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So this is now a key differentiation between firebase and meteor?

I guess it depends on what you mean as a "key differentiation".

The two are also very different in that Meteor is a framework and Firebase is a data service that can be run completely client-side.

Would it be possible to use both in tandem? Meteor for the app, Firebase for the data storage?

Meteor provides its own MongoDB lite for that.