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Turso free tier

Hosted SQLite (libSQL) with many small databases and edge replicas.

Checked against Turso's official pages on 1 Nov 2026. Free tiers change, so confirm before you commit.

What Turso's free plan gives you

Up to 100 databases with 5 GB total storage, 500 million row reads and 10 million row writes per month.

Turso free plan limits
LimitFree plan
Databases100
Storage5 GB
Row reads500M / month
Row writes10M / month
Syncs3 GB / month
Restore1 day point-in-time

The catch

Only one day of point-in-time restore on the free plan.

Pros and cons

Good

  • Many databases free
  • Large read quota
  • Plain SQLite compatibility

Watch out

  • Short restore window
  • SQLite limits on concurrency
  • Smaller ecosystem than Postgres

How to start on Turso

  1. 1

    Install the Turso CLI

  2. 2

    Run turso auth signup

  3. 3

    Run turso db create my-db

  4. 4

    Get the URL and an auth token

  5. 5

    Connect with @libsql/client

Turso compared

Turso: questions

Is Turso free?

Up to 100 databases with 5 GB total storage, 500 million row reads and 10 million row writes per month. Free plan ends: Never.

Does Turso need a credit card?

No, you can sign up for Turso's free plan without a card.

What is the catch with Turso's free plan?

Only one day of point-in-time restore on the free plan.

What are the best free alternatives to Turso?

Cloudflare D1, Firebase (Spark plan), Upstash. Compare their limits on this page or open each one for details.

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    Databases
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    Storage
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    5M / day

    The catch: Only 100,000 row writes per day, which resets daily.

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  • Firebase (Spark plan)

    BaaS + hosting

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    Google's app backend: static hosting, auth and Firestore on the free Spark plan.

    Hosting
    10 GB storage, 360 MB/day transfer
    Firestore
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    Realtime DB
    1 GB, 100 connections

    The catch: Cloud Functions, App Hosting and (for new projects) Cloud Storage need the pay-as-you-go Blaze plan.

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  • Upstash

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    92

    Serverless Redis you call over HTTP, priced per request.

    Data size
    250 MB
    Commands
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    Bandwidth
    10 GB / month

    The catch: 500K commands a month runs out fast if you poll or cache every request.

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  • MongoDB Atlas

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    Hosted MongoDB with a free shared cluster that has no end date.

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    Throughput
    Up to 100 ops/sec
    Connections
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    The catch: 512 MB fills quickly, and there is a 100 ops/sec cap.

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  • Neon

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    Serverless Postgres with branching that scales to zero when unused.

    Compute
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  • Supabase

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    Open-source backend built on Postgres, with auth, storage and edge functions.

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