# Cloud Firestore vs the Realtime Database: Which one do I use?

DevFeed: [Cloud Firestore vs the Realtime Database: Which one do I use?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cloud-firestore-vs-the-realtime-database-which-one-do-i-use-16230.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2017/10/cloud-firestore-for-rtdb-developers>)

Author: Todd Kerpelman

Published: 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [Realtime Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/realtime-database.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Structured-data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structured-data.md>)

Tags: [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [collections](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collections.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [firestore](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firestore.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [maps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maps.md>), [realtime-database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/realtime-database.md>)

## AI overview

This Firebase team article compares Cloud Firestore with Firebase Realtime Database. It explains that Firestore uses a structured document-and-collection model, supports shallow queries, and provides more powerful querying capabilities, helping developers choose between the two databases.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.