PlanetScale is a serverless MySQL platform built on Vitess, offering branching, non-blocking schema changes, horizontal scaling, and zero-downtime deploys.

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🚀 Overview

PlanetScale provides MySQL-compatible database with git-like branching for safe experimentation. It solves traditional DB pain: long migrations, downtime, scaling limits. Built for modern apps needing speed, safety, reliability. Powers Vercel, Clerk, Linear, etc.

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✨ Key Features

• Database branching & schema deploy previews
• Non-blocking online schema changes
• Horizontal sharding & unlimited read replicas
• Connection pooling & query insights
• Boost (edge caching), Insights, Insights Analyzer

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🛠 Tech Stack

Vitess (open-source) core; MySQL protocol; serverless architecture; integrates Prisma, Drizzle, TypeORM, etc.

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Full-stack & backend developers
• Teams using Next.js / Prisma / Rails
• Apps needing safe schema evolution
• Startups avoiding DB ops burden

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Website: https://planetscale.com
• Dashboard: https://app.planetscale.com

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building
  Last updated: 2026-02-20

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Freemium — Hobby free (5 GB, 1 branch); Scaler $39/mo; Team/Enterprise higher.

Is the source code available?

Partial — Vitess open-source: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess; PlanetScale platform proprietary.

Can I contribute?

Yes — to Vitess on GitHub; no core platform.

What's coming next?

More edge features, AI tooling, deeper integrations.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://planetscale.com
• Docs: https://planetscale.com/docs
• Blog: https://planetscale.com/blog
• X: https://x.com/planetscale

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