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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.
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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 |  Neon |  Supabase |  PlanetScale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | N/A | Supabase infrastructure, PostgreSQL, S3 compatible storage object | MySQL, Vitess, GCP, AWS | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | N/A | Deno Edge Function | uses HTTP connection, JavaScript Driver | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | N/A | Supabase infrastructure | 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 | supabase | pscale | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | N/A | 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, | N/A | 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 | N/A | ACID compliant | ACID compliant | |
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | N/A | Docker support | Only Enterprise Plan members, AWS, GCP | |
Backups | N/A | 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 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | N/A | |||
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 256 Encryption, TLS v1.2 | AES Encription, TLS v1.3 | |
SSO | N/A | |||
Monitoring and analytics | ||||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | N/A | 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 | N/A | Web dashboard, provides Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoints to gather health insights | Web based dashboard, read/write ratio | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | N/A | read replicas in early preview | Database can be deployed on AWS, GCP supported regions (GDPR compliant) | |