Dolt vs PlanetScale
Dolt
dolthub.com
PlanetScale
planetscale.comSide by side
| Figure | Dolt | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Data Version Control Tools | 8.4 (#11) | 7.6 (#24) |
| Support | Hosted Dolt includes enterprise support, with deployment-console tickets answered by an on-call team member within the hour. | Enterprise plans include business-level support, and customers can optionally purchase Enterprise support with direct Slack access to support engineers. |
Plans
PlanetScale
- Base — PlanetScale Postgres single node$5 a month
- Base — PlanetScale Postgres Metal$50 a month
- Base — Vitess, Neki, and other configurationsPrice not published
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Dolt
Dolt is a SQL database for managing data with version-control operations. Users can fork, clone, branch, merge, push and pull databases, then inspect commits, compare diffs, resolve SQL conflicts and revert commits. It can be connected to like a MySQL database or deployed as a versioned MySQL replica. DoltHub hosts public data and provides a web interface for editing and pull-request review; databases are public by default, with private databases available to Pro users or organizations. DoltLab is a self-hosted option for running DoltHub on a private network or development machine. Connector libraries include JDBC, Perl DBI, MySQL Connector/Python and Go sqlx/database/sql; listed framework integrations include Django, SQLAlchemy, Prisma, Laravel, Hibernate, GORM, Rails and FastAPI. Hosted Dolt includes a web SQL workbench, nightly full backups retained for 14 days, and AWS and GCP private networking. Dolt is free and open source. DoltHub Pro is $5 a month; a Hosted Dolt trial instance is $50 a month.
PlanetScale
PlanetScale has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.