Mostly because of how fast it is to integrate, since I have experience with both in the past, it was very easy to setup quickly without looking at any documentation.
Regarding the price, I find firestore's free tier to be more than enough for most side projects, same with algolia free tier
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Mostly because of how fast it is to integrate, since I have experience with both in the past, it was very easy to setup quickly without looking at any documentation.
Regarding the price, I find firestore's free tier to be more than enough for most side projects, same with algolia free tier
yeah I agree you can get a fullstack web app working in now time!! keep killing it