Alternatives
PlanetScale alternatives
PlanetScale is managed Vitess and Postgres in the cloud with branching, sharding, and NVMe-backed Metal. It is a poor fit if you only need a free one-off and will not stay on a plan. Here are 6 tools on Toolora that do a similar job, 6 of them free or with a free tier, and what each one does differently.
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A desktop SQL client for Postgres, MySQL, and dozens of other databases, with a free Community edition
Instead of PlanetScale: Free to start, where PlanetScale is paid.
Free Community; paid Team and Enterprise
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A native desktop SQL client for Postgres, MySQL, and other databases, with a clean GUI and a free trial
Instead of PlanetScale: Free to start, where PlanetScale is paid.
Free trial; paid license for continued use
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Document database and Atlas cloud with search, charts, and a free forever cluster
Instead of PlanetScale: Free to start, where PlanetScale is paid.
Free Atlas tier + paid clusters
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Deploy web services, Postgres, and cron jobs from a git repo
Instead of PlanetScale: Free to start, where PlanetScale is paid.
Free tier + usage-based plans
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Serverless Postgres that branches, autoscale, and backs apps and agents
Instead of PlanetScale: Free to start, where PlanetScale is paid.
Free tier + paid compute; scale-to-zero
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A free desktop and web GUI for PostgreSQL: browse databases, run SQL, and manage roles
Instead of PlanetScale: Free to start, where PlanetScale is paid.
Free / open source
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