Our take
Pick PlanetScale if app teams who will start Base at $5/month (single-node Postgres) or $30/month (PS-10 arm64 HA in us-east-1) while they open a first Cluster configuration screen, then add $5 PS-DEV branches or extra production SKUs when they need a deploy-request workflow. Pick Turso if app teams who will stay on Free at $0 / month (100 databases, 5 GB, 500M row reads) while they open a first Query, then buy
branching database desk
Best for
PlanetScale A cluster you start at $5 / $30
Turso LibSQL rows you inspect at $0
Free plan
PlanetScale No free plan
Turso $0 · / month. No credit card. 100 databases. 5 GB storage. 500 million row reads / month. 10 million writes. 3 GB syncs. 1-day PITR
Lowest paid
PlanetScale Storage overage $0.50
Turso Developer $5.99
Next step up
PlanetScale Postgres single-node $5/mo
Turso Scaler $29
Runs where
PlanetScale
Turso Hosted
Watch out
PlanetScale There is no $0 Hobby card
Turso Free caps at 100 databases and 5 GB
Last checked
PlanetScale 2026-10-23 · planetscale.com/pricing.md
Turso 2026-10-23 · turso.tech/pricing
app teams who will start Base at $5/month (single-node Postgres) or $30/month (PS-10 arm64 HA in us-east-1) while they open a first Cluster configuration screen, then add $5 PS-DEV branches or extra production SKUs when they need a deploy-request workflow.
Read the PlanetScale pageapp teams who will stay on Free at $0 / month (100 databases, 5 GB, 500M row reads) while they open a first Query, then buy Developer at $5.99 / month ($4.99 yearly) or Scaler at $29 / month ($24.92 yearly).
Read the Turso page