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# Performance Issues with Database Queries on Cloud Server

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Freeflyaz (@freeflyaz) · 2025-03-15 · ♥ 1

## Performance Comparison: Local vs Cloud
| Metric | Local (Mac) | Cloud Server |
|------------------|------------|--------------|
| **Prisma Query Avg** | 14.93ms | 114.48ms |
| **Prisma Query Fastest** | 13.03ms | 88.30ms |
| **Raw SQL Query Avg** | 10.87ms | 108.79ms |
| **Raw SQL Query Fastest** | 10.28ms | 81.29ms |
| **Prisma Connection Time** | 0.48ms | 5.67ms |
| **Raw SQL Connection Time** | 0.31ms | 2.38ms |
### Key Observations:
- Queries on the cloud server are **7x-12x slower** than on my local machine.
- Both Prisma and raw SQL perform significantly worse on the cloud.
- Connection times are also much higher in the cloud.


1. Is this expected based on my current plan?
2. Is there a resource bottleneck? (CPU, RAM, network latency, database IOPS?)
3. Would upgrading to a higher-tier plan help?


BestCodes (@bestcodes) · 2025-03-15

This is interesting. Do you have Fluid Compute enabled?


Freeflyaz (@freeflyaz) · 2025-03-16 · ♥ 1

## Performance Comparison: Local vs Cloud vs Cloud with Fluid Compute
| Metric | Local (Mac) | Cloud Server (Standard) | Cloud with Fluid Compute |
|------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| **Prisma Query Avg** | 14.93ms | 114.48ms | 95.54ms |
| **Prisma Query Fastest** | 13.03ms | 88.30ms | 92.21ms |
| **Raw SQL Query Avg** | 10.87ms | 108.79ms | 79.23ms |
| **Raw SQL Query Fastest** | 10.28ms | 81.29ms | 69.05ms |
| **Prisma Connection Time** | 0.48ms | 5.67ms | 2.96ms |
| **Raw SQL Connection Time** | 0.31ms | 2.38ms | 2.17ms |

Hey, thanks for the suggestion to try Fluid Compute. After enabling it, I ran another round of benchmarks, and here’s what I found:

* **Prisma Queries:** The average time on the cloud improved from **114.48ms** to **95.54ms**.
* **Raw SQL Queries:** The average improved from **108.79ms** down to **79.23ms**.
* **Connection Times:** Prisma’s connection time decreased from **5.67ms** to **2.96ms**.

While my local machine still outperforms the cloud, these improvements with Fluid Compute are promising. Does anyone have additional suggestions or further tweaks ?

Thanks again for the tip!