Serverless MySQL platform built on Vitess. Offers branching, auto‑scaling, and high availability. Free tier includes 10GB storage, 10M row reads/month, and 1M row writes/month.
PlanetScale is a serverless MySQL platform built on Vitess. Its standout feature is database branching—create branches, modify schemas, and merge via deploy requests, just like Git.
I used PlanetScale for an e‑commerce project. I created a “dev” branch, ran Prisma migrations, and reviewed the schema diff in a deploy request before merging. The merge was seamless—no downtime, no locks.
PlanetScale’s branching and deploy requests make database changes as safe and reviewable as code PRs.
Pro tip: PlanetScale works great with Prisma and Drizzle. Free limits are generous for personal projects, especially when combined with Vercel or Netlify.