Cloudflare D1 - Serverless SQLite at the Edge
FreeServerless SQLite database running on Cloudflare edge network with 5M free reads/day, global replication, and zero cold starts.
Ratings and usage stats are not tracked here — see the vendor for current figures.
Key Features
- SQLite at the edge
- 5M free reads per day
- Global replication
- Zero cold starts
- Automatic backups
- TypeScript ORM support
Pros
- +No connection limits
- +True serverless - no DB management
- +Works perfectly with Workers
- +Huge free tier
- +SQLite simplicity
Cons
- −SQLite limitations (single writer)
- −No real-time subscriptions
- −Smaller than PlanetScale
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