Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) vs Upstash: which is more reliable? (2026)
Upstash is more reliable than Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database), scoring 98.0 vs 71.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) reported 1 incident and Upstash reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.66% and 100% respectively. Upstash resolves incidents faster on average (<1m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) | Upstash |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 71.1 | 98.0 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #9 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.66% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14h 25m | <1m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) and Upstash differ
- Upstash reported 3× as many incidents as Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) over the last 90 days (3 vs 1).
- Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Upstash.
- Upstash fixes problems faster: <1m on average, against 14h 25m for Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database) (Infinity× quicker).
- Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)'s longest outage on record lasted 14h 25m (Oct 21, 2026); Upstash's lasted 3h 59m (May 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
Firebase (Firestore & Realtime Database)
Upstash
- 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 Upstash incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 29, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceSep 9, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Intermittent DNS Resolution Errors for Upstash Vector in US East (us-east-1)
- InformationalSep 3, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Other managed database services to consider
- Prisma Postgres · #2 · 99.96% uptime
- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
See the full most reliable managed database services ranking →