PlanetScale
Serverless MySQL platform
★ 4.0
Serverless MySQL platform with database branching, non-blocking schema changes, and horizontal sharding. Built on Vitess, the system that powers YouTube.
Características
✓ Database branching (like Git)
✓ Non-blocking schema changes
✓ Horizontal sharding with Vitess
✓ Connection pooling built-in
✓ Query insights and analytics
✓ Automatic backups
✓ Read replicas
✓ PlanetScale Boost (query caching)
✓ SOC 2 Type II compliant
Ventajas
- + Database branching is game-changing
- + Zero-downtime schema migrations
- + Scales massively (Vitess-powered)
- + Great developer experience
- + MySQL compatibility
Desventajas
- − No free tier anymore
- − No foreign key constraints
- − MySQL only (no Postgres)
- − Can get expensive at scale