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Amazon DynamoDB vs Google Cloud Firestore

Amazon DynamoDB: AWS's serverless key-value and document store with single-digit-millisecond reads at any scale. Google Cloud Firestore: Serverless document database with realtime listeners, offline SDKs and a new Enterprise edition.

key differences

  • Amazon DynamoDB is primarily a key-value database; Google Cloud Firestore is document.
  • Amazon DynamoDB is built for larger datasets (Multi-PB) than Google Cloud Firestore (≤ 1 PB).
  • Transactions: Amazon DynamoDB offers limited ACID; Google Cloud Firestore offers full.
  • Only Amazon DynamoDB has change data capture, streaming ingest.
  • Only Google Cloud Firestore has joins, full-text search, vector search, geospatial, pub/sub.

choose amazon-dynamodb for

  • +Serverless application backends on Lambda
  • +User profiles, sessions and shopping carts
  • +High-traffic e-commerce and gaming state
  • +IoT device state and metadata

best at · OLTP, Sessions, Cache

choose google-cloud-firestore for

  • +Mobile and web apps built on Firebase
  • +Realtime collaborative features and chat
  • +User profiles and app state with offline support
  • +Serverless backends on Cloud Run or Cloud Functions

best at · OLTP, Mobile/offline, Content

Amazon DynamoDBAWS's serverless key-value and document store with single-digit-millisecond reads at any scale.
Google Cloud FirestoreServerless document database with realtime listeners, offline SDKs and a new Enterprise edition.
overview
Primary model
Key-Value
Document
Also supports
Document
Vector, Spatial, Search Engine
Type
Managed service
Managed service
Status
Active
Active
Developer
Amazon Web Services
Google
First release
2012
2017
Latest version
–
–
License
ProprietaryProprietary (AWS service)
ProprietaryProprietary Google Cloud service
Free tier
✓
✓
popularity
WhichDB Score
63.3
49.1
Rank
#14
#28
GitHub stars
–
–
Stack Overflow questions
14.3K
42.6K
scale & guarantees
Comfortable data size
Massive (Multi-PB)
Large (≤ 1 PB)
Horizontal scaling
Native
Native
Multi-region
Active active
Active active
ACID
Limited
Full
Consistency
Strong, Eventual
Strong
Schema
Schemaless
Schemaless
Architecture
Distributed, Serverless
Distributed, Serverless
deployment
Self-hosted
—
—
Vendor-managed cloud
✓
✓
Serverless
✓
✓
Embedded
—
—
Edge
—
—
Clouds
AWS
Google Cloud
capabilities
Transactions
✓
✓
Joins
—
✓
Secondary indexes
✓
✓
Full-text search
—
✓
Vector search
—
✓
Geospatial
—
✓
JSON
✓
✓
Change data capture
✓
—
Triggers
✓
✓
Stored procedures
—
—
Materialized views
—
—
TTL / expiry
✓
✓
Pub/Sub
—
✓
Columnar storage
—
—
In-memory
—
—
Durable persistence
✓
✓
Compression
—
—
Encryption at rest
✓
✓
Role-based access
✓
✓
Time travel
✓
✓
Branching
—
—
Online schema changes
—
✓
Streaming ingest
✓
—
Offline sync
—
✓
Runs in WebAssembly
—
—
interfaces
Query languages
DynamoDB API, PartiQL
Firestore query API, Pipeline operations (Enterprise), MongoDB Query API (Enterprise)
Client languages
Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, C#, .NET, Rust, Ruby
JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, Python, Go, C#, Dart
Best for
OLTP, Sessions, Cache, Metadata
OLTP, Mobile/offline, Content, Vector search
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Amazon DynamoDB vs Google Cloud Firestore: FAQ

What is the difference between Amazon DynamoDB and Google Cloud Firestore?

Amazon DynamoDB: AWS's serverless key-value and document store with single-digit-millisecond reads at any scale. Google Cloud Firestore: Serverless document database with realtime listeners, offline SDKs and a new Enterprise edition. Amazon DynamoDB is primarily a key-value database; Google Cloud Firestore is document. Amazon DynamoDB is built for larger datasets (Multi-PB) than Google Cloud Firestore (≤ 1 PB). Transactions: Amazon DynamoDB offers limited ACID; Google Cloud Firestore offers full.

When should I choose Amazon DynamoDB over Google Cloud Firestore?

Choose Amazon DynamoDB for serverless application backends on Lambda; user profiles, sessions and shopping carts; and high-traffic e-commerce and gaming state. Choose Google Cloud Firestore for mobile and web apps built on Firebase; realtime collaborative features and chat; and user profiles and app state with offline support.

Is Amazon DynamoDB or Google Cloud Firestore more popular?

Amazon DynamoDB ranks #14 on the WhichDB Score (63.3/100) and Google Cloud Firestore ranks #28 (49.1/100). Popularity is not fit: check the requirements that matter for your project.

Are Amazon DynamoDB and Google Cloud Firestore open source?

No. Amazon DynamoDB is proprietary, closed-source software. No. Google Cloud Firestore is proprietary, closed-source software.