What is Firestore?
Cloud Firestore is Google’s serverless NoSQL document database, built for automatic scaling, high performance, and ease of application development. The service stores data in documents organized in collections. Firestore offers real-time synchronization, automatic offline persistence, and scales automatically with usage load. For applications with existing MongoDB code, Firestore’s MongoDB-compatible API is also available.
Core Features
- Document-based data model with nested objects
- Real-time listeners for automatic UI updates
- Offline persistence with automatic synchronization
- Automatic horizontal scaling
- Security Rules for granular access control
- Native SDKs for iOS, Android, web, Flutter, and server
- MongoDB API compatibility for existing MongoDB applications
Typical Use Cases
Mobile and Web Apps: Firestore serves as a backend for apps without dedicated servers. Authentication, data storage, and real-time updates integrate easily.
Collaboration Tools: Collaboratively edited documents, whiteboards, or project management apps use real-time synchronization for simultaneous editing.
Content Management: Headless CMS architectures use Firestore for structured content consumed by different frontend applications.
Benefits
- No capacity planning or shard management
- Built-in offline support
- High availability with SLAs of up to 99.999% (multi-region) and 99.99% (regional)
- Integration with Firebase ecosystem and GCP
Integration with innFactory
As a certified Google Cloud Partner, innFactory supports you with Firestore: data model design, security rules implementation, performance optimization, and migration from other databases.
Available Tiers & Options
Native Mode
- Real-time synchronization
- Offline support in SDKs
- Firestore Security Rules
- More expensive for write-heavy workloads
Datastore Mode
- Compatible with Datastore API
- Better for server workloads
- No real-time features
- No mobile SDKs
Typical Use Cases
Technical Specifications
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cloud Firestore?
Cloud Firestore is Google's serverless NoSQL document database built for automatic scaling, high performance, and ease of application development. Data is organized in documents within collections.
What is the difference between Firestore and Firebase Realtime Database?
Firestore is the document-based database with more extensive query capabilities and automatic scaling. Realtime Database offers lower latencies for very frequent, small updates.
How does Firestore scale?
Firestore scales automatically horizontally without requiring capacity planning. Performance remains largely constant regardless of database size.
Can Firestore be operated in EU regions?
Yes, Firestore can be operated in individual EU regions or multi-regionally in Europe. Data stays within the selected region or multi-region location.
What does Firestore cost?
Firestore charges based on document read, write, and delete operations plus storage. There is a free tier. Multi-region configurations typically cost more than regional ones.
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