Firestore Alternatives

Firestore is described as 'NoSQL document database built for automatic scaling, high performance, and ease of application development. While the Firestore interface has many of the same features as traditional databases, as a NoSQL database it differs from them in the way it describes' and is an website in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Firestore, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac and BSD apps. The best Firestore alternative is MongoDB, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Firestore are CouchDB, Triplit, Apache Cassandra and ArangoDB.

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  1. MongoDB icon
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    MongoDB is a document database with the scalability and flexibility that you want with the querying and indexing that you need

    99 MongoDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
    • MongoDB is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Firestore.

    • MongoDB is the most popular free alternative to Firestore.

    • MongoDB is Freemium and ProprietaryFirestore is Paid and Proprietary
  2. CouchDB icon
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    Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database accessible via a RESTful HTTP / JSON API. It includes incremental map / reduce mechanics for queries and keeps data safe with an append-only datastore.

    72 CouchDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
     
    • CouchDB is the most popular Android alternative to Firestore.

    • CouchDB is the most popular Open Source alternative to Firestore.

    • CouchDB is Free and Open SourceFirestore is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Triplit icon
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    A full-stack, syncing database that runs on both server and client. Pluggable storage (indexeddb, sqlite, durable objects), syncs over websockets, and works with your favorite framework (React, Solid, Vue, Svelte).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Triplit is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Firestore.

    • Triplit is Free and Open SourceFirestore is Paid and Proprietary
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    The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  5. ArangoDB icon
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    ArangoDB database is an open-source NoSQL solution with a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key-values.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. FerretDB icon
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    FerretDB (formerly MangoDB) is an open-source proxy, which converts MongoDB wire protocol queries to SQL, and uses PostgreSQL as a database engine.

    99 FerretDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL document database service designed from the ground up to natively support JSON and JavaScript directly inside the database engine. It’s the right solution for web and mobile applications when predictable throughput, low latency, and flexible query are...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Azure Cosmos DB is the most popular commercial alternative to Firestore.

    • Azure Cosmos DB is Paid and ProprietaryFirestore is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service offered by Amazon.com as part of the Amazon Web Services portfolio. It was announced by Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on January 18, 2012.OverviewDynamoDB differs from other Amazon services by allowing developers to purchase a...

    54 Amazon DynamoDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  9. UnQLite icon
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    UnQLite is a in-process software library which implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional NoSQL database engine. UnQLite is a document store database similar to MongoDB, Redis, CouchDB etc.

    46 UnQLite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Raven is an Open Source (with a commercial option) document database for the .NET/Windows platform. Raven offers a flexible data model design to fit the needs of real world systems. Raven stores schema-less JSON documents, allow you to define indexes using Linq queries and focus...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Orient DB icon
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    The Document-Graph database supports SQL and Native Queries, asynchronous commands, intents, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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