# Tips for maximizing your Turso billing allowances

DevFeed: [Tips for maximizing your Turso billing allowances](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tips-for-maximizing-your-turso-billing-allowances-6049.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://turso.tech/blog/tips-for-maximizing-your-turso-billing-allowances-48a0fca163e9>)

Author: Doug Stevenson

Published: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Turso Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/turso-blog.md>)

Topics: [Turso](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/turso.md>), [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>)

Tags: [billing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/billing.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [quotas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quotas.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [sqlite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sqlite.md>), [turso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/turso.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how to maximize Turso usage allowances while improving SQLite query performance. It focuses on reducing row reads by avoiding full table scans, using indexes and triggers, and inspecting query plans with SQLite's EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN statement. It also discusses Turso's Starter and Scaler plans, quotas, and billing metrics.

## Source excerpt

Make the most out of your Turso usage allowance, and boost the performance of your SQLite queries at the same time, using indexes and triggers.