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Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.
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Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | MySQL, Vitess, GCP, AWS | PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, ElasticSearch | Cloudflare infrastructure, SQLite | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | uses HTTP connection, JavaScript Driver | TypeScript SDK | Cloudflare Workers runtime API interfaces, D1 Client API | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | Edge Caching, support for Edge environments | Cloudflare Workers runtime | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP | OLTP, OLAP | OLTP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Relational, SQL | Relational | Relational, SQL | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | pscale | @xata/cli | Cloudflare Workers runtime | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | Any package/driver supporting MySQL, Prisma, Node.js, Go, Django, C# | JavaScript, TypeScript SDK, Python SDK, REST API | TypeScript, JavaScript inside Cloudflare worker functions | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | SQL, MySQL variation | JSON, MongoDB like query language (MQL) | SQL | |
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 | ACID compliant | ||
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Only Enterprise Plan members, AWS, GCP | Doesn't have support | Doesn't have support, Only for local development | |
Backups | Daily basis (Included in Free tier), Scheduled backups ($0.023 per GB per month) | Requires custom solution via REST API | Backups run every hour automatically. Stores backups of your database in R2 | |
Security & Compliance Offerings | ||||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | N/A | |||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication | N/A | |||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | AES Encription, TLS v1.3 | TLS | 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 | Based on plan, Unlimited for Enterprise | N/A | N/A | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | Web based dashboard, read/write ratio | N/A | N/A | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | Database can be deployed on AWS, GCP supported regions (GDPR compliant) | Region Groups, group replication, PostgreSQL logical replication | Distributed across Cloudflare Edge network |