PlanetScale alternatives
PlanetScale is managed Vitess/MySQL and Postgres at scale. These are the other developer tools tools in the index, with what each one charges.
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| Tool | What it is | Pricing | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlanetScalethe one you asked about | Managed Vitess/MySQL and Postgres at scale | from $5/mo | No |
| GitHubgithub.com | Where the code lives | from $4/mo | Yes |
| Vercelvercel.com | Deploy frontends in seconds | from $20/mo | Yes |
| Supabasesupabase.com | Open-source Postgres backend | from $25/mo | Yes |
| Sentrysentry.io | See the errors your users hit | from $26/mo | Yes |
| GitLababout.gitlab.com | The whole DevOps pipeline in one app | from $29/mo | Yes |
| Datadogdatadoghq.com | Monitoring for everything at once | from $8/mo | Yes |
| Postmanpostman.com | Build and test APIs collaboratively | from $9/mo | Yes |
| Netlifynetlify.com | Git-driven hosting for web projects | from $9/mo | Yes |
Every price here was read from the vendor's own pricing page, most recently on 25 Sept 2026. Entry tier only — vendors change pricing without notice.
9 of these 9 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page. The median is across these 9, not the whole category.
Switching from PlanetScale
- What is the cheapest alternative to PlanetScale?
- Of the 8 alternatives here that publish an entry price, GitHub is the lowest at $4 a month. That is $1 a month less than PlanetScale's $5.
- Is there a free alternative to PlanetScale?
- 8 of these publish an ongoing free plan: GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, Sentry, GitLab, Datadog, Postman, Netlify. A free plan is not a trial — it stays free, with limits set by the vendor.
- What can I use instead of PlanetScale?
- The closest matches in the index are GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, Sentry, GitLab. They sit in the same category and cover overlapping ground; the table above puts each one's entry price beside PlanetScale's.
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