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Dragonfly Cloud vs PlanetScale
Compare Dragonfly Cloud, PlanetScale by database engines, storage, compute, backups, branching and vector-search features.
Databases & Vector pricing calculator
These providers bill in different units. Each estimate uses its own workload; there is no same-volume price winner.
Dragonfly Cloud
PlanetScale
Dragonfly Cloud
$36 / mo
Flex · 4 GB memory
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 | Dragonfly Cloud | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DragonflyDB | PlanetScale |
| Billing unit | GB memory | GB storage |
| Plan at selected usage | Flex | Base Plan |
| Monthly estimate | $36/mo | $5.00/mo |
| Workload | 4 GB memory | 20 GB storage |
| Free access | Trial credits | None |
| Published plans | Flex, Business, Self-Managed | Base Plan, Enterprise |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
- Dragonfly Cloud
- DragonflyDB
- PlanetScale
- PlanetScale
- Dragonfly Cloud
- GB memory
- PlanetScale
- GB storage
- Dragonfly Cloud
- Flex
- PlanetScale
- Base Plan
- Dragonfly Cloud
- $36/mo
- PlanetScale
- $5.00/mo
- Dragonfly Cloud
- 4 GB memory
- PlanetScale
- 20 GB storage
- Dragonfly Cloud
- Trial credits
- PlanetScale
- None
- Dragonfly Cloud
- Flex, Business, Self-Managed
- PlanetScale
- Base Plan, Enterprise
- Dragonfly Cloud
- 2026-10-08
- PlanetScale
- 2026-10-08
Databases & Vector monthly cost
Different workloads, separate estimates
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.
Which database providers fit your needs?
Dragonfly Cloud features & plan notes
- Redis-compatible
- Multi-threaded
- High throughput
- Fully-managed on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- One-click provisioning
- Horizontal + vertical scaling
- Monitoring dashboard
- Dragonfly team support
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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