Feature comparison of popular hosted database platforms: Supabase, Neon, PlanetScale, RDS, Cloud SQL, and more.
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| Feature | Supabase | Neon | RDS/Aurora | Cloud SQL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branching | Preview branches | Native | Snapshot-based | Clone |
| Connection Pooling | Supavisor (built-in) | HTTP driver | RDS Proxy | Built-in |
| Auto-scaling | No (fixed compute) | Yes (serverless) | Aurora Serverless v2 | No |
| PITR | Pro plan+ | All plans | Manual enable | Manual enable |
| Extensions | 50+ supported | Most PG extensions | Most PG extensions | Limited set |
| RLS | First-class | Standard PG | Standard PG | Standard PG |
| API Layer | PostgREST (built-in) | None | None | None |
| Edge/Serverless | Supavisor pooler | HTTP driver | RDS Proxy | Cloud SQL Proxy |
| Pricing Model | Fixed tiers | Compute + storage | Instance hours | Instance hours |
| Feature | PlanetScale | RDS/Aurora MySQL | Cloud SQL MySQL | TiDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branching | Native | Snapshot | Clone | N/A |
| Online DDL | Built-in | Manual | Manual | Native |
| Foreign Keys | Not supported | Supported | Supported | 7.6+ |
| Scaling | Automatic | Aurora Serverless | Manual | Automatic |
| Pricing | Usage-based | Instance hours | Instance hours | Usage-based |
| Feature | Turso (libSQL) | D1 (Cloudflare) | SQLite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Edge SQLite | Edge SQLite | Embedded |
| Replication | Global | Global | None |
| Max DB Size | 100GB | 10GB | Unlimited |
| Branching | Yes | No | N/A |