Turso

DB 6.0/10

Hobby: same allowances as Starter (5 GB storage, never archived/scale-to-zero) for ~$9/mo. Scaler $24.92/mo: 24 GB storage, unlimited databases, 2,500 active DBs; overage $1 per bi

Turso scores 6/10 for free value in DB. The main constraint: Paid — $5/mo (Hobby ~$9/yr-billed; Scaler $24.92/mo). Hobby: same allowances as Starter (5 GB storage, never archived/scale-to-zero) for ~$9/mo. Scaler $24.92/mo: 24 GB storage, unlimited databases, 2,500 active DBs; overage $1 per billion row reads.

Category DB Kind Paid plan

Free value score

6.0 / 10

Show the math

Overall 6/10

value = 6/100

weighted_components_v1

Capacity 3.9/10

value = 0.29 ×

fixed_log_v1

Operations 8.2/10

value = 8.2/100

policy_score_v1

Production fit 8/10

value = 8/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

24 GB Storage

1 reads/mo Reads policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly read allowance is published in this item.

1 writes/mo Writes policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly write allowance is published in this item.

$5/mo

5 GB

~$9/yr

What you get

Paid — $5/mo (Hobby ~$9/yr-billed; Scaler $24.92/mo). Hobby: same allowances as Starter (5 GB storage, never archived/scale-to-zero) for ~$9/mo. Scaler $24.92/mo: 24 GB storage, unlimited databases, 2,500 active DBs; overage $1 per billion row reads.

~1 GB storage per $1 plus unlimited databases — best for per-tenant / per-agent DB sprawl (multi-tenant, per-agent state)

Gotchas

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Sources

"Scaler. $24.92/month. ... Databases ... Scaler. Unlimited. ... Storage ... Free. 5GB."
https://turso.tech/pricing
"For $9 a month (or $99 a year) you get the same allowances as the free Starter tier, plus you get audit logs, your databases never archived or scale to zero."
https://turso.tech/blog/turso-introduces-new-hobby-plan-for-9-dollar-a-month

paid value databases

Open service Source ← All DB

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