Last updated December 20, 2024
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Serverless Database Query Performance
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Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | |
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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 | Xata.io | Neon | Firebase Firestore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, ElasticSearch | Postgres, AWS, Azure | N/A | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | TypeScript SDK | 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. | Edge Caching, support for Edge environments | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | N/A | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP, OLAP | OLTP | N/A | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Relational | Relational, SQL | N/A | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | @xata/cli | neonctl | N/A | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | JavaScript, TypeScript SDK, Python SDK, REST API | 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, | JSON, MongoDB like query language (MQL) | 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 | N/A | ||
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Doesn't have support | Open source | N/A | |
Backups | Requires custom solution via REST API | 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 | N/A | ||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication | N/A | Coming soon | N/A | |
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | TLS | AES Encryption at rest, TLS v1.3 | N/A | |
SSO | N/A | N/A | ||
Monitoring and analytics | ||||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | N/A | Log export for paid plans | N/A | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | N/A | Web dashboard, export metrics for paid plans | N/A | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | Region Groups, group replication, PostgreSQL logical replication | Autoscaling Compute and Memory from zero to 16 CPU and Logical Replication | N/A | |