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Turso pricing & features
Edge SQLite — libSQL at the speed of light
Managed libSQL (SQLite fork) hosted globally at the edge. Multi-tenant, embedded replicas for <1ms reads, HTTP + WebSocket APIs. Great for edge + per-tenant DB patterns.
Data sourced from vendor documentation · Last updated May 2026
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 100 DBs, 5 GB storage, 500M row reads/mo, 10M row writes/mo. No credit card. |
| Developer | $5/mo | Unlimited DBs, 9 GB storage, 2.5B reads, 25M writes. |
| Scaler | $25/mo | 24 GB storage, 100B reads, 100M writes. Teams + DPA support. Price is annual-billed. |
| Pro | $417/mo | 50 GB storage, 250B reads, 250M writes. Teams, DPA, SSO, BYOK, HIPAA, SOC2, priority support. Annual billed. |
| Enterprise | Custom | White-glove support + unlimited usage + dedicated infra. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | engine | libSQL (SQLite fork with networking + multi-writer) | Underlying DB engine |
| — | locations | 40+ edge locations worldwide | Global presence |
| — | read latency embedded ms | <1 | Embedded replica read latency |
| developer | overage row reads | $1/Billion | Developer — reads overage |
| developer | overage row writes | $1/Million | Developer — writes overage |
| developer | overage storage gb | $0.75/GB | Developer — storage overage |
| developer | storage gb | 9 GB | Developer — storage |
| free | databases | 100 DBs | Free — databases |
| free | row reads month | 500000000 reads/month | Free — row reads |
| free | row writes month | 10000000 writes/month | Free — row writes |
| free | storage gb | 5 GB | Free — storage |
| pro | overage row reads | $0.75/Billion | Pro — reads overage |
| pro | overage row writes | $0.75/Million | Pro — writes overage |
| pro | overage storage gb | $0.45/GB | Pro — storage overage |
| pro | storage gb | 50 GB | Pro — storage |
| scaler | overage row reads | $0.80/Billion | Scaler — reads overage |
| scaler | overage row writes | $0.80/Million | Scaler — writes overage |
| scaler | overage storage gb | $0.50/GB | Scaler — storage overage |
| scaler | storage gb | 24 GB | Scaler — storage |
Features
- BYOK Encryption — Bring your own encryption key (Pro+).
- Branching — Create DB branches from a primary for staging/test envs.
- 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, writes go to the edge. · docs
- Multi-Database — Create thousands of DBs cheaply — perfect for per-tenant / per-customer isolation.
- Point-in-Time Restore — Rollback DB to any moment within backup window.
- SQLite Compatibility — Drop-in SQLite — same SQL dialect, same file format.
- Scheduled Backups — Automated point-in-time backups.
- Teams & RBAC — Org-level access control for Scaler+ tiers.
- libSQL — Turso's open-source SQLite fork with HTTP, WebSocket, and multi-writer support. · docs
- libSQL Server (sqld) — Self-hostable server component. Runs libSQL as a service.
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| sdk-js | @libsql/client | sdk | 0.x |
| mgmt-api | Platform API | rest | v1 |
| sqlite-wire | SQLite wire protocol | other | 3.x |
| cli | Turso CLI | cli | 1.x |
| mcp | Turso MCP | mcp | — |
| sdk-go | go-libsql | sdk | 0.x |
| libsql-http | libSQL HTTP | rest | v2 |
| libsql-ws | libSQL WebSocket | other | — |
| sdk-python | libsql-experimental (Python) | sdk | 0.x |
| sdk-rust | libsql-rs | sdk | 0.x |
| sdk-ios | libsql-swift | sdk | 0.x |
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