Firestore Cloud Firestore
More info
- Owner
- Google (part of Firebase)
- Released
- Type
- Managed NoSQL document database
- Website
- firebase.google.com
- Predecessor
- Realtime Database
Google's managed NoSQL document database — successor to Firebase Realtime Database, ships with realtime listeners.
Hierarchical "collections" of "documents" (JSON objects). Client SDKs push updates straight to browser/mobile. Good for chat apps, collaborative apps, kanban boards. Security model via Firestore Security Rules (a DSL). Cost is counted in reads/writes/deletes per document — has surprised many with large bills when apps went viral. Competitors: DynamoDB, MongoDB Atlas, Supabase.