diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f69f3c2..3f07080 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "alloca"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5a7d05ea6aea7e9e64d25b9156ba2fee3fdd659e34e41063cd2fc7cd020d7f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.21"
@@ -41,6 +50,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anes"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.21"
@@ -540,6 +555,12 @@ version = "1.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b35204fbdc0b3f4446b89fc1ac2cf84a8a68971995d0bf2e925ec7cd960f9cb3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cast"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.2.49"
@@ -595,6 +616,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "phf",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42e69ffd6f0917f5c029256a24d0161db17cea3997d185db0d35926308770f0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "ciborium-ll",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-io"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05afea1e0a06c9be33d539b876f1ce3692f4afea2cb41f740e7743225ed1c757"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-ll"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57663b653d948a338bfb3eeba9bb2fd5fcfaecb9e199e87e1eda4d9e8b240fd9"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "half",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.53"
@@ -718,6 +766,61 @@ version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "19d374276b40fb8bbdee95aef7c7fa6b5316ec764510eb64b8dd0e2ed0d7e7f5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4d883447757bb0ee46f233e9dc22eb84d93a9508c9b868687b274fc431d886bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloca",
+ "anes",
+ "cast",
+ "ciborium",
+ "clap",
+ "criterion-plot",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "num-traits",
+ "oorandom",
+ "page_size",
+ "plotters",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tinytemplate",
+ "tokio",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion-plot"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed943f81ea2faa8dcecbbfa50164acf95d555afec96a27871663b300e387b2e4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cast",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-deque"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9dd111b7b7f7d55b72c0a6ae361660ee5853c9af73f70c3c2ef6858b950e2e51"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.9.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b82ac4a3c2ca9c3460964f020e1402edd5753411d7737aa39c3714ad1b5420e"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-queue"
 version = "0.3.12"
@@ -733,6 +836,12 @@ version = "0.8.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d0a5c400df2834b80a4c3327b3aad3a4c4cd4de0629063962b03235697506a28"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crunchy"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "460fbee9c2c2f33933d720630a6a0bac33ba7053db5344fac858d4b8952d77d5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-bigint"
 version = "0.5.5"
@@ -1382,6 +1491,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "half"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ea2d84b969582b4b1864a92dc5d27cd2b77b622a8d79306834f1be5ba20d84b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crunchy",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -1833,6 +1953,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "413ee7dfc52ee1a4949ceeb7dbc8a33f2d6c088194d9f922fb8318faf1f01186"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -2134,6 +2263,12 @@ version = "1.70.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "384b8ab6d37215f3c5301a95a4accb5d64aa607f1fcb26a11b5303878451b4fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "oorandom"
+version = "11.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6790f58c7ff633d8771f42965289203411a5e5c68388703c06e14f24770b41e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openidconnect"
 version = "4.0.1"
@@ -2328,6 +2463,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "page_size"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30d5b2194ed13191c1999ae0704b7839fb18384fa22e49b57eeaa97d79ce40da"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking"
 version = "2.2.1"
@@ -2539,6 +2684,34 @@ version = "0.3.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5aeb6f403d7a4911efb1e33402027fc44f29b5bf6def3effcc22d7bb75f2b747"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "plotters-backend",
+ "plotters-svg",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-backend"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df42e13c12958a16b3f7f4386b9ab1f3e7933914ecea48da7139435263a4172a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-svg"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51bae2ac328883f7acdfea3d66a7c35751187f870bc81f94563733a154d7a670"
+dependencies = [
+ "plotters-backend",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "polling"
 version = "3.11.0"
@@ -2778,6 +2951,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon"
+version = "1.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "368f01d005bf8fd9b1206fb6fa653e6c4a81ceb1466406b81792d87c5677a58f"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "rayon-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-core"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22e18b0f0062d30d4230b2e85ff77fdfe4326feb054b9783a3460d8435c8ab91"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.18"
@@ -3345,6 +3538,7 @@ version = "0.11.4"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
+ "criterion",
  "derive_more",
  "password-auth",
  "password-hash",
@@ -4137,6 +4331,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytemplate"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4d6b5f19ff7664e8c98d03e2139cb510db9b0a60b55f8e8709b689d939b6bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.10.0"
@@ -4831,6 +5035,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-util"
 version = "0.1.11"
@@ -4840,6 +5060,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.62.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44a5d84..c7ff681 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ opentelemetry = [
   "dep:tracing-opentelemetry",
 ]
 
-
 [profile.dev]
 debug = 0
 
@@ -149,6 +148,7 @@ openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
 async-std = { version = "1.13", features = ["attributes"] }
 similar-asserts = "1.7"
 insta = { version = "1.44", features = ["filters"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.8", features = ["async_tokio"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/store_sqlite/Cargo.toml b/crates/store_sqlite/Cargo.toml
index 4011d25..47f7625 100644
--- a/crates/store_sqlite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/store_sqlite/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ publish = false
 [features]
 test = ["dep:rstest"]
 
+[[bench]]
+name = "insert_calendar_object"
+harness = false
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest.workspace = true
+criterion.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 tokio.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/store_sqlite/benches/ical_event.ics b/crates/store_sqlite/benches/ical_event.ics
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5d4660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/store_sqlite/benches/ical_event.ics
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+BEGIN:VCALENDAR
+CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
+PRODID:-//Ximian//NONSGML Evolution Calendar//EN
+VERSION:2.0
+
+BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
+TZID:Europe/Berlin
+X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Berlin
+BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
+TZNAME:CEST
+TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
+TZOFFSETTO:+0200
+DTSTART:19810329T020000
+RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20370329T010000Z;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3
+END:DAYLIGHT
+BEGIN:STANDARD
+TZNAME:CET
+TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
+TZOFFSETTO:+0100
+DTSTART:19961027T030000
+RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20361026T010000Z;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10
+END:STANDARD
+END:VTIMEZONE
+
+
+BEGIN:VEVENT
+UID:fa915b604e6e3f36772501ff869439e6a3c5cf67
+DTSTAMP:20250726T112617Z
+DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250806
+DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250807
+SEQUENCE:2
+SUMMARY:all day event
+TRANSP:OPAQUE
+CLASS:PUBLIC
+CREATED:20250726T144426Z
+LAST-MODIFIED:20250726T144426Z
+BEGIN:VALARM
+TRIGGER:-PT30M
+REPEAT:2
+DURATION:PT15M
+ACTION:DISPLAY
+DESCRIPTION:Breakfast meeting with executive\n
+team at 8:30 AM EST.
+END:VALARM
+END:VEVENT
+
+END:VCALENDAR
diff --git a/crates/store_sqlite/benches/insert_calendar_object.rs b/crates/store_sqlite/benches/insert_calendar_object.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1926075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/store_sqlite/benches/insert_calendar_object.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+use criterion::{Criterion, criterion_group, criterion_main};
+use rustical_ical::{CalendarObject, CalendarObjectType};
+use rustical_store::{Calendar, CalendarMetadata, CalendarStore};
+use rustical_store_sqlite::tests::get_test_calendar_store;
+
+fn benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+    let cal_store = runtime.block_on(async {
+        let cal_store = get_test_calendar_store().await;
+
+        cal_store
+            .insert_calendar(Calendar {
+                meta: CalendarMetadata {
+                    displayname: Some("Yeet".to_owned()),
+                    order: 0,
+                    description: None,
+                    color: None,
+                },
+                principal: "user".to_owned(),
+                id: "okwow".to_owned(),
+                timezone_id: None,
+                deleted_at: None,
+                synctoken: 0,
+                subscription_url: None,
+                push_topic: "asd".to_owned(),
+                components: vec![
+                    CalendarObjectType::Event,
+                    CalendarObjectType::Todo,
+                    CalendarObjectType::Journal,
+                ],
+            })
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        cal_store
+    });
+
+    let object = CalendarObject::from_ics(include_str!("ical_event.ics").to_owned(), None).unwrap();
+
+    let batch_size = 1000;
+    let objects: Vec<_> = std::iter::repeat_n(object.clone(), batch_size).collect();
+
+    c.bench_function("put_batch", |b| {
+        b.to_async(&runtime).iter(async || {
+            // yeet
+            cal_store
+                .put_objects("user".to_owned(), "okwow".to_owned(), objects.clone(), true)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        });
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("put_single", |b| {
+        b.to_async(&runtime).iter(async || {
+            // yeet
+            for _ in 0..1000 {
+                cal_store
+                    .put_object("user".to_owned(), "okwow".to_owned(), object.clone(), true)
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
+    runtime
+        .block_on(cal_store.delete_calendar("user", "okwow", false))
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);