Overview
PlanetScale is a serverless database platform built on Vitess (the sharding tech behind YouTube's MySQL), best known for bringing Git-style branching and non-blocking schema migrations to database change management.
Available On
WebAPI
Key Features
Database branching & deploy requests
Non-blocking schema migrations
Horizontal sharding via Vitess
Automatic connection pooling
Point-in-time recovery
Pros
- Branching workflow makes schema changes far less risky
- Built on proven, battle-tested Vitess sharding technology
- Serverless scaling removes capacity planning
Cons
- MySQL-only (no native Postgres)
- Some familiar MySQL features are restricted under Vitess
- Migrating an existing large database can take real effort
Pricing Plans
ScalerPAID
$39/mo
- 10GB storage included
- 1 billion row reads
- Branching & deploy requests
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Integrations
PrismaVercelGitHub
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Quick Info
Websiteplanetscale.com
CategoryDeveloper Tools
Team SizeSTARTUP
ReleasedJanuary 1, 2018
Last UpdatedJune 1, 2026
Monthly Visits6.0M
API AvailableYes
Open SourceNo
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