Last updated December 20, 2024
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Serverless Database Query Performance
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Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | |
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FAQ
Serverless Database features
Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.
Feature | Firebase Firestore | Neon | Firebase Realtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | N/A | Postgres, AWS, Azure | Nodejs, Google Cloud, Scala | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | N/A | HTTP and WebSocket connections @neondatabase/serverless package (optional) | REST API | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | N/A | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | Cloud functions | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | N/A | OLTP | OLTP, OLAP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | N/A | Relational, SQL | Document based, NoSQL | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | N/A | neonctl | Firebase CLI | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | N/A | All languages and ORMs supporting Postgres, Drizzle, Prisma, Node, Go, Java, Rust, PHP | JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, C++, Objective-C | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | N/A | SQL, PostgreSQL | 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 | ACID compliant | ||
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | N/A | Open source | Doesn't have support | |
Backups | N/A | PITR and Daily backups available for all, scheduled backups available for paid plans | ||
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 | Coming soon | ||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | N/A | AES Encryption at rest, TLS v1.3 | 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 | Log export for paid plans | Document level history 30 days retention | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | N/A | Web dashboard, export metrics for paid plans | Web based monitoring tools | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | N/A | Autoscaling Compute and Memory from zero to 16 CPU and Logical Replication | Region groups | |