How do these costs compare with the alternatives (MongoDB, dynamoDB, etc...), or even with a SQL DB from another vendor) ? MongoDB tells me I have to start with USD $57/month!! Firestore estimates USD $12/month for 5,000 Daily Active Users.
Also, Google has the following product (Database Migration Service), which may help with your concerns in 1). I have yet to try this product, so I cannot comment much. Have you tried it ?
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All valid points. I thought the same things.
Have you considered Google's other DB products ? such as Cloud SQL or Cloud bigtable ?
Here they have a few use cases, with cost estimations : firebase.google.com/docs/firestore...
How do these costs compare with the alternatives (MongoDB, dynamoDB, etc...), or even with a SQL DB from another vendor) ? MongoDB tells me I have to start with USD $57/month!! Firestore estimates USD $12/month for 5,000 Daily Active Users.
Also, Google has the following product (Database Migration Service), which may help with your concerns in 1). I have yet to try this product, so I cannot comment much. Have you tried it ?