planetscale
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.
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.
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