Zapier vs Turso
The OG automation platform — 8,000+ app integrations + Zapier Copilot AI
vs. Edge SQLite — libSQL at the speed of light
Pricing tiers
Zapier
Free
100 tasks/month. Two-step Zaps. Zapier Copilot with daily limits. Unlimited Zaps, Tables, Interfaces.
Free
Professional
$19.99/month annual. Multi-step Zaps. Unlimited premium apps. Webhooks. Email + chat support. AI fields.
$20/mo
Team
$69/month annual. 25 users. Shared Zaps/folders. Shared connections. SAML SSO. Premier support.
$69/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Unlimited users, advanced admin, VPC peering, observability, TAM.
Custom
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
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Zapier vs free on Turso.
| Metric | Zapier | Turso |
|---|---|---|
| databases | — | 100 DBs |
| row reads month | — | 500000000 reads/month |
| row writes month | — | 10000000 writes/month |
| storage gb | — | 5 GB |
Features
Zapier · 18 features
- AI Actions — LLM-powered actions inside Zaps (summarize, extract, classify).
- Chatbots — AI chatbots that trigger Zaps.
- Code by Zapier — Run JS or Python inside a Zap step.
- Delays — Schedule step execution.
- Filters — Condition-based step skipping.
- Formatter — Data transforms (date, text, number, utilities).
- Paths — If/else branching inside Zaps.
- Premier Support — Team+ chat + email priority.
- SAML SSO — Team+ SAML authentication.
- Storage by Zapier — Simple key-value store across Zaps.
- Webhooks by Zapier — Custom HTTP triggers + actions.
- Zapier Agents — Autonomous AI agents with 8k+ app access.
- Zapier Canvas — Visual workflow diagrams for planning.
- Zapier Copilot — Build Zaps from natural-language description.
- Zapier Interfaces — No-code forms + pages + chatbots from Zaps.
- Zapier MCP — Bring 8k+ Zapier integrations to Claude + other MCP clients.
- Zapier Tables — No-code DB integrated with Zaps.
- Zaps (workflows) — Multi-step automations across apps.
Turso · 11 features
- Branching — Create DB branches from a primary for staging/test envs.
- BYOK Encryption — Bring your own encryption key (Pro+).
- Edge Routing — Requests route automatically to the nearest replica group.
- Embedded Replicas — Client-side local SQLite file that syncs from the primary — reads are <1ms local…
- libSQL — Turso'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-Database — Create thousands of DBs cheaply — perfect for per-tenant / per-customer isolatio…
- Point-in-Time Restore — Rollback DB to any moment within backup window.
- Scheduled Backups — Automated point-in-time backups.
- SQLite Compatibility — Drop-in SQLite — same SQL dialect, same file format.
- Teams & RBAC — Org-level access control for Scaler+ tiers.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Zapier | Turso |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | Zapier Platform CLI | Turso CLI |
| SDK | — | go-libsql, @libsql/client, libsql-experimental (Python), libsql-rs, libsql-swift |
| REST | Zapier Platform API | libSQL HTTP, Platform API |
| MCP | Zapier MCP | Turso MCP |
| OTHER | Webhooks by Zapier, Zapier Web App | libSQL WebSocket, SQLite wire protocol |
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