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- PlanetScale is a managed relational database platform for MySQL-compatible workloads through Vitess and for Postgres through its Postgres and Neki products.
More detail
- It handles hosting, high availability, failovers, version upgrades, branching, schema changes, connection pooling and observability so teams run databases instead of operating them.
- Best for
- Teams running large or fast-growing MySQL-compatible and Postgres workloads that need horizontal sharding, multi-AZ high availability, online schema changes or single-tenant bring-your-own-cloud deployment with HIPAA and PCI DSS needs.
- Pricing
- Pay-as-you-go Base plan with no contract: PlanetScale Postgres single node starts at $5/month and PlanetScale Metal starts at $50/month.
More detail
- Price is driven by compute (database instances, Neki routers, Vitess VTGates), topology (shards and replicas), storage (capacity and provisioned IOPS/throughput, i
- Main limitation
- Teams needing a free tier, since PlanetScale states it offers no free plan and all databases require a paid subscription.
More detail
- Also a poor fit for OLAP or analytics-heavy workloads, which PlanetScale says it is not always the best solution for, and for anyone who needs Neki's automated imports today, as Neki is in Platform Preview and imports are handled manually.
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About
- PlanetScale is a managed relational database platform for MySQL-compatible workloads through Vitess and for Postgres through its Postgres and Neki products.
- It handles hosting, high availability, failovers, version upgrades, branching, schema changes, connection pooling and observability so teams run databases instead of operating them.
What it helps with
- Scaling a relational database beyond a single node requires manual sharding work
- Schema changes and version upgrades cause downtime and data-loss risk when done by hand
- Failover, backups, replication and connection pooling each need dedicated operational effort
- Regulated teams need single-tenant deployment and compliance coverage without running the database themselves
Capabilities
A practical view of what is available and where limitations apply.
| Offering | Available | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Vitess (MySQL-compatible horizontal sharding) | Yes | Fully managed Vitess clusters with sharding, deploy requests, query insights and read-only regions |
| Neki (sharded Postgres) | Limited | Available, but documented as Platform Preview; automated imports are coming soon and migrations are handled manually |
| PlanetScale Postgres | Yes | Fully managed Postgres from $5/month, available in AWS, GCP and Azure |
| High availability | Yes | One primary plus at least two replicas across three availability zones with automated failover |
| Metal (local NVMe storage) | Yes | Starting at $50/month with unlimited IOPS; compute and storage are chosen at creation and storage does not autoscale |
| Bring your own cloud | Yes | PlanetScale Managed deploys into a customer-owned AWS or GCP account; PlanetScale's percentage fee is not publicly disclosed |
| No free plan | No | All databases require a paid subscription; the former Developer/Hobby plan is discontinued |
| OLAP workloads | Limited | PlanetScale states it is an OLTP database and not always the best solution for OLAP; integrations can feed analytics systems |
| Database Traffic Control | Limited | Not available for Vitess and coming soon for Neki |
| Compliance | Yes | SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2+, HIPAA with BAAs on all plans, and PCI DSS 4.0 as a Level 1 Service Provider |
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