Serverless MySQL database platform
Data verified Aug 29, 2026
PlanetScale is the MySQL-compatible database built for developers. With database branching, non-blocking schema changes, and horizontal sharding, PlanetScale powers production databases for teams at GitHub, YouTube, and thousands of startups.
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Postgres Developers
Use fully managed PostgreSQL with branching, replicas, and first-class tooling without sacrificing developer experience.
Large-Scale Web Engineering Teams
Adopt Vitess to shard MySQL horizontally across thousands of nodes for the web's largest properties.
Enterprise Infrastructure Teams
Run demanding Tier 0 workloads doing millions of queries per second on petabytes of data with compliance-focused deployment options.
PlanetScale starts at $5/mo (Paid).
Yes, PlanetScale provides an API for developers.
PlanetScale is available on Web, CLI.
PlanetScale integrates with AWS, GCP, PgBouncer.
PlanetScale is offered as a cloud-based (SaaS) deployment.
Removed its free Hobby plan in April 2024, pushing hobby developers to competitors Also, Expensive relative to competitors like Neon and Supabase
PlanetScale is best suited for Postgres Developers, Large-Scale Web Engineering Teams, Enterprise Infrastructure Teams.
Common uses for PlanetScale include horizontally scaling mysql/vitess workloads to petabytes of data, running high-performance managed postgres clusters, handling millions of queries per second on large datasets, schema management via database branching.
PlanetScale's published plans · verified Aug 29, 2026
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