Managed MySQL (Vitess) and Postgres built for scale, with branching and non-blocking schema changes.
Works with AI agents:llms.txtPlanetScale is a managed relational database service with three engines: Vitess (MySQL-compatible and horizontally sharded), plain Postgres, and Neki, its newer sharded Postgres. It is aimed at teams that want a production database with high availability and safe schema changes without running the clusters themselves.
Every database is a set of branches. Production is a branch, and you create development branches to try schema changes. On Vitess, you open a "deploy request" that is checked for conflicts, reviewed like a pull request, applied as an online migration without locking tables, and can be reverted without losing writes made in the meantime. Each cluster has one primary and two replicas by default, with automatic failover and built-in connection pooling (PgBouncer on Postgres). You connect with standard MySQL or Postgres drivers, or with a serverless driver that runs over HTTP.
What matters for a small team: zero-downtime imports from an existing MySQL database, pg_dump or logical-replication paths from Postgres hosts such as RDS, Neon and Supabase, query insights, automatic backups, and an optional "Metal" tier on locally attached NVMe drives. Databases run in AWS and Google Cloud regions across North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific; there is no self-hosted edition.
Limits: the Vitess engine does not support stored procedures, triggers, events, LOCK TABLES or direct DDL on protected production branches, and it requires a unique key on every table. Deploy requests exist only on Vitess, and a branch's region cannot be changed after creation.
10 tools, from its own code, website and Product Hunt page.
29 makers' products, each linked to the source that shows it, and 9 open-source projects that declare it in their code.
SuperwallPaywall and subscription infrastructure platform for building and A/B testing in-app pur…“We run on PlanetScale and they're simply the best database provider out there. 0 to billions of devices with a single engineer and only a few bumps along the way!”
DatabaseMaker says so +1 · source ↗
RunLLMAI that doesn’t just respond—it resolves“A joy to work with. Branching, schema changes, and zero-downtime deploys make PlanetScale perfect for our evolving data models. Developer-friendly + production-safe = rare combo.”
DatabaseMaker says so +1 · source ↗
SailhouseThe infrastructure you need to build agents anywhere“If you want really fast and reliable database technology this is the way to go. Not only does it allow us to have super fast performance of our service, their analytics help us make it even better.”
DatabaseMaker says so +1 · source ↗
Context.devWeb data API for software and agents that scrapes and crawls pages into Markdown, search…“Super easy to setup! Really appreciate it”
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Cushioncombines posts, messaging, + check‑ins for better teamwork“Absolutely GOATED database provider. Massively improved our performance just by migrating last year.”
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ReworkdSimplifying web data extraction at scale“Planetscale has help us scale our database to over a billion rows! We love tier amazing support.”
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LangtailShip AI Apps With Fewer Surprises“Thanks to PlanetScale for powering our databases! Their MySQL platform has simplified scaling.”
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MindFortAutonomous Security EngineerDatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
SEO GetsUnlock the full potential of your Google Search Console data“PlanetScale help us focus on building a great product and not worry about the database. Super reliable and easy to use.”
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Trellis AIAutomate your pdf workflows at scale“Helps us scale to handle large amounts of data and concurrent users.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
OctolensSocial listening for the agent era“Branching workflows for the database and zero-downtime schema changes let us move as fast on data as we do on code. Rock-solid as we scale.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
SupafaxEmail-native assistant that learns how you work“I've spent way too much time relying on bad / extortionate DB providers that go down far too often. PlanetScale has been the exact opposite experience. Transparent and clear pricing, super fricking fast, and dead simple to setup. Few cases where I've had questions founder has personally responded on X. No complaints, will be my DB provider of choice going forward.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
EververseBuild your product roadmap at lightspeed“PlanetScale's incredibly intuitive MySQL experience has made launching new features seamless.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
GraphyGraphy is a tool for turning data into charts and sharing them with a team.“PlanetScale has allowed us to scale our database usage to hundreds of thousands of daily requests.”
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HeimaThe fun way to stay tidy!“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.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
HopliteEffortlessly deploy cloud software factories.“We use PlanetScale as our primary database because of their brilliant reliability and speed.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“PlanetScale is an amazing DB and we recommend it over alternatives like Supabase.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Balance uses PlanetScale to securely store user's financial data. Battle tested at companies like YouTube, Gusto, and Slack, I'm confident that our users' most sensitive information is in the best possible hands.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
CampsiteYour team's posts, calls, docs, and chat in one app“As a NextJS and Rails app, Planetscale is the backbone of Campsite. Our database is incredibly fast, secure, and easy to manage. Deploy Requests are GOATed.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Planetscale offers highly available database that natively integrates with Cloudflare and an affordable default.”
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StackfixCompare software in seconds“PlanetScale is the most developer-friendly database we’ve used. Its serverless architecture means you get scalability without the headaches. PlanetScale’s customer support has also helped us out a few times; they’ve been helpful and prompt.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
valvYour database, safe for agents to query“The valv platform is powered by planetscale as the best database provider on the market”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“They do great engineering + the integration with Cloudflare is great.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗Open source: a project that declares PlanetScale as a dependency in its public code — verifiable, but not necessarily a live product.
23 makers on why they use PlanetScale, in their own words on Product Hunt.
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.
HeimaSep 2026 ↗I've spent way too much time relying on bad / extortionate DB providers that go down far too often. PlanetScale has been the exact opposite experience. Transparent and clear pricing, super fricking fast, and dead simple to setup. Few cases where I've had questions founder has personally responded on X. No complaints, will be my DB provider of choice going forward.
SupafaxSep 2026 ↗PlanetScale is the most developer-friendly database we’ve used. Its serverless architecture means you get scalability without the headaches. PlanetScale’s customer support has also helped us out a few times; they’ve been helpful and prompt.
StackfixSep 2026 ↗Balance uses PlanetScale to securely store user's financial data. Battle tested at companies like YouTube, Gusto, and Slack, I'm confident that our users' most sensitive information is in the best possible hands.
Balance uses PlanetScale to securely store user's financial data. Battle tested at companies like YouTube, Gusto, and Slack, I'm confident that our users' most sensitive information is in the best possible hands.
Themes that recur in makers' words and Hacker News comments, each linked to what it summarises, with how Product Hunt tags its reviews.
Public pull requests on GitHub since Oct 2024 whose title says "X to Y" — real code changes moving a project from one tool to another, by developers in general. Open a row to see the pull requests.
PlanetScale → PostgreSQL5 PRs
PlanetScale → Neon4 PRsOn Product Hunt, people weigh it against: Supabase, Neon, Render, Prisma, Xata, Coolify, Upstash, Turso, Convex, Xano.
PlanetScale suggests going by your experience; Vitess if you use MySQL or need horizontal sharding, Postgres if you use PostgreSQL and fit in a single cluster, and Neki for Postgres workloads that need sharding or online schema changes. Only Vitess has deploy requests, and Postgres is fully PostgreSQL compatible. source ↗
PlanetScale's Vitess databases run MySQL 8 but do not support stored procedures, functions, triggers or events, LOCK TABLES, LOAD DATA INFILE, or CREATE DATABASE. Only InnoDB is supported, every table needs a unique non-null key, and binlog replication to external databases is not available. source ↗
Yes. Using the pscale CLI, you can import an internet-accessible MySQL 5.6, 5.7 or 8.0 database into Vitess with no downtime; the source needs binlog settings and a user with replication privileges. source ↗
Options include pg_dump and pg_restore for smaller databases that can accept downtime, WAL-based logical replication for minimal downtime, and published migration scripts. A migration assessment tool flags likely blockers first. source ↗
On every plan, PlanetScale reports against SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 combined with the HIPAA Security Rule, signs BAAs with qualifying customers, encrypts data at rest and in transit, and covers all plans with a GDPR Data Processing Addendum. SSO is an add-on on the base plan. source ↗
Twelve AWS regions and seven Google Cloud regions across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. A branch's region is fixed once created, so moving requires creating a new database or branch and migrating. source ↗
You make changes on a development branch and open a deploy request. PlanetScale checks it for problems such as missing unique keys or conflicts, teammates can approve it, and it then deploys without blocking traffic and can be reverted without losing data written since. source ↗
No permanent free tier; paid use starts at $5/mo. source ↗
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29 makers' products we track, each with a source, and 9 open-source projects declare it in their code. source ↗
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