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Turso vs PlanetScale — edge SQLite or Vitess MySQL?
Edge-replicated SQLite (Turso) or Vitess-scaled MySQL (PlanetScale)? Priced and scored at your users, data and budget with verified rates.
Prices verified 2026-07-15 against official pricing pages · fit weights are our estimates (see methodology) · share the URL to share your configuration
As of Jul 2026, with 5,000 monthly active users, 5 GB database size, 40 GB monthly egress, 1,000 db operations per user / month, 24 compute active hours / day, a $30 budget for this slot, Turso ranks first for these inputs at 81% fit and a StackSays-estimated $0/month (PlanetScale: 78% fit, $15.00/month). Fit weights are our estimates; prices trace to official pages. Change any input below and the verdict recomputes.
Your situation
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Narrow pick — the runner-up is close
SQLite at the edge — hundreds of cheap databases, reads close to users
vs PlanetScale: fit 81% against 78%, est $0 against $15.00+ per month
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The decision, in plain words
For a solo builder at 5,000 monthly active users and a $30.00/mo budget for the database slot, Turso leads at 81% fit and $0/mo. The two rules doing the work: budget fit (Runs free at your usage — $0 vs your $30/mo budget); free-tier runway (Your usage fits the free tier today (100 databases, 5GB storage, 500M rows read / 10M rows written per month)).
PlanetScale runs close (78% fit, $15.00/mo). It takes the lead if ~$15/mo is 50% of your $30/mo budget matters more to you than the current weights assume.
Honest weak spot of the pick: growing — our estimate from ecosystem age, docs and hiring pool.
Generated from the calculation above — every number traces to the sourced data; nothing here is written by an AI making things up.
Why Turso scores 81%
How the $0/mo estimate is calculated
Your usage fits Turso's free tier (100 databases, 5GB storage, 500M rows read / 10M rows written per month) — the estimate is $0.
What could change this verdict
Cost risk
Official prices verified 2026-07-15; calculation is deterministic code over those prices.
At a glance
| Tool | Free tier | Paid entry | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turso | 100 databases, 5GB storage, 500M rows read / 10M rows written per month | Developer plan $4.99/mo | 2026-07-15 |
| PlanetScale | No free tier | PS-5 HA cluster $15/mo | 2026-07-15 |
Data sources
| Tool | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|
| Turso | Turso pricing page | 2026-07-15 |
| PlanetScale | PlanetScale pricing page | 2026-07-15 |
A monitor re-checks these pages for changes; when a vendor moves a price, the date updates and every verdict recomputes.