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Sovaria vs Firebase
Firebase is Google’s app platform built around Firestore, a NoSQL document database, with pay-as-you-go billing on the Blaze plan. Sovaria gives each project both Postgres tables and Firestore-style document collections under one set of access rules, with a Firestore-compatible SDK, fixed monthly plans, simulation of rule changes and an undo timeline. Firebase has more mobile services (Remote Config, Analytics, A/B Testing), Google-scale infrastructure and a much larger community.
Facts about Firebase from its own pages, checked on 21 October 2026: Firebase pricing.
Side by side
| Topic | Sovaria | Firebase |
|---|---|---|
| Data model | Postgres tables and JSON document collections in the same project | Firestore documents and Realtime Database; SQL through Data Connect on Cloud SQL |
| Keep your Firestore code | Firestore-style API: change the import and initialisation | Native |
| Security rules | Collection rules and row-level security, checked by simulation before they ship | Security Rules with an emulator for tests |
| Auth | Email, magic links and codes, social, phone, passkeys, MFA, SSO | Email, phone, social, anonymous; SAML/OIDC through Identity Platform |
| Functions | Python, JavaScript, TypeScript or Go | Cloud Functions in Node.js or Python |
| Mobile services | Push notifications, app attestation and crash reports | FCM, App Check, Crashlytics, Remote Config, Analytics, A/B Testing |
| Undo a change | Timeline of rules, schema, functions and settings; undo or roll back | Not built in |
| Billing | Fixed monthly plans with allowances and spend caps; rupee prices in India | Spark (free) or Blaze pay-as-you-go per read, write and GB |
Pricing
Sovaria
- Free: $0, 1 project, 500 MB database, 5,000 MAU, 1 GB files, 2 GB bandwidth, paused after 7 days without activity
- Pro: $29 a month (₹2,499 in India), 1 project, 8 GB database, 50,000 MAU, 25 GB files, 25 GB bandwidth
- Ultra: $99 a month (₹9,999 in India), 10 projects, 25 GB database, 200,000 MAU, 100 GB files, 75 GB bandwidth
- Team: $599 a month (₹49,999 in India), 100 projects, 100 GB database, 500,000 MAU, 500 GB files, 400 GB bandwidth
- Enterprise: custom contract
Firebase
- Spark: no cost, Firestore 1 GiB stored, 50,000 reads and 20,000 writes a day
- Blaze: pay as you go beyond the free quotas; Cloud Functions need Blaze (2M invocations a month free); Authentication free up to 50,000 MAU
- Data Connect (PostgreSQL): Cloud SQL from about $9.37 a month after a 3-month trial
Which to choose
Choose Firebase if
- You need Remote Config, Analytics or A/B Testing alongside your backend.
- Your app is document-only and pay-per-operation pricing suits its traffic.
- You want Google Cloud’s regions and services around it.
Choose Sovaria if
- You want SQL joins and documents in one project instead of a second database.
- You want a predictable monthly bill, or to pay in rupees.
- You want to test who can read what before rules ship, and undo changes afterwards.
Questions
Can I use my Firestore code with Sovaria?
Mostly yes. Import from @sovaria/sdk/firestore instead of firebase/firestore; collections, documents, queries and listeners keep the same shape.
Do users keep their Firebase passwords?
Yes. sov import firebase moves Auth users with their scrypt hashes and your project’s hash parameters, so nobody has to reset.
Are Firebase Security Rules converted?
You get a report with the Sovaria equivalent of each rule. You apply them yourself and check them with a simulation run.
Does Sovaria have Remote Config?
Not yet. A table with a read rule and a live listener covers most uses.
Try Sovaria on the free plan
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