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Turso vs GrowthBook

Edge SQLite — libSQL at the speed of light
vs. Open-source feature flags + experimentation — Warehouse Native

Turso websiteGrowthBook website

Pricing tiers

Turso

Free
100 DBs, 5 GB storage, 500M row reads/mo, 10M row writes/mo. No credit card.
Free
Developer
Unlimited DBs, 9 GB storage, 2.5B reads, 25M writes.
$5/mo
Scaler
24 GB storage, 100B reads, 100M writes. Teams + DPA support. Price is annual-billed.
$25/mo
Pro
50 GB storage, 250B reads, 250M writes. Teams, DPA, SSO, BYOK, HIPAA, SOC2, priority support. Annual billed.
$417/mo
Enterprise
White-glove support + unlimited usage + dedicated infra.
Custom
Turso website

GrowthBook

Open Source (Self-Host)
MIT-licensed. Unlimited everything. Community support.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud — Starter (Free)
Up to 3 users. Unlimited flags + experiments. Warehouse Native included.
Free
Cloud — Pro
$40/user/month. Up to 50 users. Advanced stats, visual A/B editor, CUPED, sequential testing, bandits.
$40/mo
Cloud — Enterprise
Custom. Unlimited users, SSO/SAML, approval flows, data pipelines, exportable audit logs.
Custom
Self-Host Enterprise
Open Source + Enterprise license. Visual A/B editor, advanced metrics, SSO/SAML, approvals, training.
Custom
GrowthBook website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Turso vs oss on GrowthBook.

MetricTursoGrowthBook
databases100 DBs
row reads month500000000 reads/month
row writes month10000000 writes/month
storage gb5 GB

Features

Turso · 11 features

  • BranchingCreate DB branches from a primary for staging/test envs.
  • BYOK EncryptionBring your own encryption key (Pro+).
  • Edge RoutingRequests route automatically to the nearest replica group.
  • Embedded ReplicasClient-side local SQLite file that syncs from the primary — reads are <1ms local
  • libSQLTurso's open-source SQLite fork with HTTP, WebSocket, and multi-writer support.
  • libSQL Server (sqld)Self-hostable server component. Runs libSQL as a service.
  • Multi-DatabaseCreate thousands of DBs cheaply — perfect for per-tenant / per-customer isolatio
  • Point-in-Time RestoreRollback DB to any moment within backup window.
  • Scheduled BackupsAutomated point-in-time backups.
  • SQLite CompatibilityDrop-in SQLite — same SQL dialect, same file format.
  • Teams & RBACOrg-level access control for Scaler+ tiers.

GrowthBook · 15 features

  • Approval FlowsRequire reviewer approval on flag changes. Enterprise.
  • Audit LogsFull change history. Exportable on Enterprise.
  • Dimensions & SlicingBreak down experiment results by user dimensions.
  • Edge SDK SupportCloudflare Workers, Lambda@Edge, Fastly, Akamai EdgeWorkers, Netlify Edge.
  • ExperimentsA/B/n with CUPED variance reduction + sequential testing.
  • Feature FlagsBoolean + string + number + JSON flags with targeting.
  • Feature Reviews (PR-style)Draft → review → approve flag changes.
  • Guardrail MetricsAuto-monitor key metrics during experiments.
  • Metric CatalogDefine + reuse metrics across experiments.
  • Multi-Armed BanditsAdaptive traffic allocation. Pro+.
  • Safe RolloutsGuarded gradual rollouts with automatic rollback.
  • SSO / SAMLEnterprise SSO for cloud + self-host EE.
  • Sticky BucketingUser stays in variant even after eligibility changes.
  • Visual A/B Test EditorNo-code DOM editor for web experiments. Pro+.
  • Warehouse NativeConnect your warehouse + run experiments against your events data.

Developer interfaces

KindTursoGrowthBook
CLITurso CLI
SDKgo-libsql, @libsql/client, libsql-experimental (Python), libsql-rs, libsql-swiftEdge SDKs (CF Workers / Lambda@Edge / Fastly / Akamai), growthbook-android, growthbook-flutter, growthbook-go, growthbook-java, growthbook-node, growthbook-php, growthbook-python, growthbook-ruby, growthbook-swift, sdk-javascript, sdk-react
RESTlibSQL HTTP, Platform APIGrowthBook REST API
MCPTurso MCP
OTHERlibSQL WebSocket, SQLite wire protocolWebhooks
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