Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) vs Prisma Postgres: which is more reliable? (2026)
Prisma Postgres is more reliable than Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database), scoring 93.3 vs 71.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reported 1 incident and Prisma Postgres reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.66% and 99.96% respectively. Prisma Postgres resolves incidents faster on average (2h 29m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) | Prisma Postgres |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 71.1 | 93.3 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #9 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.66% | 99.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14h 25m | 2h 29m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) and Prisma Postgres differ
- Prisma Postgres reported 2× as many incidents as Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) over the last 90 days (2 vs 1).
- Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Prisma Postgres.
- Prisma Postgres fixes problems faster: 2h 29m on average, against 14h 25m for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) (5.8× quicker).
- Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)'s longest outage on record lasted 14h 25m (Oct 21, 2026); Prisma Postgres's lasted 2h 30m (Jun 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)
Prisma Postgres
- 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
Full Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reliability report →
Recent Prisma Postgres incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 3h 54m
Intermittent Connection Errors on Prisma Postgres
Affected: Prisma Compute
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 5m
Degraded performance on Prisma Postgres for some users in US East.
Affected: Prisma Postgres
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