PlanetScale

PlanetScale is a cloud-native database platform that provides a serverless MySQL experience. It is built on top of Vitess, the same technology that powers YouTube and other massive applications. With PlanetScale, you get a fully compatible MySQL database but with additional features designed for modern development workflows. One of the standout features is database branching: you can create a branch of your database for every deploy, just like you do with code. This allows you to test schema changes and queries in isolation without affecting production. Schema changes are handled through non-blocking migrations, meaning you can alter tables without locking them or causing downtime. PlanetScale also handles sharding and replication automatically, making it easy to scale horizontally as your data grows. It integrates with popular frameworks and tools via a direct MySQL connection, and offers a web console for management. Pricing starts with a free tier that includes one production database and one development branch, then scales based on storage and compute usage. PlanetScale is developed by PlanetScale Inc., a company founded by former GitHub CTO Jason Warner and other industry veterans.