The ultimate MySQL
database platform
PlanetScale is the world’s most advanced, fully-managed MySQL database platform.
Trusted by major brands
Read our case studiesWhy PlanetScale?
Scale and performance
Our technology, built on Vitess, offers proven performance and scale at every size.
We have unlimited runway for growth and volume thanks to PlanetScale’s ability to scale horizontally
Reliability by design
Make schema changes without table locking or data loss. Migrate with zero-downtime imports.
We cut over in 15 minutes. PlanetScale is incredibly powerful and we just let it do its thing.
Actually fully-managed
We take care of all operational tasks, including version upgrades and security. Made with CI/CD in mind.
Our team wants to focus on helping our customers meet their health and fitness goals, not the database servers.
Focus on your business,
not your config scripts
“We used to check the AWS dashboard practically nightly. We don’t want to be DevOps experts. We want to always focus on making our product better.
Compare PlanetScale and Amazon Aurora
Amazon Aurora | ||
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Scale | ||
Horizontal sharding available with no application-level changes required; standard scaling available (vertical or read replicas) | Standard scaling (vertical or read replicas) | |
Connections | ||
Technically unlimited | 16,000 for the MySQL primary | |
Cache | ||
Native caching available with PlanetScale Boost, requires no configuration or cache invalidation | MySQL query cache is not available in Aurora 3 (MySQL 8) or Aurora Serverless v2 | |
Replicas | ||
2+ replicas per production branch in different availability zones
| Up to 15 replicas per primary across availability zones | |
Primaries | ||
Unlimited with horizontal sharding | Only 1 available | |
Backups | ||
Automatic, pre-validated
| Requires user input, then automatic | |
Managed | ||
All operational tasks are fully managed, such as automatic version upgrades, configuration, and more with the support of database experts | Responsible for some operations | |
Staging | ||
Development branching of your schema (and optionally data) | Blue/green deployments with downtime during switchover and no switchback | |
Schema change workflow | ||
Native, fully-online, Git-like functionality | 3rd-party or manual configuration, instant DDL for limited set of operations | |
Zero downtime migrations | ||
Online schema changes built-in | Unavailable natively | |
Schema recovery | ||
Revert schema changes natively with no downtime or data loss between changes | Backtrack restore to a point-in-time |
Amazon Aurora | |||
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Scalability | Scale | ||
Connections | Technically unlimited | 16,000 for the MySQL primary | |
Cache | |||
Manageability | Replicas | ||
Primaries | Unlimited with horizontal sharding | Only 1 available | |
Backups | Requires user input, then automatic | ||
Managed | Responsible for some operations | ||
Workflow | Staging | ||
Schema change workflow | |||
Zero downtime migrations | Online schema changes built-in | Unavailable natively | |
Schema recovery | Backtrack restore to a point-in-time |
Built on the world’s most scalable
open source database
Vitess started at Google to scale YouTube.com to billions of users with ease and efficiency. PlanetScale brings you the value of world-class database expertise without the pain of implementing powerful features yourself.
Learn more about VitessVitess powers the largest sites on earth
- GitHub
- Slack
- AirBnB
- HubSpot
- Shopify
and hundreds more
Invested in innovation
PlanetScale employs the core team of Vitess maintainers.
Keep your data secure with PlanetScale
Learn about our security at PlanetScalePlanetScale delivers a powerful and easy-to-use database platform with security built into every layer.
SOC 2 Type II reporting
PlanetScale continuously monitors and reports primarily using System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2.
Learn about our security reportingPayment Card Industry Data Security Standard
PlanetScale is PCI DSS compliant, ensuring all payment data processed or stored is handled with the highest level of security and protection.
Learn more about PCI DSS complianceBusiness Associate Agreements
PlanetScale can enter into Business Associate Agreements
with customers deployed on Single-tenant environments.
Application security
Highly reliable and resilient PlanetScale databases (99.95% uptime SLAs) and their client communications are encrypted
in transit and at rest with features like access control, network security, audit logs, and authentication.