<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">Firestore may become more expensive than Spanner beyond certain usage levels.KAUCHE successfully achieved zero-downtime migration from Firestore to Spanner, reducing costs significantly.Firestore's perception as a cheap database can lead to cost misconceptions at scale.Spanner's pricing has evolved, making it more cost-effective than Firestore for large-scale operations.Comparison reveals Spanner can be up to 17 times cheaper for reads and 8 times cheaper for writes.