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I have been using Google Firebase's Realtime Database, but want to be able to store more complex user-generated data like images, videos etc. As per the Firebase docs, they provide two other services: 'Firebase Storage' and 'Cloud Firestore'. Can someone please summarise what the difference is between the similarly named 'Storage' and 'Firestore'.
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What are the differences between Firebase and Firestore? Firebase is a more compressive solution vs. Firestore and incorporates multiple services like databases, notifications, analytics, ML, etc. Firestore is a NoSQL database that is part of the Firebase app development platform.
Cloud Datastore automatically scales as you need it and supports transactions as well as robust, SQL-like queries. What is Cloud Firestore? NoSQL database built for global apps. Cloud Firestore is a NoSQL document database that lets you easily store, sync, and query data for your mobile and web apps - at global scale.
*Realtime database store data only json format and it is specially used in app where data is synchronized concurrently like ola app(user location),sensex(Nifty) app where data not persist . *Firebase Storage just only store data like memory card.It is specially used for store backend data of app.
The new Firebase Storage is powered by Google Cloud Storage, giving it massive scalability and allowing stored files to be easily accessed by other projects running on Google Cloud Platform. Firebase now uses the same underlying account system as GCP, which means you can use any GCP product with your Firebase app.
Firebase provides Firestore and Firebase Realtime Database. These databases are cloud-based, client accessible database solutions which support real-time data syncing. Firestore is the newest database used for mobile app development. Cloud Firestore has richer features, faster queries, and scale further than the real-time database.
In the Firebase service, you have two architectures and data models to choose from — Realtime Database and Cloud Firestore. Realtime Database is a database that uses JSON documents to store key-value pairs. It includes features for data synchronization using web sockets and asynchronous syncing for offline device support.
Using Cloud Firestore and Realtime Database. You can use both databases within the same Firebase app or project. Both NoSQL databases can store the same types of data and the client libraries work in a similar manner. Keep in mind the differences outlined above if you decide to use both databases in your app.
The platform uses a NoSQL database, which is comparatively better than conventional relational databases. Realtime Database – The real-time database of Firebase enables developers to store and sync data in real-time efficiently. It also allows users to access the database while they are offline.
The products are not really comparable. They have almost nothing in common, except from the perspective of the Firebase client, apps which are gated by security rules.
Cloud Storage is just for storing binary data using paths that look like filesystem paths. It's not a database, and you can't really query it like one. It's typically used for things like pictures, videos, PDFs, backups/exports, and other raw data which can be very large in size. There is a 5GB limit to the size of data you can store in a single object. It's dirt cheap and optimized for download speed, and can be served by CDN.
Firestore is a database used for querying data and is almost never used for storing binary data. You use it to store actual values that you intend to query, such as names, times, and other metadata. Since a Firestore document is limited to 1MB in size, that also drastically cripples its ability to hold very large amounts of data like Cloud Storage. It's also generally more expensive to store and transfer data compared to Cloud Storage, as you're paying for much more than just basic storage capabilities.
I suggest reading the documentation for more detailed descriptions of these products. It should be clear what specific problems they are trying to solve, as they have essentially no overlap in functionality.
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