PlanetScale
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Plans and prices
From PlanetScale's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Base — PlanetScale Postgres single node | $5 a month | Development and low-traffic workloads · Starting at $5/month; pay month to month based on resource usage. |
| Base — PlanetScale Postgres Metal | $50 a month | Local NVMe storage; high-performance workloads · Starting at $50/month; pay month to month based on resource usage. |
| Base — Vitess, Neki, and other configurations | — | Compute · topology · storage · backups · network egress · add-ons · Resource-based, pay month to month; price depends on configuration and usage. |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Business support included · Enterprise support option · single-tenant or bring-your-own-cloud deployment options · Custom pricing; contact PlanetScale. |
The facts
Each one read from PlanetScale's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- CLI
- The pscale CLI can manage databases, branches, deploy requests, and authenticated PlanetScale API calls, and is available for macOS, Linux, and Windows.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- PlanetScale states SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2+ HIPAA reporting is available; PCI DSS 4.0 Level 1 Service Provider compliance applies to PlanetScale Managed with required controls enabled.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Database operations
- Features include built-in connection pooling, Query Insights, automated and custom backups, and multi-region support.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Developer workflows
- The platform provides database branching and schema/data isolation workflows across Vitess, Neki, and Postgres.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site lists Fivetran, Airbyte, Hightouch, Datadog, Vantage, and Debezium integrations for Vitess, and Prometheus, Datadog, and pganalyze monitoring integrations for Postgres.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- PlanetScale says its platform is an OLTP database and may not be the best solution for OLAP workloads.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- PlanetScale is a relational database platform offering managed Vitess, Neki, and PostgreSQL clusters.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Reliability
- High-availability architecture uses one primary and two replicas across three availability zones with automated failover.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Scaling
- Vitess supports horizontal sharding for MySQL-compatible workloads, while Neki provides horizontal sharding for Postgres.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- PlanetScale documents encryption at rest and in transit, TLS 1.3 for API and dashboard communications, and optional private connectivity through AWS PrivateLink or GCP Private Service Connect.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Enterprise plans include business-level support, and customers can optionally purchase Enterprise support with direct Slack access to support engineers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- The Base plan is available without a contract or sales interaction, while Enterprise is positioned for organizations needing migration or sharding help, faster support, single tenancy, or deployment in their own cloud account.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- PlanetScale was founded in 2018 by the co-creators and maintainers of the Vitess open-source project.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2018checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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