PlanetScale Serverless MySQL vs Turso Database

PlanetScale Serverless MySQL vs Turso Specs
Deploy PlanetScale MySQL
👉 5 GB Free Storage • Zero-Downtime Schema Migrations
Deploy Turso Edge
👉 5 GB Free Storage • Spin Up to 500 Edge Databases

PlanetScale Serverless MySQL

MFA Support
Enforced via PlanetScale organization two-factor authentication
Enterprise SSO SAML
Supported on Enterprise plans with SAML SSO and audit logging
Custom Domain Support
Private connectivity via AWS PrivateLink and custom host routing on paid tiers
Supported SDKs
MySQL wire protocol, Prisma, Drizzle, Rails, Laravel, Node.js mysql2
Social Providers
GitHub OAuth for organization login and deploy request automation
Compliance Standards
SOC 2 Type II, GDPR; HIPAA and PCI available on Enterprise
Webhook Fallback Policy
Deploy request webhooks with configurable retry via external automation hooks
Insight: PlanetScale Serverless MySQL
Use deploy requests and shadow tables to validate schema migrations without locking production write traffic.

Turso

MFA Support
Enforced via Turso console two-factor authentication and organization policies
Enterprise SSO SAML
Available on Enterprise plans with SAML directory federation
Custom Domain Support
Custom database hostnames and private networking on paid tiers
Supported SDKs
JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, libSQL, Drizzle, Prisma
Social Providers
GitHub and Google OAuth for Turso account login
Compliance Standards
SOC 2 Type II, GDPR on Enterprise agreements
Webhook Fallback Policy
Database webhooks with retry via application-layer consumers
Insight: Turso
Enable embedded replicas in your application process to eliminate round-trip latency for read-heavy local queries.