2
- Scaler Pro
- $39
- Metal
- $609
- Enterprise
- Custom
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database pricing
by PlanetScale
PlanetScale pricing, plans & costs
Managed MySQL (Vitess) and Postgres clusters built for high availability.
- Starts at
- $39/mo
- Free plan
- No
- Plans
- 3
- Billed by
- GB storage
Plans at a glance
PlanetScale plans and prices
Estimated from public pricing
Cost calculator
PlanetScale cost calculator
20 GB
Scaler Pro estimate
$54/mo
$39/mo, 10 GB storage included, then $1.5 per GB storage
Estimate covers the main usage meter only; taxes and add-ons are excluded.
PlanetScale plans at 20
vs alternatives (cheapest plan)
- Neon$12
- Supabase$27
- PlanetScale$54
How much does PlanetScale cost per month?
| 2 | $39 | $609 | Custom |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $39 | $609 | Custom |
| 20 | $54 | $609 | Custom |
| 100 | $174 | $609 | Custom |
| 400 | $624 | $1,059 | Custom |
10
- Scaler Pro
- $39
- Metal
- $609
- Enterprise
- Custom
20
- Scaler Pro
- $54
- Metal
- $609
- Enterprise
- Custom
100
- Scaler Pro
- $174
- Metal
- $609
- Enterprise
- Custom
400
- Scaler Pro
- $624
- Metal
- $1,059
- Enterprise
- Custom
Cheapest plan per volume highlighted. "—" means the plan does not allow that volume.
PlanetScale plan feature comparison
| Backups & restore | Daily backups | Daily backups | Custom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branching | Dev branches | Dev branches | Included |
| Compute | PS-10 cluster, 1 primary + 2 replicas | Dedicated | Custom |
| Database engine | MySQL (Vitess) / Postgres | MySQL / Postgres on NVMe | MySQL / Postgres |
| Regions / clouds | AWS + GCP | AWS + GCP | Any + BYOC |
| Storage | 10 GB, then $1.50/GB | Local NVMe | Custom |
| Support | Standard | Standard | Dedicated |
| Uptime SLA | 99.99% | 99.99% | 99.999% multi-region |
Backups & restore
- Scaler Pro
- Daily backups
- Metal
- Daily backups
- Enterprise
- Custom
Branching
- Scaler Pro
- Dev branches
- Metal
- Dev branches
- Enterprise
- Included
Compute
- Scaler Pro
- PS-10 cluster, 1 primary + 2 replicas
- Metal
- Dedicated
- Enterprise
- Custom
Database engine
- Scaler Pro
- MySQL (Vitess) / Postgres
- Metal
- MySQL / Postgres on NVMe
- Enterprise
- MySQL / Postgres
Regions / clouds
- Scaler Pro
- AWS + GCP
- Metal
- AWS + GCP
- Enterprise
- Any + BYOC
Storage
- Scaler Pro
- 10 GB, then $1.50/GB
- Metal
- Local NVMe
- Enterprise
- Custom
Support
- Scaler Pro
- Standard
- Metal
- Standard
- Enterprise
- Dedicated
Uptime SLA
- Scaler Pro
- 99.99%
- Metal
- 99.99%
- Enterprise
- 99.999% multi-region
How PlanetScale pricing works
PlanetScale sells cluster sizes billed hourly, with a primary and replicas. Storage is billed per GB above what the cluster includes.
- Clusters are priced by instance size and billed monthly.
- Storage over the included amount is billed per GB.
- No permanent free tier since 2024.
PlanetScale is best for
High-traffic MySQL apps
Teams needing zero-downtime schema changes
Horizontal sharding
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PlanetScale pricing FAQ
Source: official PlanetScale pricing page. Estimated. Prices change — confirm before buying.