PlanetScale

Plans and prices

Every plan, in full

On the record

CLI

The pscale CLI can manage databases, branches, deploy requests, and authenticated PlanetScale API calls, and is available for macOS, Linux, and Windows.planetscale.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Company

PlanetScale was founded in 2018 by the co-creators and maintainers of the Vitess open-source project.planetscale.com · read 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.planetscale.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Database operations

Features include built-in connection pooling, Query Insights, automated and custom backups, and multi-region support.planetscale.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Developer workflows

The platform provides database branching and schema/data isolation workflows across Vitess, Neki, and Postgres.planetscale.com · read 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.planetscale.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Notable limitation

PlanetScale says its platform is an OLTP database and may not be the best solution for OLAP workloads.planetscale.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Product

PlanetScale is a relational database platform offering managed Vitess, Neki, and PostgreSQL clusters.planetscale.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Reliability

High-availability architecture uses one primary and two replicas across three availability zones with automated failover.planetscale.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Scaling

Vitess supports horizontal sharding for MySQL-compatible workloads, while Neki provides horizontal sharding for Postgres.planetscale.com · read 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.planetscale.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Support

Enterprise plans include business-level support, and customers can optionally purchase Enterprise support with direct Slack access to support engineers.planetscale.com · read 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.planetscale.com · read 4 Oct 2026

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