Last updated December 20, 2024
Cloudflare D1vs
PlanetScalevsCloudflare KV
Serverless Database Query Performance
Location | Cloudflare D1read more | PlanetScaleread more | Cloudflare KVread more | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | Cold Query | Hot Query | |
 us-west-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| us-east-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ca-central-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 sa-east-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-central-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-west-2 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-west-3 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-north-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 eu-south-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 af-south-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-southeast-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-northeast-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-east-1 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-southeast-2 | N/A | N/A | ||||
 ap-northeast-2 | N/A | N/A | ||||
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Serverless Database features
Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.
Feature | Cloudflare D1 | PlanetScale | Cloudflare KV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | Cloudflare infrastructure, SQLite | Postgres, MySQL, Vitess, Neki, GCP, AWS | N/A | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | Cloudflare Workers runtime API interfaces, D1 Client API | HTTP Connection, JavaScript and Serverless Drivers | N/A | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | Cloudflare Workers runtime | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | N/A | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP | OLTP | N/A | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Relational, SQL | Relational, SQL | N/A | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | Cloudflare Workers runtime | pscale https://github.com/planetscale/cli | N/A | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | TypeScript, JavaScript inside Cloudflare worker functions | Any package/driver supporting MySQL or Postgres Including Prisma, Node.js, Go, Django, C#, and many others | N/A | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | SQL | SQL, MySQL variation | N/A | |
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 | N/A | |
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Doesn't have support, Only for local development | Enterprise customers can opt for PlanetScale Managed, which runs on their own AWS or GCP infrastructure | N/A | |
Backups | Backups run every hour automatically. Stores backups of your database in R2 | Automated database backups at no extra cost | N/A | |
Security & Compliance Offerings | ||||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | N/A | |||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-hosted database for multi-factor authentication | N/A | |||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | N/A | AES Encription, TLS v1.3 | 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 | N/A | By default, logs are retained for 7 days. Customizable for enterprise. | N/A | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | N/A | Available in the PlanetScale Dashboard, via the API, and the MCP server for monitoring and improving query performance | N/A | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | Distributed across Cloudflare Edge network | Vitess enables sharded MySQL databases and Neki enables sharded Postgres databases | N/A | |