What is PlanetScale?
PlanetScale is a web-based serverless database platform powered by Vitesse for MySQL. It offers tools for branching your database using codes and for quickly monitoring database migrations. Access restrictions and secure data encryption are employed to automate procedures.
What makes PlanetScale strong?
- PlanetScale is compatible with MySQL.
- PlanetScale offers unlimited scale with horizontal sharding using Vitess
- Users are able to import their existing databases very quickly.
- PlanetScale's CLI allows users to script, automate, and expand their development lifecycle.
- PlanetScale is able to alter an online schema utilising a branching technique.
All features
- Automated Deployment
- Queries
- Continuous Integration
- MySQL Compatible
- Data Importing
- Open Source
- Customer Support
Pricing
Postgres EBS non-HA
monthly
5
Single node; starts at $5/month, scales up to ~$1,867/month for largest size
Postgres EBS HA
monthly
15
3-node; starts at $15/month, scales up to ~$5,599/month
Postgres Metal
monthly
50
Starts at $50/month, scales up to ~$47,229/month
Vitess (MySQL) non-metal
monthly
39
3-node HA; starts at $39/month, scales up to ~$7,199/month
Vitess Metal
monthly
609
Starts at $609/month, scales up to ~$23,979/month
Enterprise
monthly
Custom
Custom pricing; plus metered storage ($0.50/GB beyond 10GB), egress ($0.06/GB beyond 100GB), and backups ($0.023/GB) on all tiers




