Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
Aiven vs Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database): which is more reliable? (2026)
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) is more reliable than Aiven, scoring 71.1 vs 34.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Aiven reported 9 incidents and Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reported 1, with effective uptime of 97.43% and 99.66% respectively. Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) resolves incidents faster on average (14h 25m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Aiven | Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 34.6 | 71.1 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #13 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.43% | 99.66% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 5h | 14h 25m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Aiven and Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) differ
- Aiven reported 9× as many incidents as Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) over the last 90 days (9 vs 1).
- Aiven had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database).
- Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) fixes problems faster: 14h 25m on average, against 1d 5h for Aiven (2.0× quicker).
- Aiven's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Oct 12, 2026); Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)'s lasted 14h 25m (Oct 21, 2026).
90-day uptime
Aiven
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Aiven incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 12h 47m
Google Cloud VPN incident affecting services
Affected: Aiven
- InformationalOct 18, 2026 · resolved in 17h 12m
- InformationalOct 16, 2026 · resolved in 4h 51m
- Partial outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 4d 14h
Issues with spin up node in google asia-southeast1 regionofficial update ↗
Affected: Aiven
- InformationalSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 4h 27m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 7h 10m
Aiven Console and API are downofficial update ↗
Affected: Aiven, Support Ticketing System
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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