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# Firestore in Datastore mode documentation

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Firestore in Datastore mode is a NoSQL document database built for automatic scaling, high performance, and ease of application development.

While the Datastore mode interface has many of the same features as traditional databases, as a NoSQL database it differs from them in the way it describes relationships between data objects.

Not sure what database option is right for you? Learn more about our [database services](https://cloud.google.com/products/databases/). 

[Go to the Firestore in Datastore mode product page for more.](https://cloud.google.com/datastore/)

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##  Documentation resources 

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues. 

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### Guides

  * [ Quickstart: Store and query data in Firestore in Datastore mode ](/datastore/docs/store-query-data)

  * [ Exporting and Importing Entities ](/datastore/docs/export-import-entities)

  * [ Running the Datastore Emulator ](/datastore/docs/tools/datastore-emulator)

  * [ Datastore Admin ](/datastore/docs/console/datastore-admin-console)

  * [ Accessing your database ](/datastore/docs/activate)

  * [ Deleting Entities in Bulk ](/datastore/docs/bulk-delete)

  * [ Index Configuration ](/datastore/docs/tools/indexconfig)

  * [ Viewing Statistics in the Console ](/datastore/docs/console/datastore-statistics)

  * [ Managing Firestore in Datastore mode from the Console ](/datastore/docs/console/managing-datastore)




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### Reference

  * [ Datastore mode Client Libraries ](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries)

  * [ GQL Reference ](/datastore/docs/reference/gql_reference)

  * [ REST API ](/datastore/docs/reference/data/rest)

  * [ RPC API ](/datastore/docs/reference/data/rpc)




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### Resources

  * [ Pricing and Quota ](/datastore/pricing)

  * [ Release Notes ](/datastore/docs/release-notes)

  * [ Billing Questions ](/datastore/docs/billing-questions)

  * [ Getting support ](/datastore/docs/getting-support)




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Last updated 2025-12-17 UTC.

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