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Couchbase Capella vs PlanetScale
Compare Couchbase Capella, PlanetScale by database engines, storage, compute, backups, branching and vector-search features.
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20 GB
Couchbase Capella
Custom / not listed
Custom / unlisted usage pricing · 20 GB storage
PlanetScale
$5.00 / mo
Base Plan · 20 GB storage
Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.
Databases & Vector overview & pricing
| Databases & Vector | Couchbase Capella | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Couchbase | PlanetScale |
| Billing unit | GB storage | GB storage |
| Plan at selected usage | Custom / unlisted usage pricing | Base Plan |
| Monthly estimate | Custom / not listed | $5.00/mo |
| Workload | 20 GB storage | 20 GB storage |
| Free access | Free tier cluster | None |
| Published plans | Capella Free, Capella Basic, Capella Developer Pro, Capella Enterprise, Capella AI Data Plane Developer Pro, Capella AI Data Plane Enterprise, Capella Analytics Developer Pro, Capella Analytics Enterprise, Couchbase Enterprise, Enterprise Analytics, Couchbase Mobile | Base Plan, Enterprise |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
Provider
- Couchbase Capella
- Couchbase
- PlanetScale
- PlanetScale
Billing unit
- Couchbase Capella
- GB storage
- PlanetScale
- GB storage
Plan at selected usage
- Couchbase Capella
- Custom / unlisted usage pricing
- PlanetScale
- Base Plan
Monthly estimate
- Couchbase Capella
- Custom / not listed
- PlanetScale
- $5.00/mo
Workload
- Couchbase Capella
- 20 GB storage
- PlanetScale
- 20 GB storage
Free access
- Couchbase Capella
- Free tier cluster
- PlanetScale
- None
Published plans
- Couchbase Capella
- Capella Free, Capella Basic, Capella Developer Pro, Capella Enterprise, Capella AI Data Plane Developer Pro, Capella AI Data Plane Enterprise, Capella Analytics Developer Pro, Capella Analytics Enterprise, Couchbase Enterprise, Enterprise Analytics, Couchbase Mobile
- PlanetScale
- Base Plan, Enterprise
Prices checked
- Couchbase Capella
- 2026-10-08
- PlanetScale
- 2026-10-08
Databases & Vector monthly cost
Couchbase Capella: Not pricedPlanetScale: $5.00
Cost by GB storage
Cost curve data
| GB storage | Couchbase Capella | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $0 | $5.00 |
| 5 | $0 | $5.00 |
| 10 | Not priced | $5.00 |
| 20 | Not priced | $5.00 |
| 40 | Not priced | $5.00 |
| 100 | Not priced | $5.00 |
| 200 | Not priced | $5.00 |
0
- Couchbase Capella
- $0
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
5
- Couchbase Capella
- $0
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
10
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
20
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
40
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
100
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
200
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
Which database providers fit your needs?
Couchbase Capella features & plan notes
- JSON + SQL++
- Mobile sync
- Memory-first
PlanetScale features & plan notes
- Vitess MySQL & Postgres
- Deploy requests
- Vitess (MySQL-compatible databases with horizontal sharding; pricing based on cluster size, VTGate configuration, and storage)
- Neki (Postgres databases with horizontal sharding; pricing based on shard size/count, router configuration, replicas, storage, backup storage, and network usage)
- PlanetScale Postgres Single node (starting at $5/month)
- PlanetScale Postgres High Availability (1 primary + 2 replicas across 3 availability zones)
- PlanetScale Postgres Metal (starting at $50/month with local NVMe storage)
- Pay month to month based on resource usage (compute, topology, storage, network egress, backup storage)
How to compare database providers
Start with the engine and workload: relational databases, vector indexes and Redis services are not interchangeable. Storage estimates do not include unlisted compute, query, replication or network charges. Check backup retention, regions and scaling behavior.
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