Reasons to choose Cloud Firestore over Realtime Database
It is an improved version
Firebase database was enough for basic applications. But it was not powerful enough to handle complex requirements. That is why Cloud Firestore is introduced. Here are some major changes.
- The basic file structure is improved.
- Offline support for the web client.
- Supports more advanced querying.
- Write and transaction operations are atomic.
- Reliability and performance improvements
- Scaling will be automatic.
- Will be more secure.
Pricing
In Cloud Firestore, rates have lowered even though it charges primarily on operations performed in your database along with bandwidth and storage. You can set a daily spending limit too. Here is the complete details about billing.