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PlanetScale

Managed MySQL and Postgres databases built on Vitess for scale

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About PlanetScale

PlanetScale offers managed relational databases built on Vitess, the sharding system created at YouTube, with branching workflows for schema changes. It added managed Postgres alongside MySQL. Engineering teams use it to scale transactional workloads without managing sharding themselves.

Common use cases

  • High-scale OLTP
  • Schema change workflows
  • MySQL scaling
  • SaaS application backends

Products and services

PlanetScale Vitess

Managed MySQL-compatible databases.

PlanetScale Postgres

Managed Postgres service.

Database branching

Workflow for developing and deploying schema changes.

Key features

  • Horizontal sharding
  • Schema branching
  • Online migrations
  • Query insights
  • High availability
  • Connection pooling

Integrations

  • Vitess
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Prisma
  • Vercel
  • Kafka

PlanetScale alternatives

FAQs

What is it built on?

Vitess for MySQL, with a separate managed Postgres offering.

Is there a free tier?

Pricing tiers have changed over time; check the vendor for current plans.

Who uses it?

Engineering teams scaling transactional applications.

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