PlanetScale

Use PlanetScale for serverless MySQL-compatible databases with non-blocking schema change workflows built on Vitess.

When to Use

• You need a managed MySQL-compatible database with zero-downtime migrations.
• Your team wants Git-like branching for schema development.
• You are building a serverless or edge application that benefits from connection pooling.
• You need horizontal sharding without managing Vitess directly.

Prerequisites

• A PlanetScale account and approved budget; check current pricing (the Hobby free plan was retired in 2024).
• The pscale CLI installed locally.
• Node.js 18+ if using Prisma or other ORM integrations.

Install the pscale CLI