Last updated December 20, 2024
EdgeDBvs
Firebase Realtime
vs
Serverless Database Query Performance
Serverless databases are databases that are hosted on a serverless platform.
Location | EdgeDBread more | Firebase Realtimeread more | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | |
 us-west-1 | ||||
| us-east-1 | ||||
 ca-central-1 | ||||
 sa-east-1 | ||||
 eu-central-1 | ||||
 eu-west-2 | ||||
 eu-west-3 | ||||
 eu-north-1 | ||||
 eu-south-1 | ||||
 af-south-1 | ||||
 ap-southeast-1 | ||||
 ap-northeast-1 | ||||
 ap-east-1 | ||||
 ap-southeast-2 | ||||
 ap-northeast-2 | ||||
FAQ
All primary databases are located in us-east-1 region.
Serverless Database features
Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.
Feature | EdgeDB | Firebase Realtime | |
|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | N/A | Nodejs, Google Cloud, Scala | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | |||
API | N/A | REST API | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | N/A | Cloud functions | |
Developer Experience | |||
Database type | N/A | OLTP, OLAP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | N/A | Document based, NoSQL | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | N/A | Firebase CLI | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | N/A | JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, C++, Objective-C | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | N/A | JSON | |
ACID compliant ACID is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps | N/A | ||
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | N/A | Doesn't have support | |
Backups | N/A | ||
Security & Compliance Offerings | |||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | N/A | Apart from App indexing | |
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication | N/A | ||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | N/A | HTTPS, TLS | |
SSO | N/A | SAML-based SSO solution | |
Monitoring and analytics | |||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | N/A | Document level history 30 days retention | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | N/A | Web based monitoring tools | |
Scalability | |||
Replication and Partitioning | N/A | Region groups | |