027
Evidence summary
VF 60 for multimodal prompting without a visual canvas; ED 70 for broad frameworks and explicit export; SP 74; IT 62 with editorial discount for frozen development; EC 66; DP 78 for retained hosting URLs; VP 60 because free access has a hard end date.
Edition status
No prior snapshot. March 19, 2026: Sunset announced and migration tools begin rolling out.
Strengths
- Free full-stack cloud IDE with broad frameworks
- Documented ZIP and CLI exit path
- Automatic Firestore and Authentication setup
- Hosted app URLs survive migration
Tradeoffs
- New signups are disabled; shutdown is scheduled
- Only critical security and model updates continue
- Agent chat history is not exported
- The product never left preview
Score profile
VF 60 · ED 70 · SP 74 · IT 62 · EC 66 · DP 78 · VP 60
Linked evidence
Firebase Studio migration ↗Firebase Studio docs ↗Firebase I/O 2026 update ↗Use the same published data, filters, and side-by-side metrics.