Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) vs Redis Cloud: which is more reliable? (2026)
Redis Cloud is more reliable than Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database), scoring 79.2 vs 71.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reported 1 incident and Redis Cloud reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.66% and 99.72% respectively. Redis Cloud resolves incidents faster on average (4h 56m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) | Redis Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 71.1 | 79.2 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #9 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.66% | 99.72% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14h 25m | 4h 56m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) and Redis Cloud differ
- Redis Cloud reported 3× as many incidents as Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) over the last 90 days (3 vs 1).
- Redis Cloud fixes problems faster: 4h 56m on average, against 14h 25m for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) (2.9× quicker).
- Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)'s longest outage on record lasted 14h 25m (Oct 21, 2026); Redis Cloud's lasted 10h 36m (Oct 20, 2026).
90-day uptime
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)
Redis Cloud
- 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.
Affected: Realtime Database
Full Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reliability report →
Recent Redis Cloud incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 10h 36m
New incident: "GCP region europe-west2 and zone europe-west2-b issues"
- Degraded performanceSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 41m
New incident: "Redis Cloud – Temporary Issues with Redis IRIS"
- Degraded performanceSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 3h 30m
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- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
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