PlanetScale

Serverless DB peer when branching DX matters. Prefer Neon/Supabase for default Postgres+pgvector agents…

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Serverless DB peer when branching DX matters. Prefer Neon/Supabase for default Postgres+pgvector agents; PlanetScale when Vitess/MySQL or schema-branch workflows dominate. Strengths: Best-in-class database branching / nonblocking schema deploy DX; Horizontal MySQL heritage + Postgres path; Good fit for agents that migrate schemas often.

Overall

8.2

curated_estimate

confidence: high · as of 2026-09-14

Capability fit

8.6

Price / performance

7.4

Latency / reliability

8.8

Developer & agent DX

9.2

Privacy / data retention

8.0

Lock-in risk (higher = worse)

4.8

Maturity / track record

8.8

Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.

Sources: PlanetScale pricing.md: https://planetscale.com/pricing.md · PlanetScale pricing: https://planetscale.com/pricing · PlanetScale Postgres pricing docs: https://planetscale.com/docs/postgres/pricing

Serverless DB peer when branching DX matters. Prefer Neon/Supabase for default Postgres+pgvector agents; PlanetScale when Vitess/MySQL or schema-branch workflows dominate.

Strengths

· Best-in-class database branching / nonblocking schema deploy DX
· Horizontal MySQL heritage + Postgres path
· Good fit for agents that migrate schemas often

Weaknesses

· SKU matrix large (Postgres/Vitess/Neki/Metal) — always query pricing.md/SQL catalog
· Not a dedicated vector DB
· Can be pricier than Neon/Supabase for simple Postgres

Pricing notes

As of 2026-09-14 (planetscale.com/pricing.md, AWS us-east-1): Postgres single-node from **$5/mo** (PS-5); HA 3-node from **$15/mo** (PS-5); PS-160 ARM HA $286; Vitess HA PS-10 $39+. Metal NVMe SKUs from ~$50–$60 (M-10). Storage/backups/egress/PgBouncer extra. Scaler Pro renamed Base. Machine-readable SQL catalog + region query params — re-export before commits.

Regions: global, us, euLast reviewed: 2026-09-14Status: active

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