PlanetScale review

Entry pricing starts at $30 for the service. Across the brands compared here, the site entry price median is €5.83 and the top quartile reaches €11.52, so PlanetScale sits above the middle of the field rather than at the low end.

PlanetScale lists MySQL and PostgreSQL as its engines, which means both a MySQL and a PostgreSQL option are available. Providers that only offer one engine force a migration if you later change direction, so covering both narrows that risk.

PlanetScale is not positioned as a free tier provider, unlike the part of the compared market that offers one. Free tiers are common in this category, with the site listing free tiers for most compared brands, so budget trials may need a different option.

Support runs through a help centre, so answers come from written documentation. Email and chat are listed for a smaller share of compared brands than a help centre, which makes written self-serve material the normal route for most questions.

The service is run by PlanetScale, Inc., headquartered in the United States and founded in 2018. US headquarters is worth noting for teams that need a specific contracting or data-residency position before they commit.

Small teams generally benefit from a managed database that removes the operational work, and PlanetScale covers both MySQL and PostgreSQL through MySQL and PostgreSQL. The tradeoff is the entry price of $30, which is higher than the site entry price median of €5.83.

On price from, PlanetScale sits at position 57 out of 70 brands ranked on that measure. That is a useful reminder that a feature set covering both engines comes at a price above the cheapest options in the comparison.

If both MySQL and PostgreSQL matter, PlanetScale's MySQL and PostgreSQL coverage is the deciding point. If only entry cost matters, RisingWave at $0.23 or UCloud at $0.96 start lower, and Vultr at $2.50 also sits below PlanetScale's $30.