Can we use Firebase instead of MongoDB?

If you're looking for a full back-end as a service (BEaaS) and the least possible effort, Firebase is ideal, but MongoDB (and specifically MongoDB Atlas) gives you the most powerful and flexible platform for application development, and the ability to support both transactional and warehouse-style workloads in the same . Firebase Hosting is a CDN for hosting static websites. So it is not possible to host an application like MongoDB server. You can't host MongoDB on any Firebase services.

Is Firebase easier to use than MongoDB?

Yes, the database allows the developers to develop the app for free. Thus, it becomes easier for the developers in the real environment through Firebase.

Is Firebase based on MongoDB?

Firebase database is a fork of MongoDB. You can take advantage of all built-in features of Firebase over MongoDB.

Is firestore better than MongoDB?

MongoDB has the ability to respond to requests faster than most other NoSQL databases, and it usually outperforms Firestore in processing read/write/update operations.

Why is MongoDB more secure than Firebase?

With Google's Cloud Platform, Firebase allows straightforward hosting. MongoDB is secure because no SQL injection can be made.

What is the difference between Firebase and MongoDB?

Firebase vs MongoDB Firebase is a database to store and synchronize data in real-time. MongoDB is a free open source, high-performance document-based database.

How to create an API for a MongoDB server?

Once you have a running MongoDB server, you need to write an API for client apps to communicate securely. Client apps should never talk with a DB instance directly. In this case you can use Firebase Cloud Functions to create an api. You can use Firebase Auth service with Firebase Cloud Functions.

What is the best database to replace MongoDB?

I recommend PostgreSQL as it’s the most powerful out of the 3 databases you mentioned. It supports JSON objects so you can mimic the MongoDB functionality, but I would also argue that SQL is actually quite powerful and in many cases significantly easier to work with than with NoSQL databases.

What are the advantages of using Firebase?

Firebase provides some good features like real time change reflection , easy integration of authentication mechanism , and lots of other built-in features for rapid web development. Firebase, really makes Web development so simple that never exists. Firebase database is a fork of MongoDB.