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PlanetScale
Timings
Time to First Byte (TTFB) and Load time across different locations. Lower is better.
| Location |  DB Query Time Load |  DB Query Time Load | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 us-west-1 | ||||
| us-east-1 | ||||
 ca-central-1 | ||||
 sa-east-1 | ||||
 eu-central-1 | ||||
 eu-west-2 | ||||
 eu-west-3 | ||||
 eu-north-1 | ||||
 eu-south-1 | ||||
 af-south-1 | ||||
 ap-southeast-1 | ||||
 ap-northeast-1 | ||||
 ap-east-1 | ||||
 ap-southeast-2 | ||||
 ap-northeast-2 | ||||
Serverless Database features
Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.
| Feature | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | Supabase infrastructure, PostgreSQL, S3 compatible storage object | MySQL, Vitess, GCP, AWS | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | |||
API | Deno Edge Function | uses HTTP connection, JavaScript Driver | |
Edge Functions Support for Edge Functions | Supabase infrastructure | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | |
Developer Experience | |||
Database type | OLTP | OLTP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Relational, SQL | Relational, SQL | |
CLI | supabase | pscale | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | TypeScript, JavaScript, supabase-js SDK, Flutter, React Native, React | Any package/driver supporting MySQL, Prisma, Node.js, Go, Django, C# | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | SQL, PostgreSQL | SQL, MySQL variation | |
ACID compliant ACID is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps | ACID compliant | ACID compliant | |
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Docker support | Only Enterprise Plan members, AWS, GCP | |
Backups | Daily basis (Included in Free tier), PITR for paid users | Daily basis (Included in Free tier), Scheduled backups ($0.023 per GB per month) | |
Security & Compliance Offerings | |||
SOC2 | |||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication | |||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | AES 256 Encryption, TLS v1.2 | AES Encription, TLS v1.3 | |
SSO | |||
Monitoring and analytics | |||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | By default disabled, can be enabled with pgAudit extension | Based on plan, Unlimited for Enterprise | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | Web dashboard, provides Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoints to gather health insights | Web based dashboard, read/write ratio | |
Scalability | |||
Replication and Partitioning | read replicas in early preview | Database can be deployed on AWS, GCP supported regions (GDPR compliant) | |