NoSQL databases · RankedGoogle Cloud Firestore
Google Cloud Firestore is a managed, serverless NoSQL document database from Google, run on Google Cloud · google.dev ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
MongoDB is first at 81%.
MongoDB is first at 74%.
MongoDB is first at 53%.
Why models recommend it
“Mobile / serverless / real-time sync: Google Cloud Firestore, with real-time sync and a Firebase-native developer experience”Muse Glimmer 30B · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Cloud Firestore is also worth considering, especially for teams already on Firebase/Google Cloud”GPT-5.4 mini · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Runner-up: ... Firebase Firestore is unbeatable due to its generous free tier and serverless model”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“or choose a managed option like Firestore if you want to minimize DevOps complexity”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Be cautious when usage could grow unpredictably or your workload involves lots of reads, listeners, or index-heavy queries.”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
“moving off Firebase is notoriously difficult due to its specific synchronization and data schema logic”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Vendor lock-in / cloud-only managed services ... Firebase Realtime Database / Firestore”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Vendor lock-in to Google Cloud, fundamentally limited query capabilities”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Google Cloud Firestore, over the 68 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 45 | View → | |
| 64 | 5 | View → | |
| 42 | 1 | View → | |
| 36 | 0 | View → | |
| 24 | 3 | View → | |
| 23 | 1 | View → | |
| 22 | 2 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Google Cloud Firestore →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Google Cloud Firestore's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Build AI, web, and mobile applications
- Price stated
- Firestore’s pricing is based on the read and write operations conducted on your database, consumed storage, and network usage. Pricing varies based on the edition selected. Committed use discounts reduce the price further.
- Starting price
- 0.03
- Free plan or trial
- Try Firestore free. New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on Firestore. All customers get 50,000 reads, 20,000 writes, 20,000 deletes, and 1 GB storage free per day, not charged against your credits.
- Customers named
- Forbes, Mayo Clinic, HighLevel, Dialpad, The Home Depot, B4A
- Also from Google Cloud
- Google 2-Step Verification, Google Alerts, Google AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Google Analytics, Google Antigravity, Google Artifact Registry and 85 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 47 of the 68 answers that named Google Cloud Firestore and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
115 of the 133 domain citations in answers naming Google Cloud Firestore came from a third party's page. Eighteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |