How do PlanetScale and Redis Cloud prices compare?

PlanetScale: custom or unlisted usage pricing at 20 GB storage. Redis Cloud: custom or unlisted usage pricing at 2 GB memory. Different billing units are not an equal-workload comparison. Estimates exclude unlisted add-ons and taxes.

Does storage alone determine the database bill?

No. Compute, reads and writes, replicas, backups and egress may be billed separately. The estimate covers only the tracked plan and billing unit.

How should I compare vector and relational databases?

Compare engine and query requirements first, then vector capacity, indexing, filtering, backups and regions from the published plans.

What features and free access does PlanetScale list?

Vitess MySQL & Postgres, Deploy requests. Free access: None. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

What features and free access does Redis Cloud list?

Official Redis, Modules, Active-active. Free access: 30 MB free. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

Databases & Vector · side by side

PlanetScale vs Redis Cloud

Compare PlanetScale, Redis Cloud 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.

PlanetScale

Storage

20 GB

Redis Cloud

Memory

2 GB

PlanetScale

Custom / not listed

Custom / unlisted usage pricing · 20 GB storage

Redis Cloud

Custom / not listed

Custom / unlisted usage pricing · 2 GB memory

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	PlanetScale	Redis Cloud
Provider	PlanetScale	Redis
Billing unit	GB storage	GB memory
Plan at selected usage	Custom / unlisted usage pricing	Custom / unlisted usage pricing
Monthly estimate	Custom / not listed	Custom / not listed
Workload	20 GB storage	2 GB memory
Free access	None	30 MB free
Published plans	Base Plan, Enterprise	Free, Essentials, Pro
Prices checked	2026-10-08	2026-10-08

Provider

PlanetScale: PlanetScale
Redis Cloud: Redis

Billing unit

PlanetScale: GB storage
Redis Cloud: GB memory

Plan at selected usage

PlanetScale: Custom / unlisted usage pricing
Redis Cloud: Custom / unlisted usage pricing

Monthly estimate

PlanetScale: Custom / not listed
Redis Cloud: Custom / not listed

Workload

PlanetScale: 20 GB storage
Redis Cloud: 2 GB memory

Free access

PlanetScale: None
Redis Cloud: 30 MB free

Published plans

PlanetScale: Base Plan, Enterprise
Redis Cloud: Free, Essentials, Pro

Prices checked

PlanetScale: 2026-10-08
Redis Cloud: 2026-10-08

Databases & Vector monthly cost

PlanetScale: Not pricedRedis Cloud: Not priced

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?

PlanetScale features & plan notes

Vitess MySQL & Postgres
Deploy requests

Full pricing Official Pricing

Redis Cloud features & plan notes

Official Redis
Modules
Active-active

Full pricing Official Pricing

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