Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) vs PlanetScale: which is more reliable? (2026)
PlanetScale is more reliable than Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database), scoring 89.1 vs 71.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reported 1 incident and PlanetScale reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.66% and 99.92% respectively. PlanetScale resolves incidents faster on average (54m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 71.1 | 89.1 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #9 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.66% | 99.92% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14h 25m | 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) and PlanetScale differ
- PlanetScale reported 6× as many incidents as Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) over the last 90 days (6 vs 1).
- PlanetScale had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database).
- PlanetScale fixes problems faster: 54m on average, against 14h 25m for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) (15.9× quicker).
- Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)'s longest outage on record lasted 14h 25m (Oct 21, 2026); PlanetScale's lasted 3h (Jul 24, 2026).
90-day uptime
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)
PlanetScale
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
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Recent PlanetScale incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 38m
Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Affected: ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo), sa-east-1 (Sao Paulo), northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia), us-east-2 (Ohio) +13 more
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 1h 8m
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 26m
AWS us-east-1 connectivity failures
Affected: us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), us-east-1 (Northern Virginia)
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 3m
Branch creation delays in GCP europe-west-1
Affected: Database Operations
- Partial outageSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 14m
Connectivity issues with Vitess databases in GCP
Affected: us-central1 (Iowa), northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia), us-east1 (Moncks Corner), europe-west1 (St. Ghislain) +1 more
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases
Affected: Dashboard and API Requests
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- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
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