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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.

Location
EdgeDBEdgeDB
Firebase RealtimeFirebase Realtime
TursoTurso
DB Query Time
Load
DB Query Time
Load
DB Query Time
Load
US flagus-west-1
US flagus-east-1
CA flagca-central-1
BR flagsa-east-1
DE flageu-central-1
GB flageu-west-2
FR flageu-west-3
SE flageu-north-1
IT flageu-south-1
ZA flagaf-south-1
SG flagap-southeast-1
JP flagap-northeast-1
HK flagap-east-1
AU flagap-southeast-2
KR flagap-northeast-2

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
EdgeDBEdgeDB
Firebase RealtimeFirebase Realtime
TursoTurso

Infrastructure, Underlying technology

Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine
N/A

Nodejs, Google Cloud, Scala

N/A

Serverless Support

Serverless and Edge computing support

API

N/A

REST API

N/A

Edge Functions

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

Cloud functions

N/A

Developer Experience

Database type

N/A

OLTP, OLAP

N/A

Data model

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

Document based, NoSQL

N/A

CLI

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

Firebase CLI

N/A

Languages, APIs

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

JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, C++, Objective-C

N/A

Query language

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

JSON

N/A

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
N/A

Self-hosting

Support for self-hosted Database instance
N/A
Doesn't have support
N/A

Backups

N/A
N/A

Security & Compliance Offerings

SOC2

Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data.
N/A
Apart from App indexing
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
N/A

HTTPS, TLS

N/A

SSO

N/A
SAML-based SSO solution
N/A

Monitoring and analytics

Log retention

Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes
N/A
Document level history 30 days retention
N/A

Statistics

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

Web based monitoring tools

N/A

Scalability

Replication and Partitioning

N/A

Region groups

N/A