# Google Firestore vs ScyllaDB

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Google Firestore

| Attribute | Google Firestore | ScyllaDB |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 62 (41% (low)) | 55.1 (51% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 15,723 |
| 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 NoSQL database engineered for applications requiring extreme performance at scale, delivering single-digit millisecond latency with millions of operations per second, commonly used for AI workloads, feature stores, and vector search. |
| 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":"enforced","hosting":"both","data_model":"wide_column","consistency":"tunable","replication":"primary_secondary","multi_region":true,"partitioning":"automatic","vector_search":true,"query_language":"cql","secondary_indexes":"yes"}` |
| integrations.count | 11 | 4 |
| 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":"DynamoDB (Alternator API compatibility)"},{"name":"Kubernetes (ScyllaDB Operator)"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"GCP"}]` |
| language.primary | - | C++ |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"IL","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"Industry-leading performance, 2 Hour P1 support","features":["Fully managed on AWS & GCP","High-throughput low-latency","Vector Search","Auto-scaling storage & compute","SOC2, ISO certifications","99.9% uptime SLA","2 Hour P1 Support response"],"description":"Industry-leading performance for data-intensive apps","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","summary":"Enterprise-grade scalability, 1 Hour P1 support, 24x7","features":["All Standard features","1 Hour P1 Support response","24x7 support","Bring Your Own Account","Multi-region active-active HA/DR","Advanced metrics and logging","Dedicated Slack channel"],"description":"Enterprise-grade scalability & support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"Premium support with 15 minute P1 response, custom deployment","features":["All Professional features","15 minutes P1 Support response","24x7 support","Bring Your Own Encryption Key","Advanced networking (Private Link)","Advanced network compression","Flexible region switching","Dedicated Technical Account Manager"],"description":"Custom security, networking & deployment","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Subscription-based cloud tiers (Standard, Professional, Premium) with usage calculator. Exact pricing not disclosed on public pages.","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.scylladb.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:26:38.962Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (NoSQL Databases)

| Capability | Google Firestore | ScyllaDB |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Data model | Document | Wide-column |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query language | MQL / document API | CQL |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | - | Tunable |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| Transactions | - | - |
| **Indexing** |  |  |
| Secondary indexes | Yes | Yes |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Partitioning / sharding | - | Automatic |
| Multi-region | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Replication** |  |  |
| Replication topology | - | Primary-secondary |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Schema** |  |  |
| Schema | Schemaless | Enforced |
| **Features** |  |  |
| TTL / auto-expiry | - | - |
| Change streams / CDC | ✓ | - |
| Vector / search built-in | - | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:27:48.990Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*