Last updated December 20, 2024
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PlanetScale
Serverless Database Query Performance
Location | Supabaseread more | Firebase Realtimeread more | PlanetScaleread 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 | Supabase | Firebase Realtime | PlanetScale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | Supabase infrastructure, PostgreSQL, S3 compatible storage object | Nodejs, Google Cloud, Scala | Postgres, MySQL, Vitess, Neki, GCP, AWS | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | Deno Edge Function | REST API | HTTP Connection, JavaScript and Serverless Drivers | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | Supabase infrastructure | Cloud functions | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP | OLTP, OLAP | OLTP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Relational, SQL | Document based, NoSQL | Relational, SQL | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | supabase | Firebase CLI | pscale https://github.com/planetscale/cli | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | TypeScript, JavaScript, supabase-js SDK, Flutter, React Native, React | JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, C++, Objective-C | Any package/driver supporting MySQL or Postgres Including Prisma, Node.js, Go, Django, C#, and many others | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | SQL, PostgreSQL | JSON | 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 | ACID compliant | ACID compliant | ||
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Docker support | Doesn't have support | Enterprise customers can opt for PlanetScale Managed, which runs on their own AWS or GCP infrastructure | |
Backups | Daily basis (Included in Free tier), PITR for paid users | Automated database backups at no extra cost | ||
Security & Compliance Offerings | ||||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | Apart from App indexing | |||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-hosted database for multi-factor authentication | ||||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | AES 256 Encryption, TLS v1.2 | HTTPS, TLS | AES Encription, TLS v1.3 | |
SSO | SAML-based SSO solution | |||
Monitoring and analytics | ||||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | Based on plan | Document level history 30 days retention | By default, logs are retained for 7 days. Customizable for enterprise. | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | Web dashboard, provides Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoints to gather health insights | Web based monitoring tools | Available in the PlanetScale Dashboard, via the API, and the MCP server for monitoring and improving query performance | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | read replicas in early preview | Region groups | Vitess enables sharded MySQL databases and Neki enables sharded Postgres databases | |