I am creating a post to list all cloud-hosted alternatives to Firestore. All of these databases are scalable and serverless technologies.
1. Cloud Firestore
NoSQL Database built on Firebase platform
- Amazing support for many different libraries
- Incredible Default Realtime Support with Robust Caching
- Wonderful Robust Security Rules for Backend Validation written in CEL (Common Expression Langauge)
- Very Limited Querying
- No support for any type of joins
- Must handle all types of counts manually
- Vendor Lockin, can't use outside of Firestore
- Firestore Functions can do a lot in background
- See here for my in-depth problems with Firestore (love/hate)
- Price: Pricing based on usage
2. Dgraph Cloud
Graph Database using GraphQL known to be faster than Neo4j based on Badger.
- Extremely Fast and Powerful
- Has realtime support through graphql websockets.
- Very Limited Backend Validation Security (Hopefully they are working on this), but can hack this with Custom Lambda Mutations (a lot more work) written in GraphQL Queries
- No Nested Filters (same thing as filtering JOINS), should have this by end of the year, can hack with custom DQL queries
- Has Data Studio like Cloud Firestore
- Can Edit almost everything in Cloud Studio
- Use my easy-dgraph js library for easily creating graphql queries
- Best used with URQL for Caching
- Will have storage usage in the future like Firebase
- Must use external Auth Controls like Firebase Auth or Auth0
- Price: $39.99 a month, or dedicated based on usage ($199)
3. Supabase.io
PostgresSQL using a JS Library with an online easy-to-use system.
- JS Library makes any kind of queries easy to create, especially complex joins and filters
- Uses Postgres's RLS (Row Level Security) policies for very robust backend validation
- Has current storage bucket capabilities like Firebase
- Has built-in Auth controls
- Price: $25 a month, or dedicated based on usage
4. Hasura Cloud
GraphQL postgreSQL database
- RLS for security
- Needs Auth0 or Firebase for authentication
- NHost.io built on top of this
- Price: $99 a month standard to custom
5. Nhost.io
PostGreSQL with GraphQL built on Hasura
- Adds storage and RBAC to Hasura.
6. MongoDb Atlas
GraphQL connection to feature rich noSQL.
- Has Robust Join Capabilities for a denormalized database, but can be slow if not indexed
- Many Languages Support, Functions, Triggers
- Streams for Realtime Support via Websockets
- Has a GraphQL api
- JSON Schema Validation and built in RBAC
- Price: $57 a month dedicated instance
7. Fauna
GraphQL connection for custom relational noSQL.
- Realtime available using streams, limited
- Built in ABAC, Custom FQL Rules for Robust Security Validation
- Vendor Lock-in, can't view under-the-hood
- Price: $22.5 a month, $135, $450, depending on needs
8. Neo4j Aura
GraphDb, basic graphQL, uses Cypher Language for everything else
- Cypher includes RBAC and Robust Query Validation
- Realtime support with external instance of Kafka (from my understanding), not built-in
- Limited Documentation
- GraphQL does not work out-of-the-box and needs a middlware server
- Price: $65 a month to custom
9. Amazon Neptune
GraphDb, gremlin and SPARQL (latest technology!)
- AWS (IAM) for ABAC Security
- Lambda Functions (Java, Javascript, and other langauges) - Field Validation as well
- Gremlin Websocket for Realtime
- Limited Documentation
- Easy access to all Amazon Services
- Price: Custom pricing, probably starts at $450 a month
10. MariaDB Cloud / SkyDB
A Fork of MySQL management
- Built-in User Management
- MYSQL Validation Data Rules
- Realtime Data Streams with Kafka (not built-in to my understanding)
- Storage Options
- Price: Custom Pricing, pay as you go, maybe $700 starting?
11. TigerGraph Cloud
GraphDB Restful Endpoint
- Restful Endpoint
- RBAC Built-in
- GSQL Query Langauge for Security Field Validation
- Kafka for real time streaming
- Price: Pay as you go, dedicated, could get expensive, free version with credits
12. Nebula Graph
Chinese GraphDb with recent funding
- RBAC
- nGQL, openCypher for Security and Queries
- Kafka or Pulsar
- Nebula Graph Cloud in Beta
13. Redis Enterprise Cloud
Key Value Store that can be used as GraphDB
- Rest API
- RBAC
- Pubsub
- Price:Free Version, $7, and Flexible add GraphDB
14. HarperDB Cloud
SQL on JSON with Rest API
- NewSQL, Microservice Architecture
- Authentication Security (JWT and Roles), no field security that I can find
- Pubsub websockets
- Price: Free tier, per instance pricing
15. CockroachCloud
SQL on JSON
- NewSQL, allows complex querying
- Uses Changefeed to watch data
- Price:: No Free tier, by the hour
16. Couchbase Cloud
newSQL noSQL allowing relational data
- Spark Streaming, DStreams from DCP
- Price: per hour, custom pricing
17. InfiniteGraph
GraphDB, claims massive scalability
- Looks like GraphQL, probably websockets, documentation not available to free users?
- Price: - Free version , $100 50gb
18. SingleStore
- Elastic Cloud Database Relational SQL
- Could not find specifics, has streaming capabilities
- Price: - Credit system, free version gives $500 worth of credits
19. PlanetScale
Mysql compatible powered by Vitess
- In beta, could not find real time data information or client side integration
- Price: - low pricing for startups, cost per read / writes / storage
20. AstraDB
- Apache Cassandra NoSQL database
- DataStax Astra Streaming Technology
- Price: - has free tear, price per usage
Honorable Mentions (No Cloud Service or Enterprise Only Cloud)
- RethinkDB - JSON with joins, specialize in realtime data
Appwrite.io - noSQL, storage, rest api
GraphDB - Ontotext - RDF Db
Stardog - RDF GraphDB, has custom cloud version, but no free version
Apache Jena - RDF Triple Store
- Let me know pros and cons of any you have used.
- I will update the list if new features become available, so let me know.
- Post a comment if you know of another cloud-hosted product (must be serverless), and I will add it here as well.
J
Latest comments (5)
I already added them Peter H.
@jdgamble555 I was looking at cached version and didn't see update. thank you!
Hi @jdgamble555 would you be open to adding DataStax Astra DB, and Astra Streaming? It's built on Apache Cassandra and Apache Pulsar, and yes, it's serverless.
@jdgamble555 what do you think?
I love that you are talking about RDF/SPARQL databases because RDF is the main datastore of the Solid Protocol.
Some other RDF/SPARQL databases to look into are GraphDB, StarDog, AnzoGraph, and Apache Jena.
There are four versions of RDF: RDF v 1.0, RDF v 1.1, RDF* and N3.
I am interested in learning more about RDF* and SPARQL*, it seems to be the most updated version of RDF and adds the property graph feature of graph databases. I am still researching this. youtube.com/watch?v=xWgWMxx_qkA
Right now the Solid Team is weighing out the pros and cons of all the four and will pick a main version for the Solid Specification. If you are interested in finding out more you can watch the most recent July 2021 episode of Solid World. More Discussion Gitter Chat: and Solid Forum
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