Last updated February 27, 2026
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Serverless Database Query Performance
Location | PlanetScaleread more | DynamoDBread more | FaunaDBread more | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | |
 us-west-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| us-east-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 ca-central-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 sa-east-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 eu-central-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 eu-west-2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 eu-west-3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 eu-north-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 eu-south-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 af-south-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 ap-southeast-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 ap-northeast-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 ap-east-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 ap-southeast-2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 ap-northeast-2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
FAQ
Serverless Database features
Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.
Feature | PlanetScale | DynamoDB | FaunaDB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | Postgres, MySQL, Vitess, Neki, GCP, AWS | AWS infrastructure | Calvin protocol, native globally-distributed system | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | HTTP Connection, JavaScript and Serverless Drivers | @aws-sdk/client-dynamodb, native support for Vercel Edge, Cloudflare Workers | JavaScript package for serverless environment | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | Runs over HTTPS protocol, compatible with Edge runtimes.Native multi-regional edge support. You can define regions for each table | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP | OLTP | OLTP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Relational, SQL | key-value, NoSQL | Document-relational, NoSQL | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | pscale https://github.com/planetscale/cli | AWS CLI tools | fuana-shell | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | Any package/driver supporting MySQL or Postgres Including Prisma, Node.js, Go, Django, C#, and many others | Supported by majority of languages including Node.js, Python, Java, Go, C#, C++ | JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, and Scala, GraphQL API | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | SQL, MySQL variation | PartiQL (JSON like syntax) | FQL, GraphQL | |
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 | ACID compliant | Guaranteeing ACID transactions in a globally distributed database | |
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Enterprise customers can opt for PlanetScale Managed, which runs on their own AWS or GCP infrastructure | Doesn't have support, Only for local development | Only Enterprise Plan members, AWS, GCP | |
Backups | Automated database backups at no extra cost | 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. | Daily snapshots. Can be scheduled by user. | |
Security & Compliance Offerings | ||||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | ||||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-hosted database for multi-factor authentication | ||||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | AES Encription, TLS v1.3 | All your data in DynamoDB is encrypted in transit, HTTPS, TLS | TLS | |
SSO | ||||
Monitoring and analytics | ||||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | By default, logs are retained for 7 days. Customizable for enterprise. | AWS CloudTrail for operation logs | Document level history 30 days retention | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | Available in the PlanetScale Dashboard, via the API, and the MCP server for monitoring and improving query performance | Amazon CloudWatch to monitor performance metrics | Web based dashboard | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | Vitess enables sharded MySQL databases and Neki enables sharded Postgres databases | "Global tables", Multi-region replication | Region Groups, available in EU and US. Regional isolated replicas (GDPR compliant) | |