toolgrep / Databases & storage / PlanetScale
Alternatives to PlanetScale
PlanetScale: Cloud hosting for Vitess, Neki (sharded Postgres), and Postgres databases. 8 products similar to PlanetScale, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 8 of 8 have a free tier, 8 of 8 have an API, 4 of 8 offer an MCP server, 1 of 8 is open source.
- Prisma Postgres
Managed Postgres for TypeScript and AI apps
- Nile
Postgres re-engineered for multi-tenant B2B apps
- Layerbase
Serverless and managed databases for 18 engines with flat monthly pricing and no usage meters
- Bytebase
Production database governance
- VPS Snaps
Automated VPS, database and Docker backups into storage you own
- Clever Cloud
Fully managed sovereign cloud platform for hosting, deploying and operating applications.
- CockroachDB
SQL database for building global, scalable cloud services that survive disasters.
- Neon
Postgres backends for apps and agents
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlanetScale | Usage-based · from $5/month (Postgres single node); Metal from $50/month | — | yes | yes | — | no |
| Prisma Postgres | Usage-based · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Nile | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| Layerbase | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Bytebase | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | — | yes |
| VPS Snaps | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Clever Cloud | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| CockroachDB | Usage-based · from $0.057 per vCPU-hour (Standard, lowest region rate); $0.092/vCPU-hr Standard and $0.162/vCPU-hr Mission Critical for AWS us-east-1 | yes | yes | — | — | — |
| Neon | Usage-based · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | yes | — |
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