Deno KVvs
PlanetScalevs
Firebase Realtime
Performance Comparison
Database query times and total request latency measured from 15 global locations.
Tests run every hour through Cloudflare Workers. Lower numbers indicate better performance.
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FAQ
Serverless Database features
Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.
Feature |  Deno KV |  PlanetScale |  Firebase Realtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | N/A | MySQL, Vitess, GCP, AWS | Nodejs, Google Cloud, Scala | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | N/A | uses HTTP connection, JavaScript Driver | REST API | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | N/A | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | Cloud functions | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | N/A | OLTP | OLTP, OLAP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | N/A | Relational, SQL | Document based, NoSQL | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | N/A | pscale | Firebase CLI | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | N/A | Any package/driver supporting MySQL, Prisma, Node.js, Go, Django, C# | JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, C++, Objective-C | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | N/A | SQL, MySQL variation | JSON | |
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 | ||
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | N/A | Only Enterprise Plan members, AWS, GCP | Doesn't have support | |
Backups | N/A | Daily basis (Included in Free tier), Scheduled backups ($0.023 per GB per month) | ||
Security & Compliance Offerings | ||||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | N/A | Apart from App indexing | ||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication | N/A | |||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | N/A | AES Encription, TLS v1.3 | HTTPS, TLS | |
SSO | N/A | SAML-based SSO solution | ||
Monitoring and analytics | ||||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | N/A | Based on plan, Unlimited for Enterprise | Document level history 30 days retention | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | N/A | Web based dashboard, read/write ratio | Web based monitoring tools | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | N/A | Database can be deployed on AWS, GCP supported regions (GDPR compliant) | Region groups | |