# Amazon DynamoDB vs Google Firestore

| Attribute | Amazon DynamoDB | Google Firestore |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 60.4 (72% (medium)) | 62 (41% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-native database service that scales instantly to handle any workload size while maintaining millisecond response times, requiring no server provisioning or maintenance, with built-in capabilities for AI applications including native vector search and global multi-region replication. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"schema":"schemaless","hosting":"cloud","data_model":"document","consistency":"strong","replication":"active_active","multi_region":true,"partitioning":"automatic","license_class":"proprietary","vector_search":true,"change_streams":true,"query_language":"key_only","secondary_indexes":"yes"}` | `{"schema":"schemaless","hosting":"cloud","data_model":"document","multi_region":true,"license_class":"proprietary","change_streams":true,"query_language":"mql","secondary_indexes":"yes"}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 11 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"Amazon OpenSearch Service"},{"name":"Amazon SageMaker"},{"name":"Amazon Redshift"},{"name":"Amazon S3 Tables"},{"name":"DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)"},{"name":"AWS Key Management Service (KMS)"},{"name":"AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"AWS PrivateLink"}]` | `[{"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"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Pay-as-you-go model. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:06:10.784Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Spark","summary":"Free tier with 1 GiB storage, 20K writes/day, 50K reads/day","features":["No payment method required","Generous no-cost usage limits","Real-time sync","Offline support","Security rules"],"description":"No-cost starter plan with generous usage limits","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"reads":"50K/day","egress":"10 GiB/month","writes":"20K/day","deletes":"20K/day","storage":"1 GiB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Blaze","summary":"Pay-as-you-go: $0.10/GB storage, $0.12/GB egress after free tiers","features":["Access to all Firebase services","Higher usage levels","$300 free credit (if eligible)","Real-time sync","Offline support","Security rules","MongoDB compatibility"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"metric":"storage","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.12,"metric":"network_egress","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-as-you-go plan with access to all Firebase services and higher usage levels","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"reads":"50K/day","egress":"10 GiB/month","writes":"20K/day","deletes":"20K/day","storage":"1 GiB"}}],"summary":"Free Spark plan or pay-as-you-go Blaze plan from $0.10/GB storage","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://firebase.google.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:16:24.372Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |

## Capabilities (NoSQL Databases)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:44:06.652Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*