Best for — Relational Databases
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Who is PlanetScale best for?
Quick fit guide: Who is PlanetScale best for, who should avoid it, and what typically forces a switch.
Sources linked — see verification below.
Freshness & verification
Best use cases for PlanetScale
- Teams that want MySQL compatibility with modern workflows
- Teams prioritizing serverless operating model for relational workloads
- Teams already MySQL-oriented that want a platform model
Who should avoid PlanetScale?
- Your stack is deeply Postgres-centric
- You need hyperscaler-native ecosystem alignment for enterprise governance
- You can’t validate production constraints and limits early (and adjust accordingly)
Upgrade triggers for PlanetScale
- Need MySQL relational core with modern developer workflows
- Need scaling patterns that outgrow simple managed MySQL assumptions
- Need a platform workflow that keeps developer iteration fast as schema and environments grow
Sources & verification
Pricing and behavioral information comes from public documentation and structured research. When information is incomplete or volatile, we prefer to say so rather than guess.