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Performance Comparison
Database query times and total request latency measured from 15 global locations.
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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 |  DynamoDB |  Turso |  Xata.io | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | AWS infrastructure | N/A | PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, ElasticSearch | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | @aws-sdk/client-dynamodb, native support for Vercel Edge, Cloudflare Workers | N/A | TypeScript SDK | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | Runs over HTTPS protocol, compatible with Edge runtimes.Native multi-regional edge support. You can define regions for each table | N/A | Edge Caching, support for Edge environments | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP | N/A | OLTP, OLAP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | key-value, NoSQL | N/A | Relational | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | AWS CLI tools | N/A | @xata/cli | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | Supported by majority of languages including Node.js, Python, Java, Go, C#, C++ | N/A | JavaScript, TypeScript SDK, Python SDK, REST API | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | PartiQL (JSON like syntax) | N/A | JSON, MongoDB like query language (MQL) | |
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 | N/A | ||
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Doesn't have support, Only for local development | N/A | Doesn't have support | |
Backups | Point-in-time recovery (PITR) provides continuous backups of your DynamoDB table data. When enabled, DynamoDB maintains incremental backups of your table for the last 35 days until you explicitly turn it off. | N/A | Requires custom solution via REST API | |
Security & Compliance Offerings | ||||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | N/A | N/A | ||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication | N/A | N/A | ||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | All your data in DynamoDB is encrypted in transit, HTTPS, TLS | N/A | TLS | |
SSO | N/A | N/A | ||
Monitoring and analytics | ||||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | AWS CloudTrail for operation logs | N/A | N/A | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | Amazon CloudWatch to monitor performance metrics | N/A | N/A | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | "Global tables", Multi-region replication | N/A | Region Groups, group replication, PostgreSQL logical replication | |