Which is cheaper, Amazon DynamoDB or Google Firestore?

AWS is cheaper in 1 of 5 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 28.5%.

How do Amazon DynamoDB and Google Firestore compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSGCP

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

GCP Wins

Ties

AWS wins 1 of 5 price comparisons, averaging 28.5% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.000000/hr to $0.2000/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for DDB-Operation-ReplicatedWrite workloads

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Best for Database Storage workloads

Comparing Amazon DynamoDB and Google Firestore across 5 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon DynamoDB	GCP Google Firestore	Diff	Cheapest
AmazonDynamoDB - DDB-ElasticViews	$0.0000/hr USE1-ChangeDataCaptureUnits-ElasticViews ($0.00/mo)	$0.0000/hr 2A82-CD79-0F9D ($0.00/mo)	+16.7%	Tie
Amazon DynamoDB PayPerRequest Throughput - Amazon DynamoDB PayPerRequest Throughput	$0.0000/hr IA-ReadRequestUnits ($0.00/mo)	$0.0000/hr 3855-7415-CE14 ($0.00/mo)	+22.6%	Tie
DDB-Operation-ReplicatedWrite - DDB-Operation-ReplicatedWrite	$0.0006/hr ReplWriteCapacityUnit-Hrs ($0.47/mo)	$0.0350/hr 2A11-1B7C-ABA2 ($25.55/mo)	+98.1%	AWS
Amazon DynamoDB Restore Data Size - Amazon DynamoDB Restore Data Size	$0.1500/hr USE1-RestoreDataSize-Bytes ($109.50/mo)	$0.1500/hr 130F-8928-6877 ($109.50/mo)	0.0%	Tie
Database Storage - Database Storage	$0.2000/hr USE1-TimedPITRStorage-ByteHrs ($146.00/mo)	$0.1900/hr 0536-41E7-3A0A ($138.70/mo)	+5.0%	GCP