Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
CockroachDB Cloud vs Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database): which is more reliable? (2026)
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) is more reliable than CockroachDB Cloud, scoring 71.1 vs 57.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days CockroachDB Cloud reported 5 incidents and Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.08% and 99.66% respectively. CockroachDB Cloud resolves incidents faster on average (10h 59m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | CockroachDB Cloud | Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 57.6 | 71.1 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #11 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.08% | 99.66% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 10h 59m | 14h 25m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where CockroachDB Cloud and Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) differ
- CockroachDB Cloud reported 5× as many incidents as Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) over the last 90 days (5 vs 1).
- CockroachDB Cloud had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database).
- CockroachDB Cloud fixes problems faster: 10h 59m on average, against 14h 25m for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database).
- CockroachDB Cloud's longest outage on record lasted 20h 4m (Aug 4, 2026); Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)'s lasted 14h 25m (Oct 21, 2026).
90-day uptime
CockroachDB Cloud
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent CockroachDB Cloud incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 7h
gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard, CockroachDB Advanced
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 22h 12m
Stock out issues in GCP us-central1
Affected: CockroachDB Advanced, Continuum Mission Critical
- Partial outageSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 1h 31m
Connection attempts failing for multiple Basic tenants in GCP South America (southamerica-east1).
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 9m
Cloud Latency, Delays, Connection Issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
- Partial outageAug 4, 2026 · resolved in 20h 4m
Cluster connectivity and execution issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
Recent Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) incidents
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 14h 25m
Partial performance degradation for RTDB users in us-central1 from 6 AM to 8:30 PM PT.official update ↗
Affected: Realtime Database
Full Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reliability report →
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