🆚 Firebase Realtime Database vs. MySQL

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 MySQL is much more popular than Firebase Realtime Database.
🌍 MySQL is more popular in all countries.
⭐ Firebase Realtime Database is particularly popular in Japan.

Firebase Realtime Database

MySQL

Type

Database technology

About

The Firebase Realtime Database is a NoSQL cloud-hosted database developed by Google.

It stores data as JSON, synchronizes updates in real time across all connected clients, supports built-in offline persistence so apps continue working without network, and scales to around 200,000 concurrent client connections and 1,000 writes per second in a single database.

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system currently owned by Oracle.

It supports ACID transactions via the InnoDB storage engine, provides support for stored procedures, triggers, views, high availability through replication and clustering, and can scale to tables with billions of rows.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

Website

firebase.google.com

mysql.com #1,650

Pricing

Free tier ✔️One database per project, 1 GB of storage + 10 GB/month of outbound traffic

Storage$5/GB

Outbound traffic$1/GB

Free version ✔️Community Edition, open source

Commercial LicenseStandard Edition$2,140+/year
Enterprise Edition$5,350+/year
Cluster Carrier Grade Edition$10,700+/year

* The open source version of MySQL can be used for commercial purposes.
A commercial license is required for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), and VARs (Value Added Resellers) who distribute MySQL with commercially licensed software.