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PlanetScale

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Managed Vitess and Postgres in the cloud with branching, sharding, and NVMe-backed Metal

Best for database · postgres · mysql

4.7
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Strengths

  • Vitess and Postgres
  • Database branching

Skip if

you only need a free one-off and will not stay on a plan

PlanetScale hosts Vitess and Postgres with database branching, horizontal sharding, and Metal NVMe storage. Scale reads and schema changes without downtime — a database, not a dashboard dump.

Key features

  • Vitess and Postgres
  • Database branching
  • Horizontal sharding
  • PlanetScale Metal NVMe

Why it is on Toolora

We list PlanetScale for people who need database · postgres · mysql. Skip it if you only need a free one-off and will not stay on a plan.

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Postgres from $5/mo; Metal…

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