Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Turso
Turso clearly comes out ahead of CockroachDB Serverless on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $129.60/mo for CockroachDB Serverless and $4.99/mo for Turso.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | Cockroach Labs | Turso |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentData & Analytics |
| Categories | devopsdatabase | database |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | cockroachdb-serverless | turso |
|---|---|---|
| 99.99% Availability | ||
| 1 Day Point-In-Time Restore | ||
| Aws And Gcp Multi-Region Support For Select Regions | ||
| 10 Days Point-In-Time Restore | ||
| Aws, Gcp And Azure Multi-Region Support For All Regions | ||
| 10 Million Monthly Rows Written | ||
| Cmek And Other Controls For Your Pci / Hipaa Needs | ||
| 10,000 + $0.025 / Active Db | ||
| Includes Mcp, Cli And Agent Skills | ||
| 100 Billion + $0.80 / Billion Rows Read | ||
| Integration Of Vector Data With Transactional Data | ||
| 100 Databases | ||
| Ip Allowlist Access Control | ||
| 100 Million + $0.80 / Million Rows Written | ||
| Metrics And Log Export To Datadog | ||
| 100 Monthly Active Databases | ||
| On-Demand Compute And Storage That Scales To Zero | ||
| 100Gb + $0.15 / Gb Syncs | ||
| On-Demand Storage | ||
| 10Gb + $0.35 / Gb Syncs | ||
| Private Connectivity | ||
| 14 Day Retention Audit Logs | ||
| Provisioned Compute And Storage With Unlimited Scaling | ||
| 2,500 + $0.05 / Active Db | ||
| Provisioned Compute With Instant Scaling Up To 200 Vcpus | ||
| 2.5 Billion + $1 / Billion Rows Read | ||
| Up To 99.999% Availability | ||
| 24Gb + $0.25 / Gb Syncs | ||
| 24Gb + $0.50 / Gb Storage | ||
| 25 Million + $1 / Million Rows Written |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Turso comes out ahead overall, though CockroachDB Serverless can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
CockroachDB Serverless's paid plans start at $129.60/mo and Turso's start at $4.99/mo, so Turso is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both CockroachDB Serverless and Turso offer a free tier.
Turso scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
