# Google Firestore vs RavenDB

| Attribute | Google Firestore | RavenDB |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 58 (41% (low)) | 56.2 (63% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 4,001 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 6,144 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Cloud Firestore is a managed NoSQL document database that enables real-time data synchronization across mobile, web, and server applications globally. It supports offline access, provides built-in security rules, and seamlessly integrates with Firebase services and Google Cloud infrastructure. It is indexed under NoSQL Databases.","source":"https://firebase.google.com/pricing","question":"What is Google Firestore?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Firestore offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.00. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://firebase.google.com/pricing","question":"Is Google Firestore free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Firestore supports the web, iOS, Android and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://firebase.google.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Google Firestore support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Google Firestore, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://firebase.google.com/pricing","question":"Can Google Firestore be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 13 integrations for Google Firestore, including Firebase Authentication, Firebase Cloud Messaging, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Cloud Logging and Cloud Secrets Manager, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://firebase.google.com/pricing","question":"What does Google Firestore integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Firestore is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://firebase.google.com/pricing","question":"Where is Google Firestore available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"RavenDB is a document database that automatically optimizes indexes and queries without manual configuration. It provides ACID transactions across clusters, master-master replication for high availability, and can be deployed in cloud, on-premises, or edge environments. It is indexed under NoSQL Databases.","source":"https://ravendb.net","question":"What is RavenDB?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"RavenDB supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://ravendb.net","question":"What platforms does RavenDB support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. RavenDB can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://ravendb.net","question":"Can RavenDB be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 20 integrations for RavenDB, including SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RabbitMQ and Snowflake, plus 12 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://ravendb.net","question":"What does RavenDB integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA for RavenDB. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as RavenDB not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://ravendb.net/trust","question":"What security certifications does RavenDB have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. RavenDB is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/ravendb","question":"Is RavenDB open source?","confidence":0.85}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Cloud Firestore is a managed NoSQL document database that enables real-time data synchronization across mobile, web, and server applications globally. It supports offline access, provides built-in security rules, and seamlessly integrates with Firebase services and Google Cloud infrastructure. | A document database with automatic index optimization and schema management, enabling rapid application development without DevOps overhead. |
| features.capabilities | `{"schema":"schemaless","hosting":"cloud","data_model":"document","multi_region":true,"license_class":"proprietary","change_streams":true,"query_language":"mql","secondary_indexes":"yes"}` | `{"schema":"optional_schema","hosting":"both","data_model":"document","ttl_expiry":true,"replication":"active_active","partitioning":"automatic","transactions":"multi_item_acid","vector_search":true,"change_streams":true,"secondary_indexes":"yes"}` |
| integrations.count | 11 | 20 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Firebase Authentication"},{"name":"Firebase Cloud Messaging"},{"name":"Cloud Storage"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Cloud Run"},{"name":"Cloud Build"},{"name":"Cloud Logging"},{"name":"Cloud Secrets Manager"},{"name":"Artifact Registry"},{"name":"Cloud Scheduler"},{"name":"Cloud SQL"},{"name":"MongoDB","native":false,"category":"database","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Cloud Functions","native":true,"category":"compute","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"SQL Server"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Amazon SQS"},{"name":"Azure Queue Storage"},{"name":"Azure Service Bus"},{"name":"Power BI"},{"name":"Akka.NET"},{"name":"Apache Parquet"},{"name":"NLog"},{"name":"Zabbix"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"PTRG"},{"name":"Telegraf"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Apache Kafka","native":false,"category":"messaging","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | - | C# |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Spark","summary":"Free tier with no-cost usage quota","features":["no-cost usage quota","limited feature availability"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Blaze","summary":"Pay only for resources consumed","features":["pay-as-you-go pricing","no usage caps"],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier (Spark) or usage-based tier (Blaze). 90-day trial with $300 credits.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://firebase.google.com/products/firestore","retrievedAt":"2026-09-23T13:28:59.297Z","freeTrialDays":90,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://ravendb.net","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:22:15.780Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.000001,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.2.6","date":"2026-09-01T08:58:55Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.1.12","date":"2026-09-01T08:15:54Z","type":"stable","version":"7.1.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/6.2.19","date":"2026-09-01T07:20:46Z","type":"stable","version":"6.2.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.2.5","date":"2026-07-22T09:59:18Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.1.11","date":"2026-07-22T08:56:33Z","type":"stable","version":"7.1.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/6.2.18","date":"2026-07-22T07:42:02Z","type":"stable","version":"6.2.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.2.4","date":"2026-06-16T09:21:38Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.1.10","date":"2026-06-16T07:46:49Z","type":"stable","version":"7.1.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/6.2.17","date":"2026-06-16T06:33:13Z","type":"stable","version":"6.2.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.2.3","date":"2026-06-09T12:45:09Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.1.9","date":"2026-06-09T09:42:35Z","type":"stable","version":"7.1.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/6.2.16","date":"2026-06-09T08:15:07Z","type":"stable","version":"6.2.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.2.2","date":"2026-04-28T11:13:59Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.1.8","date":"2026-04-28T10:32:43Z","type":"stable","version":"7.1.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/6.2.15","date":"2026-04-28T09:56:00Z","type":"stable","version":"6.2.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.2.1","date":"2026-03-17T12:58:08Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.1.7","date":"2026-03-17T12:07:58Z","type":"stable","version":"7.1.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/6.2.14","date":"2026-03-17T11:10:42Z","type":"stable","version":"6.2.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/5.4.214","date":"2026-02-23T14:01:21Z","type":"stable","version":"5.4.214"},{"url":"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb/releases/tag/7.2.0","date":"2026-02-02T14:40:19Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"ISO/IEC 27001:2022","status":"active"},{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"SOC 2 Type III","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.7 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://ravendb.net/trust |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=ravendb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (NoSQL Databases)

| Capability | Google Firestore | RavenDB |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Data model | Document | Document |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query language | MQL / document API | - |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | - | - |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| Transactions | - | Multi-item ACID |
| **Indexing** |  |  |
| Secondary indexes | Yes | Yes |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Partitioning / sharding | - | Automatic |
| Multi-region | ✓ | - |
| **Replication** |  |  |
| Replication topology | - | Active-active |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Schema** |  |  |
| Schema | Schemaless | Optional schema |
| **Features** |  |  |
| TTL / auto-expiry | - | ✓ |
| Change streams / CDC | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vector / search built-in | - | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:39:05.782Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*