# Turso

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/databases/turso/

Managed SQLite built on libSQL, priced per database with rows read and written as the metered units.

## Who it suits

Applications that want a database per tenant or per user — 100 databases on the free plan and unlimited above it make that a shape you can actually build.

Consider something else if It is SQLite, not Postgres: the metered units are rows read and written rather than compute, and the extension ecosystem you may be relying on is not there.

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: Yes ([source](https://turso.tech/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Entry paid plan: $4.99/month for Developer, the cheapest paid plan. Scaler is $24.92 and Pro $416.58. ([source](https://turso.tech/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Pricing model: Per database, metered on rows rather than compute time: 500 million rows read and 10 million written a month on the free plan, 2.5 billion and 25 million on Developer, with overage at $1 per billion rows read and $1 per million written. ([source](https://turso.tech/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

### Limits

- Storage (entry plan): 9 GB on Developer, then $0.75 per GB. The free plan includes 5 GB; Scaler is 24 GB at $0.50 and Pro 50 GB at $0.45. ([source](https://turso.tech/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

### Data

- Engine: SQLite, via libSQL — Turso's own fork. Not Postgres or MySQL, so the query surface and the client libraries differ from every other database on this site. ([source](https://turso.tech/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Database branching: Supported ([source](https://turso.tech/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Point-in-time recovery: 10 days on Developer. 1 day on the free plan, 30 days on Scaler and 90 days on Pro. ([source](https://turso.tech/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

## Compared with

- [Turso vs Neon](https://inetgeek.com/compare/neon-vs-turso/)
- [Turso vs PlanetScale](https://inetgeek.com/compare/turso-vs-planetscale/)
- [Turso vs Prisma Postgres](https://inetgeek.com/compare/prisma-postgres-vs-turso/)