Databases are cheap here: the free plan lists 100 of them. Turso is a SQLite-compatible database platform. The Free plan costs $0 and lists 100 databases, 5 GB of storage, 500 million rows read and 10 million rows written, with community support; the table labels were not captured, so I read the read and write figures as monthly. Developer is $4.99 a month with unlimited databases, 9 GB, 2.5 billion rows read and 25 million rows written, with overage at $1 per billion reads and $1 per million writes. Scaler is $24.92 a month and Pro is $416.58 a month, both with unlimited databases. A January 2025 r/nextjs post said edge replication, schema databases and database attach would leave the free tier, so features have moved between plans. Forum feedback is mostly first impressions, and I found no G2 or Trustpilot listing.
Free tier quotas
Databases
100
Storage
5 GB
Rows read
500 million (my reading is monthly)
Rows written
10 million (my reading is monthly)
Support
Community
Price
$0 a month
Removed from Free
A January 2025 post said edge replication, schema databases and database attach would no longer be on the free tier
Last sniffed Oct 11, 2026. Always confirm on the official pricing page.
👍 Good boy
+The Free plan allows 100 databases, which suits one-database-per-tenant or per-user designs.
+Developer is $4.99 a month for unlimited databases, 9 GB of storage and 2.5 billion rows read, a very low first paid step.
+Overage is metered in plain units: $1 per billion rows read and $1 per million rows written on Developer, falling to $0.80 on Scaler and $0.75 on Pro.
+A poster on r/golang writing first impressions said they love that the free tier is $0.
+The platform is SQLite-compatible, so SQLite is the model to learn, and an r/Supabase thread compares it directly with Supabase.
+Retention grows with the plan: 3 days on Developer, 14 days on Scaler and 30 days on Pro, per the pricing page.
👎 Watch out
−Plans change. A January 2025 post on r/nextjs said edge replication, schema databases and database attach would be unavailable on the free tier within two weeks.
−Free reads and writes are capped (500 million reads, 10 million writes). A write-heavy app will run out of the 10 million writes sooner than the 5 GB of storage.
−I found no G2 or Trustpilot listing, and forum threads are mostly first impressions and ecosystem talk, so there is little independent evidence about uptime or support.
−Pro is $416.58 a month, so the step from Scaler at $24.92 to Pro is large.
−The pricing table text I captured does not label every row, so retention and per-plan limits beyond the core numbers are unconfirmed.
−No uptime or support track record shows up in the sources I found, so treat reliability as untested until you try it.
The catch
The core free limits are clear: 100 databases, 5 GB, 500 million rows read and 10 million rows written. I read the read and write numbers as monthly, but the table labels did not come through, so check the period on the pricing page.
Plans move. A January 2025 r/nextjs post said edge replication, schema databases and database attach were leaving the free tier, so confirm that the feature you need is still included.
Independent evidence is thin. I found no G2 or Trustpilot listing and mostly first-impression forum posts. Card requirement and commercial terms for Free are unknown.
What’s included
✓SQLite-compatible databases (libSQL)
✓100 databases on Free
✓Unlimited databases on paid plans
✓Metered rows read and written
✓Overage billing in plain units
✓Point-in-time retention on paid plans (3, 14 and 30 days)
✓Community support on Free
Free tier value
Generosity
A
Estimated value
100 databases, 5 GB and 500 million rows read on the Free plan
Unlimited databases, 9 GB of storage, 2.5 billion rows read then $1 per billion, 25 million rows written then $1 per million. Point-in-time retention of 3 days.
Scaler, $24.92 a month
Unlimited databases, 24 GB, 100 billion rows read then $0.80 per billion, 100 million rows written then $0.80 per million. Point-in-time retention of 14 days.
Pro, $416.58 a month
Unlimited databases, 50 GB, 250 billion rows read then $0.75 per billion, 250 million rows written then $0.75 per million. Point-in-time retention of 30 days.
Common questions
Is Turso free?
Yes. The Free plan is $0 and lists 100 databases, 5 GB of storage, 500 million rows read and 10 million rows written.
What does the first paid plan cost?
Developer is $4.99 a month with unlimited databases and 9 GB of storage.
Did the free tier change?
A January 2025 r/nextjs post said edge replication, schema databases and database attach would leave the free tier.
Is it compatible with SQLite?
Turso describes itself as SQLite-compatible, built on libSQL.
Are there independent reviews?
I found forum first impressions but no G2 or Trustpilot listing.
Change history
Checked October 22, 2026
Pricing page read; table labels were partly missing so monthly periods are my reading. No G2 or Trustpilot listing found. Reddit posts read as excerpts. Card requirement and commercial terms unknown.
