Turso vs Vitess

At a Glance

Turso

Vitess

Turso

Pros

Pricing is genuinely cheap — the free tier includes 9GB storage and 500 databases which covers most indie projects indefinitely+141
Edge replication puts a read replica close to every user without any configuration, which makes global apps feel instant+128
SQLite is so simple that onboarding a new developer takes minutes — there's no server to configure or connection string to debug+103
The embedded replica feature lets you run the database in-process for zero-latency reads in serverless environments+87
Drizzle ORM integration is first-class and the setup docs are the best in the SQLite ecosystem right now+76

Database

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Cons

SQLite's limited ALTER TABLE support means schema migrations are more awkward than with Postgres — you often have to recreate tables+118
Write latency goes to the primary region, so users far from your primary location will see slower write performance than reads+94
Multi-tenant setups with hundreds of databases sound great in theory but managing that many separate databases adds operational complexity+83
The ecosystem is still young and you'll hit undocumented edge cases that require digging through GitHub issues to resolve+71