The world's fastest and most scalable cloud databases
The drop-in JavaScript runtime for Node developers
Stage
Established
Established
Founded
2018
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Pricing model
subscription
freemium
Pricing
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.
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Key features
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
Built-in TypeScript support
Package manager with npm, yarn, pnpm support
Integrated test runner and formatter
Granular security permissions with deny-by-default
Built-in OpenTelemetry and profiling
Standard library with no dependencies
One-command deployment
Deno KV distributed database
Desktop app builder
What makes it different
Highest SLA commitment at 99.999% for multi-region deployments
NVMe-backed PlanetScale Metal delivers fastest database performance in cloud with unlimited IOPS