PlanetScale - Database Management Tool
Database Management · Founded by Jiten Vaidya & Tanner Ingle in 2018
Serverless MySQL platform built on Vitess for scalable, production-ready relational databases.
Cost
Pay as you go, Paid
Rating
★ People love it
Time to value
Quick Setup (< 1 hour)
Use PlanetScale to run fully managed, high-performance MySQL-compatible databases with zero‑downtime schema migrations, horizontal sharding, branching workflows, and vector support. It’s powered by Vitess (used by YouTube, Slack, GitHub), features NVMe-backed storage, global read replicas, and deep observability—ideal for engineering teams looking to scale without infrastructure complexity.
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