Enterprise Pricing
Custom pricing is available for single-tenant and managed deployments, larger SKUs, committed use, and bring-your-own-cloud options.
PlanetScale Pricing, Features & Alternatives
Managed Vitess or PostgreSQL-compatible databases with branching on hosted infrastructure or dedicated customer cloud accounts.
PlanetScale offers managed MySQL on Vitess and managed PostgreSQL. Vitess uses branches and deploy requests for schema workflows; PostgreSQL branches are created empty or from backups and do not use the same schema-promotion model. PostgreSQL network-attached storage can grow automatically, while high availability, point-in-time recovery, and read-replica behavior depend on engine and configuration. PostgreSQL disk autoscaling excludes Metal, and single-node PostgreSQL branches are not high-availability configurations.
Best for
Production MySQL and PostgreSQL applications that value database branching, managed operations, schema workflows, vertical scaling, and optional high-availability configurations.
Watch out for
PlanetScale has no free tier. Every database, production branch, development branch, storage allocation, backup, and network transfer choice can affect monthly cost.
- Workloads
- Backend Services
- Web Applications
- Services
- Managed Databases
- Delivery
- Managed
- BYOC
Development & Execution
Supported platform capabilities, execution environments, development technologies, deployment models, integrations, and triggers.
Database support
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Vitess
Capabilities
- Storage Autoscaling
- Automatic Failover
- Database Branching
- Point-in-Time Recovery
- Read Replicas
- Automated Backups
Client languages
- C#
- Go
- Java
- JavaScript
- Kotlin
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- Rust
- TypeScript
Framework compatibility
- Django
- Express.js
- Fastify
- Laravel
- Next.js
- Nuxt
- Remix
- Ruby on Rails
- Spring Boot
- SvelteKit
Integrations
- Cloudflare
- GitHub
- Terraform
Deployment model
- Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Architecture
- x64
- ARM
Pricing
Published pricing structure, representative costs, and material billing factors.
- Starting Price
- $5 / month
- Primary Billing
- Instance based
- Included Usage
- 10 GB storage per cluster
- Commitment
- Self-service
Cluster SKUs
Primary PricingBase self-service databases are billed by cluster SKU. Representative arm64 configurations in AWS us-east-1 are shown; other architectures and regions vary.
| Instance | Resources | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PS-5 (single-node) | 512 MB RAM / 1/16 vCPU | $5 / month |
| PS-320 (3-node HA) | 32 GB RAM / 4 vCPU | $570 / month |
| PS-2560 (3-node HA) | 256 GB RAM / 32 vCPU | $4,529 / month |
Representative sizes. See official pricing for all available options.
Cluster Usage Additional Usage Cost
Storage, egress, and backups are billed in addition to cluster compute.
| Resource | Billing Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Included storage | first 10 GB storage per cluster | $0 |
| Storage overage | per GB-month | $0.50 |
| Included egress | first 100 GB egress per month | $0 |
| Egress overage | per GB | $0.06 |
| Backups | per GB-month | $0.023 |
Billing Commitment
Self-service; No sales interaction required.
Infrastructure & Availability
Where workloads run, how deployment is scoped, and what underlying infrastructure the platform depends on.
Managed cloud
PlanetScale offers 19 self-service database regions across AWS and Google Cloud for its current Vitess and Postgres platform. Vitess read-only regions are deployment options within the same supported footprint rather than additional regions.
Deployment model
- Managed cloud
Execution
- Single Region
- Multi Region
Deployment scope
- Regional
Infrastructure providers
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud Platform
Available regions (19)
| Location | Infrastructure | Region ID |
|---|---|---|
North America
8 regions
| ||
| Montreal AWS ca-central-1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | aws-ca-central-1 |
| Northern Virginia AWS us-east-1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | us-east |
| Ohio AWS us-east-2; current PlanetScale self-service region and default for new databases. | Amazon Web Services | aws-us-east-2 |
| Oregon AWS us-west-2; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | us-west |
| Council Bluffs, Iowa GCP us-central1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Google Cloud Platform | gcp-us-central1 |
| Ashburn, Virginia GCP us-east4; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Google Cloud Platform | gcp-us-east4 |
| Montréal, Québec, Canada GCP northamerica-northeast1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Google Cloud Platform | gcp-northamerica-northeast1 |
| Moncks Corner, South Carolina GCP us-east1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Google Cloud Platform | gcp-us-east1 |
Latin America
1 region
| ||
| Sao Paulo AWS sa-east-1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | aws-sa-east-1 |
Europe
5 regions
| ||
| Frankfurt AWS eu-central-1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | eu-central |
| Dublin AWS eu-west-1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | eu-west |
| London AWS eu-west-2; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | aws-eu-west-2 |
| St Ghislain, Belgium GCP europe-west1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Google Cloud Platform | gcp-europe-west1 |
| Eemshaven, Netherlands GCP europe-west4; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Google Cloud Platform | gcp-europe-west4 |
Asia Pacific
5 regions
| ||
| Tokyo AWS ap-northeast-1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | ap-northeast |
| Mumbai AWS ap-south-1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | ap-south |
| Singapore AWS ap-southeast-1; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | ap-southeast |
| Sydney AWS ap-southeast-2; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Amazon Web Services | aws-ap-southeast-2 |
| Seoul, South Korea GCP asia-northeast3; current PlanetScale self-service region. | Google Cloud Platform | gcp-asia-northeast3 |
Managed BYOC
PlanetScale Managed runs databases inside customer-owned AWS or Google Cloud accounts while PlanetScale operates the service. Its eligible deployment locations are separate from the public self-service region inventory.
Deployment model
- Managed BYOC
Infrastructure providers
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud Platform
Availability reviewed
Security & Compliance
Security Controls
- Encryption at Rest
- All plans
- Encryption in Transit
- TLS database connections All plans
- Private Networking
- Private database connectivity Deployment support applies
- IP Allow List
- Database connections
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- TOTP PlanetScale accounts
- Single Sign-On
- SAML Base add-on; included with Enterprise
- Audit Logging
- Organization actions and authentication security history Security history retained six months
Audits & Certifications
- SOC Reports
- SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II PlanetScale managed service
- PCI DSS
- PCI DSS 4.0, Level 1 Service Provider PlanetScale managed service
Compliance
- HIPAA
- Eligible use Qualifying customers; signed BAA and customer safeguards required
FAQ
What happened to PlanetScale's free Hobby plan?
PlanetScale retired its free Hobby plan on April 8, 2024. Databases that were not upgraded were put into sleep mode, with temporary 24-hour wake periods available to retrieve data.
Is PlanetScale PostgreSQL or MySQL?
Both. PlanetScale offers PostgreSQL clusters and Vitess clusters, with Vitess providing MySQL compatibility. The two products have different features and workflows.
How much does PlanetScale cost?
PlanetScale self-service database compute starts at $5 per month for the representative PS-5 single-node configuration. Larger and highly available cluster sizes cost more, while storage, egress, and backups are billed separately.
How much does storage and egress cost on PlanetScale?
PlanetScale includes the first 10 GB of storage per cluster and first 100 GB of egress per month. Additional storage is $0.50 per GB-month, additional egress is $0.06 per GB, and backups are $0.023 per GB-month.
What PlanetScale cluster sizes are available?
Available cluster sizes depend on the organization and whether the database uses Vitess or PostgreSQL. PlanetScale provides an organization-level API endpoint that returns the currently available cluster-size SKUs, optionally with pricing rates, rather than relying on one universal fixed size table.
