How much does PlanetScale cost in 2026?

PlanetScale charges $39.00 per month for the entry plan, per PlanetScale's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: None; the Hobby tier was retired in April 2024. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does PlanetScale have a free tier?

Yes — None; the Hobby tier was retired in April 2024. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.

Are these PlanetScale prices current?

They were checked against PlanetScale's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

PlanetScale pricing

Managed MySQL on Vitess with schema branching and non-blocking migrations. Entry pricing is the highest in this category and targets production teams rather than side projects.

List prices checked May 2026

By PlanetScale · Managed databases

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What PlanetScale charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Entry plan	$39.00/mo	Cheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Free tier	Yes	None; the Hobby tier was retired in April 2024

Source: PlanetScale pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

PlanetScale billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

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PlanetScale does not publish a rate for storage on this service, so a total would be misleading.

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

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PlanetScale does not publish a rate for storage on this service, so a total would be misleading.

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

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PlanetScale does not publish a rate for storage on this service, so a total would be misleading.

PlanetScale vs the alternatives

The closest managed databases on price, with the difference on managed databases's headline axis.

Service	Entry plan	vs PlanetScale	Compare
Supabase	$25.00	1.6× cheaper	Head to head
CockroachDB Cloud	$25.00	1.6× cheaper	Head to head
Neon Serverless Postgres	$19.00	2.1× cheaper	Head to head
Scaleway Managed Database	$13.00	3× cheaper	Head to head
Azure Database for PostgreSQL	$12.41	3.1× cheaper	Head to head
AWS RDS for PostgreSQL	$12.40	3.1× cheaper	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does PlanetScale cost in 2026?: PlanetScale charges $39.00 per month for the entry plan, per PlanetScale's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: None; the Hobby tier was retired in April 2024. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does PlanetScale have a free tier?: Yes — None; the Hobby tier was retired in April 2024. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
Are these PlanetScale prices current?: They were checked against PlanetScale's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Rate card

What it costs per month

PlanetScale vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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