The backend for apps and agents, built to scale on Lakebase Postgres.
The world's fastest and most scalable cloud databases
Stage
Established
Established
Founded
Not given
2018
Based in
US
Not given
Pricing model
freemium
subscription
Pricing
Free plan with 100 projects, 100 CU-hours monthly per project, 1 GB storage per project. Launch plan starts at $0.106 per CU-hour and $0.35 per GB-month. Scale plan at $0.222 per CU-hour and $0.35 per GB-month. No monthly minimum fees.
PlanetScale Postgres starts at $5/month for single node development workloads. PlanetScale Metal starts at $50/month for high-performance NVMe-backed databases. Enterprise plans available with custom pricing. Pricing is based on compute instances, topology (shards/replicas), storage, and usage.
Key features
Serverless Postgres database that scales and branches
Fully-managed authentication built on Better Auth
S3-compatible object storage that branches
Serverless functions without timeouts
AI Gateway for frontier and open-source models
Automatic autoscaling of compute
Instant restore for point-in-time recovery
Vector, keyword, and hybrid search
Connection pooling with pgBouncer
Read replicas for query offloading
Horizontal sharding for massive scale across thousands of nodes
Branching and schema/data isolation workflows for safe development
Built-in connection pooling and resilient connection behavior
High availability with automated failover across three availability zones
Query Insights for detailed database observability and monitoring
Multi-region support for globally distributed workloads
Automated and custom backups
Database Traffic Control to enforce query budgets and prevent runaway queries
What makes it different
Storage-compute separation for instant operations and scale without compromise
Branch environments like pull requests for faster development workflows
Scales to zero when idle, paying only for resources actually used
Complete backend platform with database, auth, storage, functions and AI gateway integrated
Highest SLA commitment at 99.999% for multi-region deployments
NVMe-backed PlanetScale Metal delivers fastest database performance in cloud with unlimited IOPS