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Spec sheet

Product
PlanetScale is a relational database platform offering managed Vitess, Neki, and PostgreSQL clusters.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Integrations
The site lists Fivetran, Airbyte, Hightouch, Datadog, Vantage, and Debezium integrations for Vitess, and Prometheus, Datadog, and pganalyze monitoring integrations for Postgres.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Security
PlanetScale documents encryption at rest and in transit, TLS 1.3 for API and dashboard communications, and optional private connectivity through AWS PrivateLink or GCP Private Service Connect.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Compliance
PlanetScale states SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2+ HIPAA reporting is available; PCI DSS 4.0 Level 1 Service Provider compliance applies to PlanetScale Managed with required controls enabled.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Support
Enterprise plans include business-level support, and customers can optionally purchase Enterprise support with direct Slack access to support engineers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · planetscale.com
Founded
2018Read 28 Sep 2026 · planetscale.com
Company
PlanetScale was founded in 2018 by the co-creators and maintainers of the Vitess open-source project.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
CLI
The pscale CLI can manage databases, branches, deploy requests, and authenticated PlanetScale API calls, and is available for macOS, Linux, and Windows.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Database operations
Features include built-in connection pooling, Query Insights, automated and custom backups, and multi-region support.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Developer workflows
The platform provides database branching and schema/data isolation workflows across Vitess, Neki, and Postgres.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Notable limitation
PlanetScale says its platform is an OLTP database and may not be the best solution for OLAP workloads.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Reliability
High-availability architecture uses one primary and two replicas across three availability zones with automated failover.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Scaling
Vitess supports horizontal sharding for MySQL-compatible workloads, while Neki provides horizontal sharding for Postgres.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Who it is for
The Base plan is available without a contract or sales interaction, while Enterprise is positioned for organizations needing migration or sharding help, faster support, single tenancy, or deployment in their own cloud account.Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com

Plans and prices

Base — PlanetScale Postgres single node $5 a month Starting at $5/month; pay month to month based on resource usage. Development and low-traffic workloads Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Base — PlanetScale Postgres Metal $50 a month Starting at $50/month; pay month to month based on resource usage. Local NVMe storage; high-performance workloads Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Base — Vitess, Neki, and other configurations Price not published Resource-based, pay month to month; price depends on configuration and usage. Compute · topology · storage · backups · network egress · add-ons Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com
Enterprise Priced on request Custom pricing; contact PlanetScale. Business support included · Enterprise support option · single-tenant or bring-your-own-cloud deployment options Read 4 Oct 2026 · planetscale.com

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