Prevent Runaway Costs Before They Happen
Imagine waking up to a seven-figure Firebase bill. With Kill Switch Protection, it's the ultimate safety net that automatically disables services when critical spending limits are reached.
When your user-defined spending limit is reached—whether it's $5 or $5,000—Kill Switch Protection automatically detaches your billing account from Firebase & Gemini, preventing catastrophic overspending.
Developer horror stories of accidental Firebase bills reaching tens of thousands of dollars are real. Don't let a simple bug or configuration mistake destroy your budget or startup.
Small bugs like rogue Firestore triggers or infinite loops can lead to massive bills. Kill Switch Protection stops these from spiraling out of control before they bankrupt your project.
Malicious actors can spam your APIs specifically to inflate costs. Kill Switch Protection ensures that even coordinated attacks can't financially cripple your business.
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The Pain: When Firebase Bills Go Rogue
The Pain: When Firebase Bills Go Rogue
The horror stories are real: developers waking up to bills that rival small country budgets. Firebase’s power and flexibility become your worst nightmare when things go wrong.
Common ways developers get hit with surprise seven-figure bills:
- Unexpected Viral Load - Your app goes viral overnight, but your architecture wasn’t built to handle 1,000,000 users instead of 1,000. It’s an expensive way to discover your scaling limitations.
- Subtle but Devastating Bugs - Circular triggers are the silent killers: a Firestore update triggers a function, which updates Firestore, which triggers the function again… infinitely. You’ll only discover this loop when your monthly bill arrives.
- Wrong Assumptions About Usage - You predicted users would upload kilobytes but they’re uploading gigabytes. Or functions you thought would run occasionally are being called thousands of times per minute.
- Malicious Attacks - Bad actors specifically target your Firebase setup in “Denial of Wallet” attacks, deliberately spamming your services to drain your budget and force you offline.
The Gain: Kill Switch Protection
Kill Switch Protection is your financial firewall. When spending exceeds your predefined limits, it automatically detaches your billing account, ensuring that no matter what goes wrong, your costs are capped at the level you choose.
How it protects you:
- Set Your Absolute Limit: Define exactly how much you’re willing to spend
- Real-time Monitoring: Constant oversight of your Firebase and Gemini spending
- Instant Response: Automatic billing account disconnection when limits are breached
- Peace of Mind: Sleep soundly knowing your budget is protected, even from worst-case scenarios
See it in action
Firebase & Gemini Billing protection that's easy to set up
