Supabase
Open source Postgres development platform with auth, instant APIs, realtime, storage and edge functions.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $25 a month (Pro), plus usage above the included limitsOpen source yesStars 114knpm a week 35M
Turso alternatives
11 tools you can use instead of Turso, ranked by live GitHub stars and npm downloads. Supabase, Redis and MongoDB Atlas are the most used. Stats updated 5 hours ago.
Neon is the closest alternative if you need Postgres instead of SQLite, with a free plan and autoscaling. PocketBase is an open source backend in a single executable that you host yourself. Supabase is a full Postgres platform.
When Turso is not a good fit
Turso is a managed database platform built on libSQL, an open source fork of SQLite, that lets developers create many small, embeddable databases and replicate them close to users for low-latency reads. It's aimed at edge and serverless applications that want SQLite's simplicity with multi-region replication. The free plan includes 100 databases and 5 GB of storage, with paid plans starting under $5 a month.
It is a weaker choice for:
- Applications that need complex multi-table joins and transactions at large scale the way a traditional Postgres or MySQL server handles them
- Teams that want a single, large, centrally managed relational database rather than many small ones
- Workloads with very high write volume, where SQLite's single-writer model per database can be a bottleneck
The alternatives
Most used first.
Turso vs Supabase
Redis
In-memory data store used as a cache, database and message broker, available self-hosted or as Redis Cloud.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from about $0.007 an hour, with a $5 a month minimum, for the Essentials planOpen source noStars 77.1knpm a week 17M
MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB's fully managed cloud database service, with a free tier and usage-based paid tiers.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from about $0.011 an hour (up to $30 a month) for the Flex tier, or $0.08 an hour for the smallest Dedicated (M10) tierOpen source noStars 28.7knpm a week 18M
Firebase
Google's backend-as-a-service platform for mobile and web apps: database, auth, hosting and functions.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from Blaze plan is pay-as-you-go on top of the same free limits, billed through Google CloudOpen source noStars 5.2knpm a week 12M
Neon
Serverless Postgres platform with autoscaling and instant branching, owned by Databricks.
Pricing FreemiumOpen source yesStars 23.3knpm a week 5.2M
Pocketbase
Open source backend in a single executable file, with a database, auth and storage built in.
Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 61.6knpm a week 286k
Upstash
Serverless data platform with Redis, Vector, QStash, Workflow, Box and Blob, billed per request.
Pricing Pay as you goPaid from Redis pay as you go at $0.20 per 100,000 commands; fixed plans from $10 a monthOpen source nonpm a week 6.3M
Appwrite
Open source backend platform bundling database, auth, storage, functions and messaging.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $25 a month per project for the Pro planOpen source yesStars 57.8knpm a week 53.8k
CockroachDB
Distributed SQL database from Cockroach Labs, sold as a cloud service or licensed to self-host.
Pricing Pay as you goPaid from $0.092 per vCPU-hour on Standard (AWS us-east-1)Open source noStars 32.6k
Convex
Reactive backend platform with a TypeScript database, server functions and real-time sync built in.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $25 a developer a month for the Professional planOpen source noStars 12.8knpm a week 2M
PlanetScale
Managed database platform built on Vitess, now offering both MySQL and Postgres.
Pricing Pay as you goPaid from $5 a month for a single-node Postgres instanceOpen source noStars 1.2knpm a week 493k
Turso and its alternatives, side by side
| Tool | Pricing | Free plan | Paid from | Open source | GitHub stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turso | Freemium | Yes: 100 databases, 5 GB storage, 500 million rows read and 10 million rows written a month | $4.99 a month for the Developer plan | No | 17.3k |
| Supabase | Freemium | Yes: 2 active projects, 500 MB database, 50,000 monthly active users, 1 GB file storage. Projects pause after 1 week of inactivity. | $25 a month (Pro), plus usage above the included limits | Yes, Apache-2.0 | 114k |
| Redis | Freemium | Yes: Redis Cloud's free tier includes up to 30 MB of storage on a shared deployment | about $0.007 an hour, with a $5 a month minimum, for the Essentials plan | No | 77.1k |
| MongoDB Atlas | Freemium | Yes: the M0 tier, free forever, with 512 MB storage, shared RAM and vCPU | about $0.011 an hour (up to $30 a month) for the Flex tier, or $0.08 an hour for the smallest Dedicated (M10) tier | No | 28.7k |
| Firebase | Freemium | Yes: the Spark plan, with no-cost usage limits and no payment method required | Blaze plan is pay-as-you-go on top of the same free limits, billed through Google Cloud | No | 5.2k |
| Neon | Freemium | Yes: 0.5 GB storage and 100 compute hours a month per project, no credit card required | Not listed | Yes, Apache-2.0 (core storage engine) | 23.3k |
| Pocketbase | Open source | Yes, PocketBase is free and self-hosted; there is no paid managed version | Not listed | Yes, MIT | 61.6k |
| Upstash | Pay as you go | Yes. Redis free tier: 256 MB data, 500,000 commands a month, 10 GB bandwidth. | Redis pay as you go at $0.20 per 100,000 commands; fixed plans from $10 a month | No | None |
| Appwrite | Freemium | Yes: 75,000 monthly requests, bandwidth and storage included, unlimited projects | $25 a month per project for the Pro plan | Yes, BSD-3-Clause | 57.8k |
| CockroachDB | Pay as you go | Cloud: 30-day trial with $400 in credit. Self-hosted: Enterprise Free for individuals and businesses under $10M in annual revenue. | $0.092 per vCPU-hour on Standard (AWS us-east-1) | No | 32.6k |
| Convex | Freemium | Yes: 25 million function calls, 50 GB database storage, 100 GB file storage and 50 GB data egress a month included | $25 a developer a month for the Professional plan | No | 12.8k |
| PlanetScale | Pay as you go | No, there is no free plan; the Base plan is pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimum contract | $5 a month for a single-node Postgres instance | No | 1.2k |
Pricing facts come from each tool's official pricing page, with the checked date on the tool's own page.
Questions
What is the most popular alternative to Turso?
By GitHub stars, Supabase is the most used alternative to Turso listed on ScratchDB, with 114k stars.
Which Turso alternatives are open source?
Supabase, Neon, Pocketbase and Appwrite are open source.
Which Turso alternatives have a free plan?
Supabase, Redis, MongoDB Atlas, Firebase, Neon, Pocketbase, Upstash, Appwrite and Convex have a free plan. The table on this page shows what each one includes.