Blaze Plan & Storage
Upgrade the project to the pay-as-you-go Blaze plan, then turn on Storage for photos and documents.
Go4Food needs the Blaze plan: Cloud Functions and new Storage buckets do not run on the free Spark plan. Blaze still includes Firebase's free monthly usage, so a small business often pays little. See Third-party services & costs.
Storage holds the files: restaurant logos and covers, food photos, profile pictures, support-chat images and the documents drivers and restaurants upload for verification.
Open Storage#
In the left menu, open Databases & Storage and click Storage.
Upgrade the project#
A new project has no Storage until it is upgraded. Click Upgrade project.
Choose the Blaze plan#
Under Pay as you go (Blaze plan) click Select plan, then link or create a billing account. New Google Cloud accounts usually get free credit.
Get started with Storage#
Back on the Storage page, click Get started. Choose Start in production mode and click Next. You do not write any rules here: Go4Food's own Storage rules replace the default ones when you run the setup tool.
Pick the location#
Choose the bucket location and click Done. A US location such as US-CENTRAL1 is in the free tier and next to Go4Food's Cloud Functions.
The location is permanent
The Storage and Firestore locations cannot be changed later. Pick them carefully.
Set a budget alert now
Open SettingsUsage and billing and add a monthly budget (for example 25 USD). Google emails you if costs pass it. It does not stop your business; it only warns you.
Done
Your project is on Blaze and Storage is ready for photos. Next, create the Firestore database.