PlanetScale
by PlanetScale
Managed Postgres and Vitess (MySQL) databases built for scale
PlanetScale is a managed database platform offering Postgres, Vitess for sharded MySQL, and Neki for sharded Postgres. It provides high-availability clusters, optional local NVMe storage (Metal), database branching, online schema changes, and query insights, managed through a web console and the pscale CLI.
Key features
- Postgres, Vitess (MySQL), and Neki (sharded Postgres)
- Horizontal sharding and online schema changes
- PlanetScale Metal with local NVMe storage
- Database branching
- Query Insights
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