Last updated February 27, 2026
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Serverless Database Query Performance
Location | PlanetScaleread more | Neonread more | Upstash Redisread more | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | |
 us-west-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| us-east-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ca-central-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 sa-east-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-central-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-west-2 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-west-3 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-north-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-south-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 af-south-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-southeast-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-northeast-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-east-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-southeast-2 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-northeast-2 | 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 | Neon | Upstash Redis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | Postgres, MySQL, Vitess, Neki, GCP, AWS | Postgres, AWS, Azure | N/A | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | HTTP Connection, JavaScript and Serverless Drivers | HTTP and WebSocket connections @neondatabase/serverless package (optional) | N/A | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | N/A | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP | OLTP | N/A | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Relational, SQL | Relational, SQL | N/A | |
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 | neonctl | N/A | |
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 | All languages and ORMs supporting Postgres, Drizzle, Prisma, Node, Go, Java, Rust, PHP | N/A | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | SQL, MySQL variation | SQL, PostgreSQL | 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 | ACID compliant | ACID compliant | N/A | |
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Enterprise customers can opt for PlanetScale Managed, which runs on their own AWS or GCP infrastructure | Open source | N/A | |
Backups | Automated database backups at no extra cost | PITR and Daily backups available for all, scheduled backups available for paid plans | N/A | |
Security & Compliance Offerings | ||||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | N/A | |||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-hosted database for multi-factor authentication | Coming soon | N/A | ||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | AES Encription, TLS v1.3 | AES Encryption at rest, TLS v1.3 | N/A | |
SSO | N/A | |||
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. | Log export for paid plans | N/A | |
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 | Web dashboard, export metrics for paid plans | N/A | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | Vitess enables sharded MySQL databases and Neki enables sharded Postgres databases | Autoscaling Compute and Memory from zero to 16 CPU and Logical Replication | N/A | |