PlanetScale

Name: PlanetScale
Rating: 4.78 (27 reviews)

The world’s fastest and most scalable cloud databases

4.8•27 reviews•

167 followers

The world’s fastest and most scalable cloud databases

4.8•27 reviews•

167 followers

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Cloud Computing Platforms

PlanetScale brings you the fastest databases available in the cloud. Both our Postgres and Vitess databases deliver exceptional speed and reliability, with Vitess adding ultra scalability through horizontal sharding. Our blazing fast NVMe drives unlock unlimited IOPS, bringing data center performance to the cloud. We offer a range of deployment options to cover all of your security and compliance requirements — including bring your own cloud with PlanetScale Managed.

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4.8

Based on 27 reviews

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Reviewers mostly praise PlanetScale for developer workflow and day-to-day reliability, especially its database branching, schema-change flow, and straightforward setup. One user says the branching model feels like Git for databases, though getting it working smoothly in CI can require extra CLI scripting. Founders of Context.dev and Octolens echo the ease of setup and zero-downtime schema changes, while others mention strong performance and Cloudflare integration. The main clear complaint is pricing, especially after the free tier was removed.

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scalability (5)

developer-friendly (4)

database branching (2)

excellent customer support (2)

fast performance (2)

reliable (2)

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PageAI

•37 reviews

I've been a PlanetScale user for many months now and overall I can say it's a good, performant database. During this time there was an incident that resulted in downtime (I think it was around an hour or so?). Otherwise it's been running smooth otherwise. I like some of the ideas they are pushing too. Since I'm a solo developer I can't make use of the team features but I do use branching for myself and it's a nice safety net. Keep in mind there is no foreign key support although they are working on it. I'm looking forward to that. Also, there is no GUI or DBMS - just a SQL console. Not sure if they plan to add that but I felt it's missing every now and then.

What's great

fast performance (2)database branching (2)

What needs improvement

no foreign key support (1)no GUI or DBMS (1)downtime incidents (1)

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used PlanetScale to build Heima

•8 reviews

PlanetScale has completely transformed how we manage our database. Its scalable, serverless architecture makes it easy to handle large volumes of data without the hassle of manual scaling or infrastructure management. We can deploy changes seamlessly, and its compatibility with MySQL makes it familiar yet incredibly powerful. PlanetScale’s branching and data versioning features make managing database schema changes painless and safe. With its high availability and fast performance, we can focus on building features instead of worrying about database management.

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•6 reviews

I don't love the recent changes of PlanetScale to remove their free tier. That said, their database branching workflow is absolutely the best I've used as a dev. I can easily spin up a branch for working on a new feature and make a merge request with schema changes just like I would git. The only gotcha here is that to make it work well in CI, you have to write a few scripts with their cli to avoid doing things manually.

What's great

database branching (2)

What needs improvement

removed free tier (1)

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6 views2yr ago

PageAI

•37 reviews

What's great

fast performance (2)database branching (2)

What needs improvement

no foreign key support (1)no GUI or DBMS (1)downtime incidents (1)

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11 views3yr ago

used PlanetScale to build Heima

•8 reviews

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7 views1yr ago

•6 reviews

What's great

database branching (2)

What needs improvement

removed free tier (1)

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