PlanetScale vs Turso

PlanetScale provides hosted MySQL/Postgres for scale; Turso targets isolated SQLite databases with per-database encryption.

Which to pick

Sharded MySQL/Postgres with unlimited IOPS
Hosted MySQL/Postgres
Integrations with Fivetran, Airbyte or Hightouch (on PlanetScale's list, not Turso's)

Isolated SQLite databases at scale
A free plan to start with
Integrations with TypeScript, Python or Rust (on Turso's list, not PlanetScale's)

What it is: PlanetScale:PlanetScale provides managed, horizontally-sharded MySQL, Vitess, and Postgres databases with unlimited IOPS and high-availability.; Turso:Turso provides SQLite-compatible databases that can be spun up per user, agent or tenant with built-in replication and encryption.
Best for: PlanetScale:Sharded MySQL/Postgres with unlimited IOPS; Turso:Isolated SQLite databases at scale
Who it’s for: PlanetScale:Developers and teams needing scalable, high-performance cloud databases.; Turso:Developers building AI agents, multi-tenant SaaS, or offline-first apps needing isolated databases.
Pricing: PlanetScale:Paid; Turso:Freemium
Plans: PlanetScale:Single-node Postgres $5 per month · PlanetScale Metal $50 per month; Turso:Free $0/month · Developer $4.99/month per month · Scaler $24.92/month per month · Pro $416.58/month per month
Works with: PlanetScale:Fivetran, Airbyte, Hightouch, Datadog, Vantage, Debezium, Prometheus, pganalyze; Turso:TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, AWS

Horizontal sharding. Vitess and Neki enable explicit sharding for MySQL and Postgres across thousands of nodes.
Branch-per-environment. Each branch runs on its own isolated cluster for safe schema changes.
Unlimited IOPS on NVMe. PlanetScale Metal uses blazing-fast NVMe drives with unlimited IOPS.
High-availability clusters. One primary and two replicas across three availability zones with automated failover.
Built-in connection pooling. PgBouncer for Postgres and similar pooling for MySQL reduce connection overhead.
Query Insights & observability. Integrated monitoring dashboards for Vitess, Neki, and Postgres workloads.
Database Traffic Control™. Set flexible budgets on query traffic to prevent runaway queries.
Security & compliance. SOC 1/2, PCI DSS, HIPAA compliance with IP restrictions and private link options.

Per-entity isolation. Programmatically create thousands to millions of independent databases with hard boundaries.
Embedded replication. Sync databases between device and cloud with zero-latency local reads and writes.
Per-database encryption. Customer-held keys protect data at rest for each database.
BYOC deployment. Deploy Turso on your own cloud (AWS) while keeping the same API.
Global scalability. SQLite engine runs locally and scales to cloud infrastructure with a single runtime.
Open-source core. Run the same SQLite-compatible engine on laptop, server or device for free.

Is PlanetScale or Turso free?+

PlanetScale is paid, from $5/month (Single-node Postgres). Turso has a free plan; paid plans start at $4.99/month (Developer).

Which is cheaper, PlanetScale or Turso?+

Turso is cheaper to start with: Turso's Developer plan ($4.99/month) against PlanetScale's Single-node Postgres plan ($5/month).

Do PlanetScale and Turso integrate with the same tools?+

Partly. Both list AWS. PlanetScale also lists Fivetran, Airbyte, Hightouch, Datadog and 7 more; Turso also lists TypeScript, Python, Rust and Go.

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