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Updated for 2026

About PlanetScale

Managed MySQL and PostgreSQL platform built on Vitess with database branching, non-blocking schema changes, and zero-downtime deployments. Now offers PlanetScale Metal for NVMe-backed performance.

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Key Capabilities

Database branching with non-blocking schema changes, deploy schema updates without downtime

Built on Vitess (YouTube's database tech) for horizontal scaling and high availability

Zero I/O charges on Scaler Pro, pay for compute and storage only, not read/write operations

PlanetScale Metal offers NVMe-backed performance for latency-sensitive workloads

Standout Features

Schema Branching

Create database branches for schema changes, test safely, then deploy with non-blocking online DDL; no downtime, no locks.

Vitess-Powered Scaling

Built on Vitess (the system that scaled YouTube's database), PlanetScale handles horizontal sharding and high availability automatically.

Zero I/O Charges

No per-read or per-write fees on Scaler Pro, pay only for compute and storage, making costs predictable at any query volume.

Perfect for

MySQL at Scale
Schema Branching

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