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PlanetScale vs Weaviate Cloud
Compare PlanetScale, Weaviate Cloud by database engines, storage, compute, backups, branching and vector-search features.
Databases & Vector pricing calculator
20 GB
PlanetScale
$5.00 / mo
Base Plan · 20 GB storage
Weaviate Cloud
$45 / mo
Flex · 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 | PlanetScale | Weaviate Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | PlanetScale | Weaviate |
| Billing unit | GB storage | GB storage |
| Plan at selected usage | Base Plan | Flex |
| Monthly estimate | $5.00/mo | $45/mo |
| Workload | 20 GB storage | 20 GB storage |
| Free access | None | 14-day sandbox |
| Published plans | Base Plan, Enterprise | Free, Flex, Premium |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
Provider
- PlanetScale
- PlanetScale
- Weaviate Cloud
- Weaviate
Billing unit
- PlanetScale
- GB storage
- Weaviate Cloud
- GB storage
Plan at selected usage
- PlanetScale
- Base Plan
- Weaviate Cloud
- Flex
Monthly estimate
- PlanetScale
- $5.00/mo
- Weaviate Cloud
- $45/mo
Workload
- PlanetScale
- 20 GB storage
- Weaviate Cloud
- 20 GB storage
Free access
- PlanetScale
- None
- Weaviate Cloud
- 14-day sandbox
Published plans
- PlanetScale
- Base Plan, Enterprise
- Weaviate Cloud
- Free, Flex, Premium
Prices checked
- PlanetScale
- 2026-10-08
- Weaviate Cloud
- 2026-10-08
Databases & Vector monthly cost
PlanetScale: $5.00Weaviate Cloud: $45
Cost by GB storage
Cost curve data
| GB storage | PlanetScale | Weaviate Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $5.00 | $0 |
| 5 | $5.00 | $0 |
| 10 | $5.00 | $0 |
| 20 | $5.00 | $45 |
| 40 | $5.00 | $45 |
| 100 | $5.00 | $45 |
| 200 | $5.00 | $45 |
0
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
- Weaviate Cloud
- $0
5
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
- Weaviate Cloud
- $0
10
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
- Weaviate Cloud
- $0
20
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
- Weaviate Cloud
- $45
40
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
- Weaviate Cloud
- $45
100
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
- Weaviate Cloud
- $45
200
- PlanetScale
- $5.00
- Weaviate Cloud
- $45
Databases & Vector feature comparison
| Databases & Vector | PlanetScale | Weaviate Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | Not listed | from $0.12 / GiB |
| Contract | Not listed | Monthly (Pay-as-you-go) |
| Deployment type | Not listed | Shared |
| Object limit | Not listed | Unlimited |
| Collection limit | Not listed | 1000 |
| Hybrid search | Not listed | |
| Backup retention | Not listed | 7 days |
| Flexible index types | Not listed | |
| Vector compression | Not listed | |
| HA / replication | Not listed | |
| Multi-tenancy | Not listed | |
| RBAC | Not listed | |
| SSO / SAML | Not listed | |
| Bring your own IdP | Not listed | |
| HIPAA compliant | Not listed | |
| PrivateLink (AWS) | Not listed | |
| Encrypted volumes (customer keys) | Not listed | |
| Metrics endpoint | Not listed | |
| Console metrics | Not listed | |
| Query Agent | Not listed | Free tier + usage-based |
| Query Agent rate limits | Not listed | 30,000 req/mo |
| Embeddings | Not listed | Usage-based |
| Email support | Not listed | |
| Phone support | Not listed | |
| Slack support | Not listed | |
| Technical Account Team | Not listed | |
| Instructor-led jumpstart training | Not listed | |
| Availability | Not listed | 99.5% |
| Severity 1 response time | Not listed | 1 business day |
| Cluster upgrades | Not listed | Weaviate-managed |
| Cloud Service Provider | Not listed | GCP, AWS |
| Regions | Not listed | Limited (7) |
| Minimum | Not listed | $45 / month |
| Vector dimensions | Not listed | from $0.00465 / 1M |
| Backup | Not listed | from $0.03036/ GiB |
| Data transfer | Not listed | Free for promotional period |
Storage
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- from $0.12 / GiB
Contract
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- Monthly (Pay-as-you-go)
Deployment type
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- Shared
Object limit
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- Unlimited
Collection limit
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- 1000
Hybrid search
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Backup retention
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- 7 days
Flexible index types
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Vector compression
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
HA / replication
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Multi-tenancy
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
RBAC
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
SSO / SAML
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Bring your own IdP
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
HIPAA compliant
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
PrivateLink (AWS)
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Encrypted volumes (customer keys)
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Metrics endpoint
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Console metrics
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Query Agent
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- Free tier + usage-based
Query Agent rate limits
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- 30,000 req/mo
Embeddings
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- Usage-based
Email support
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Phone support
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Slack support
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Technical Account Team
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Instructor-led jumpstart training
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
Availability
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- 99.5%
Severity 1 response time
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- 1 business day
Cluster upgrades
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- Weaviate-managed
Cloud Service Provider
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- GCP, AWS
Regions
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- Limited (7)
Minimum
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- $45 / month
Vector dimensions
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- from $0.00465 / 1M
Backup
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- from $0.03036/ GiB
Data transfer
- PlanetScale
- Not listed
- Weaviate Cloud
- Free for promotional period
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Which database providers fit your needs?
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)
Weaviate Cloud features & plan notes
- Built-in vectorizers
- GraphQL
- Pay-as-you-go, monthly, no commitment.
- Shared cloud cluster with full core DB toolkit + replication.
- Baseline security with RBAC.
- Highly available clusters — 99.5% uptime.
- Query Agent free tier + usage-based; Embeddings usage-based.
- Standard support — next-business-day Sev 1
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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