Vendor: PlanetScale, Inc.
Category: Database Management
Best for: Small business (1–50), Mid-market (51–500), Enterprise (500+)
The world's most advanced MySQL platform.
Overview
PlanetScale is a serverless MySQL platform built on Vitess. Non-blocking schema changes, database branching, and global replication help teams ship schema migrations safely without downtime.
Features
- Serverless MySQL (Vitess)
- Database branching
- Non-blocking schema migrations
- Query insights and analytics
- Connection pooling
- Automated backups
- Global read replicas
- Deploy requests for schema review
- SOC 2 Type II compliance
- Prisma and Drizzle support
Pricing
- Free: Free (per month)
Start building with PlanetScale at no cost.
- Core platform access
- Community support
- Generous free tier limits
- Pro: $25 (per month)
Production workloads for growing apps.
- Higher limits
- Daily backups
- Email support
- Custom domains
- Team: $599 (per month)
Collaboration, SSO, and priority support.
- SSO
- SOC 2 reports
- Priority support
- Advanced security
- Enterprise: Contact sales (per month)
Dedicated support, SLAs, and compliance.
- Dedicated CSM
- Custom SLAs
- HIPAA / VPC options
- Designated support
Integrations
- GitHub
- Prisma
- Vercel
- Netlify
- Rails
- Laravel
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Support
- Knowledge Base
- Community Forum
- Live Chat
Languages
- English
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