Yes, Turso has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to 100 databases, Support for up to 100 monthly active databases, and 5 GB total storage. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $4.99/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Turso is a SQLite-compatible database platform that provides an embedded database engine and a cloud service for deploying databases across servers, browsers, and devices. The product includes in-process SDKs, browser support through WebAssembly and OPFS, and cloud-hosted databases with serverless access or sync.
The free plan includes 100 databases, 100 monthly active databases, 5 GB total storage, 500 million monthly rows read, 10 million monthly rows written, 3 GB monthly syncs, and 1 day of point-in-time restore. It is suited to developers evaluating SQLite-based applications, local-first apps, and AI agent workloads that need replication, branching, and vector search.
- SQLite-compatible database platform
- 100 databases on free plan
- 5 GB total storage
- 500 million monthly rows read
- 10 million monthly rows written
- 3 GB monthly syncs
- 1 day point-in-time restore
- Browser support with WebAssembly and OPFS
- Vector search for RAG workflows
- Cloud sync and database branching
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable and does not require a credit card, but it is still capped on storage, reads, writes, syncs, and restore retention. Compared with the cheapest paid Developer plan at $4.99/month, the free limits cover a large share of the practical baseline, so the tier is worth about $4.99/month.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Access to 100 databases.
- Support for up to 100 monthly active databases.
- Includes 5 GB total storage.
- Allows up to 500 million monthly rows read.
- Allows up to 10 million monthly rows written.
- Includes 3 GB monthly syncs.
- Provides 1 day of point-in-time restore.
- Includes community support.
See Turso pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Developer
- databases
- unlimited
- storage
- 9 GB
- monthly rows read
- 2.5 billion
- monthly rows written
- 25 million
- monthly syncs
- 10 GB
- point-in-time restore retention
- 10 days
- Unlimited databases
- 9GB storage included
- 2.5 billion monthly rows read included
- 25 million monthly rows written included
- 10GB monthly syncs included
- 10 days point-in-time restore retention
- Community support
Scaler
- databases
- unlimited
- storage
- 24 GB
- monthly rows read
- 100 billion
- monthly rows written
- 100 million
- monthly syncs
- 24 GB
- point-in-time restore retention
- 30 days
- Unlimited databases
- 24GB storage included
- 100 billion monthly rows read included
- 100 million monthly rows written included
- 24GB monthly syncs included
- 30 days point-in-time restore retention
- Community support
Pro
- databases
- unlimited
- storage
- 50 GB
- monthly rows read
- 250 billion
- monthly rows written
- 250 million
- monthly syncs
- 100 GB
- point-in-time restore retention
- 90 days
- Unlimited databases
- 50GB storage included
- 250 billion monthly rows read included
- 250 million monthly rows written included
- 100GB monthly syncs included
- 90 days point-in-time restore retention
- Priority Email & Slack support
Pricing extracted from Turso's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Turso free forever?
Yes. Turso has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Turso require a credit card?
No. You can start on Turso's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Turso's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Turso's cheapest paid plan is Developer at $4.99 / month.
What is Turso's free tier worth?
Turso's free tier is worth about $4.99 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 56/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
