Last updated December 20, 2024

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Serverless Database Query Performance

Serverless databases are databases that are hosted on a serverless platform.
Location
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Cold Query
Hot Query
Cold Query
Hot Query
Cold Query
Hot Query
US flagus-west-1
N/A
N/A
US flagus-east-1
N/A
N/A
CA flagca-central-1
N/A
N/A
BR flagsa-east-1
N/A
N/A
DE flageu-central-1
N/A
N/A
GB flageu-west-2
N/A
N/A
FR flageu-west-3
N/A
N/A
SE flageu-north-1
N/A
N/A
IT flageu-south-1
N/A
N/A
ZA flagaf-south-1
N/A
N/A
SG flagap-southeast-1
N/A
N/A
JP flagap-northeast-1
N/A
N/A
HK flagap-east-1
N/A
N/A
AU flagap-southeast-2
N/A
N/A
KR flagap-northeast-2
N/A
N/A

FAQ

All primary databases are located in us-east-1 region.

Serverless Database features

Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.

Feature
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Infrastructure, Underlying technology

Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine
N/A

Cloudflare infrastructure, SQLite

Postgres, MySQL, Vitess, Neki, GCP, AWS

Serverless Support

Serverless and Edge computing support

API

N/A

Cloudflare Workers runtime API interfaces, D1 Client API

HTTP Connection, JavaScript and Serverless Drivers

Edge Functions

Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance.
N/A

Cloudflare Workers runtime

Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions

Developer Experience

Database type

N/A

OLTP

OLTP

Data model

Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based
N/A

Relational, SQL

Relational, SQL

CLI

Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line.
N/A

Cloudflare Workers runtime

pscale

https://github.com/planetscale/cli

Languages, APIs

The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication
N/A

TypeScript, JavaScript inside Cloudflare worker functions

Any package/driver supporting MySQL or Postgres

Including Prisma, Node.js, Go, Django, C#, and many others

Query language

Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL,
N/A

SQL

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
N/A
ACID compliant
ACID compliant

Self-hosting

Support for self-hosted Database instance
N/A
Doesn't have support, Only for local development
Enterprise customers can opt for PlanetScale Managed, which runs on their own AWS or GCP infrastructure

Backups

N/A
Backups run every hour automatically. Stores backups of your database in R2

Automated database backups at no extra cost

Security & Compliance Offerings

SOC2

Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data.
N/A

Multi-factor authentication

Support of the cloud-hosted database for multi-factor authentication
N/A

Encryption

Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level
N/A
N/A

AES Encription, TLS v1.3

SSO

N/A
N/A

Monitoring and analytics

Log retention

Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes
N/A
N/A
By default, logs are retained for 7 days. Customizable for enterprise.

Statistics

Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance
N/A
N/A

Available in the PlanetScale Dashboard, via the API, and the MCP server for monitoring and improving query performance

Scalability

Replication and Partitioning

N/A

Distributed across Cloudflare Edge network

Vitess enables sharded MySQL databases and Neki enables sharded Postgres databases