Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) vs Tiger Data (Timescale): which is more reliable? (2026)
Tiger Data (Timescale) is more reliable than Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database), scoring 80.4 vs 71.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reported 1 incident and Tiger Data (Timescale) reported 7, with effective uptime of 99.66% and 99.76% respectively. Tiger Data (Timescale) resolves incidents faster on average (2h 9m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) | Tiger Data (Timescale) |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 71.1 | 80.4 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #9 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.66% | 99.76% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 7 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14h 25m | 2h 9m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) and Tiger Data (Timescale) differ
- Tiger Data (Timescale) reported 7× as many incidents as Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) over the last 90 days (7 vs 1).
- Tiger Data (Timescale) had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database).
- Tiger Data (Timescale) fixes problems faster: 2h 9m on average, against 14h 25m for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) (6.7× quicker).
- Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)'s longest outage on record lasted 14h 25m (Oct 21, 2026); Tiger Data (Timescale)'s lasted 8h (Apr 21, 2026).
90-day uptime
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)
Tiger Data (Timescale)
- 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 Tiger Data (Timescale) incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
[Azure ServiceHealth] Network Infrastructure - West Europe - Resolved
- Major outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 1h 31m
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 27m
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 38m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 4h 9m
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 6h 14m
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- Upstash · #1 · 100% uptime
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- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
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