Alternatives to PlanetScale
Common alternatives buyers consider, plus the simplest rule for when switching is worth it.
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Alternatives to PlanetScale
Neon is the Postgres-compatible alternative when the team wants serverless branching workflows without MySQL compatibility. Worth comparing when PlanetScale's MySQL engine is a constraint and the team prefers Postgres's ecosystem and extension support.
Amazon Aurora is the alternative for teams that prefer cloud-flagship managed Postgres over PlanetScale's MySQL-compatible Vitess sharding. Better when Postgres compatibility matters and the team doesn't need PlanetScale's non-blocking schema change workflow.
Supabase provides Postgres plus integrated auth, real-time subscriptions, and storage APIs—a fuller platform than PlanetScale's database-focused model. Better for teams that want a complete backend toolkit rather than a specialized scalable MySQL database.
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