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Scale, performance, and reliabilityScale, performance, and reliabilitypowered by
Vitess


THE ULTIMATE MYSQL
DATABASE PLATFORM

PlanetScale is the world’s most advanced, fully-managed MySQL database platform.

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TRUSTED BY MAJOR BRANDS

MyFitnessPalSolanaAttentiveSquareKickEtsyCommunityBarstool Sports
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WHY PLANETSCALE?


SCALE AND PERFORMANCE

Our technology, built on VitessVitess, offers proven performance and scale at
every size.


AttentiveAttentiveCustomer highlight

> “We have unlimited runway for growth and volume thanks to PlanetScale’s
> ability to scale horizontally”
> 
> Todd Berman | CTO, Attentive


RELIABILITY BY DESIGN

Make schema changes without table locking or data loss. Migrate with
zero-downtime imports.


Barstool SportsBarstool SportsCustomer highlight

> “We cut over in 15 minutes. PlanetScale is incredibly powerful and we just let
> it do its thing.”
> 
> Andrew Barba | CTO, Barstool Sports


ACTUALLY FULLY-MANAGED

We take care of all operational tasks, including version upgrades and security.
Made with CI/CD in mind.


MyFitnessPalMyFitnessPalCustomer highlight

> “Our team wants to focus on helping our customers meet their health and
> fitness goals, not the database servers.”
> 
> Chris Karper | Engineering Director, MyFitnessPal


AttentiveAttentiveCustomer highlight

> “We have unlimited runway for growth and volume thanks to PlanetScale’s
> ability to scale horizontally”
> 
> Todd Berman | CTO, Attentive


Barstool SportsBarstool SportsCustomer highlight

> “We cut over in 15 minutes. PlanetScale is incredibly powerful and we just let
> it do its thing.”
> 
> Andrew Barba | CTO, Barstool Sports


MyFitnessPalMyFitnessPalCustomer highlight

> “Our team wants to focus on helping our customers meet their health and
> fitness goals, not the database servers.”
> 
> Chris Karper | Engineering Director, MyFitnessPal

No more compromises


ENGINEERED TO MEET THE MOST DEMANDING DATA WORKLOADS

Get the scale, performance, and reliability your business deserves — without
sacrificing developer experience.

Not all databases
are created equal.


DEVOPS

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PlanetScale was built with continuous integration and deployment in mind, from
top to bottom.

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VITESS

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PlanetScale’s foundation is Vitess, the open source database technology invented
at YouTube in 2010.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

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Every PlanetScale database offers a load balancer with availability zones per
branch type, replicas, shards, and more.

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FEATURES

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Features like schema branching, Insights, and PlanetScale Boost help you scale
and improve your development speed.

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PRODUCT

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The PlanetScale database platform allows you to unlock the database power
usually reserved for enterprise-scale companies.

What is PlanetScale?

Remove database distractions


Focus on your business,
not your config scripts

> “We used to check the AWS dashboard practically nightly. We don’t want to be
> DevOps experts. We want to always focus on making our product better.”
> 
> Andrew Barba | CTO, Bartsool Sports


COMPARE PLANETSCALE AND AMAZON AURORA

PlanetScaleAmazon AuroraScaleHorizontal sharding available with no
application-level changes required; standard scaling available (vertical or read
replicas)Standard scaling (vertical or read replicas)ConnectionsTechnically
unlimited16,000 for the MySQL primaryCacheNative caching available with
PlanetScale Boost, requires no configuration or cache invalidationMySQL query
cache is not available in Aurora 3 (MySQL 8) or Aurora Serverless v2Replicas2+
replicas per production branch in different availability zones
 * Scaler Pro: 2 replicas per production branch across multiple availability
   zones
 * Enterprise: As many as you need

Up to 15 replicas per primary across availability zonesPrimariesUnlimited with
horizontal shardingOnly 1 availableBackupsAutomatic, pre-validated
 * Scaler Pro: Every 12 hours
 * Enterprise: Custom frequency

Requires user input, then automaticManagedAll operational tasks are fully
managed, such as automatic version upgrades, configuration, and more with the
support of database expertsResponsible for some operationsStagingDevelopment
branching of your schema (and optionally data)Blue/green deployments with
downtime during switchover and no switchbackSchema change workflowNative,
fully-online, Git-like functionality3rd-party or manual configuration, instant
DDL for limited set of operationsZero downtime migrationsOnline schema changes
built-inUnavailable nativelySchema recoveryRevert schema changes natively with
no downtime or data loss between changesBacktrack restore to a point-in-time

PlanetScaleAmazon AuroraScalabilityScaleHorizontal sharding or standardStandard
scalingConnectionsTechnically unlimited16,000 for the MySQL
primaryCacheZero-config native query cachingDeprecated cache query
cacheManageabilityReplicas2+ replicas per production branchUp to 15 per primary
across AZsPrimariesUnlimited with horizontal shardingOnly 1
availableBackupsAutomatic, customizableRequires user input, then
automaticManagedFully-managedResponsible for some
operationsWorkflowStagingDevelopment branchingBlue/green with downtimeSchema
change workflowFully-online, Git-like functionalityInstant DDL for limited
operationsZero downtime migrationsOnline schema changes built-inUnavailable
nativelySchema recoveryAvailable nativelyBacktrack restore to a point-in-time

Migrate from Aurora with no downtime
The new database paradigm

 * Dashboard
 * Monitoring
 * Performance
 * Developer workflow
 * Operations
   

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PlanetScale Dashboard

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Get a high-level overview of your database with current performance metrics,
slow queries, storage usage, and recent schema changes.

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PlanetScale Insights

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Monitor your query performance in real-time inside your database. See data on
100% of your queries. No third-party software is required.

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Insights Anomalies

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Smart query monitoring detects slower than expected queries. Shows you the query
that triggered the anomaly, when it happened, and any impact to database
metrics, like CPU or IOPS.

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Schema recommendationsNew

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Receive daily recommendations inside Insights to improve database performance,
reduce memory and storage, and improve your schema based on production database
traffic.

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PlanetScale Boost

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A real-time query cache that automatically handles cache invalidation for you
with one line of code. No TTLs and no caching infrastructure to maintain.

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Branching

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Branch your database the same way you branch your code. Spin up isolated
database instances to validate schema changes before they get to production.

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Deploy Requests

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Online schema changes with no table locking, downtime, or outages with a
built-in approval workflow. Automatically checks for possible data loss and
in-use tables and columns.

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Schema reverts

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Never worry about reverting a schema change in production again. Revert a schema
migration with no downtime and zero data loss.

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Managed infrastructure

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Stay focused on building your applications while we handle the networking
infrastructure, load balancing, automatic backups, automatic failover, and
software updates.

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PlanetScale’s field-tested DNA


BUILT ON THE WORLD’S MOST SCALABLE
OPEN SOURCE DATABASE

Vitess started at Google to scale YouTube.com to billions of users with ease and
efficiency. PlanetScale brings you the value of world-class database expertise
without the pain of implementing powerful features yourself.

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VITESS POWERS THE LARGEST SITES ON EARTH

 * GitHub
 * Slack
 * AirBnB
 * HubSpot
 * Pinterest
 * Shopify

and hundreds more


INVESTED IN INNOVATION

PlanetScale employs the core team of Vitess maintainers.

Enterprise-grade security and privacy



KEEP YOUR DATA SECURE WITH PLANETSCALE

Learn about our security at PlanetScale

PlanetScale delivers a powerful and easy-to-use database platform with security
built into every layer.


SOC 2 TYPE II REPORTING

PlanetScale continuously monitors and reports primarily using System and
Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2.

Learn about our security reporting


PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY DATA SECURITY STANDARD

PlanetScale is PCI DSS compliant, ensuring all payment data processed or stored
is handled with the highest level of security and protection.

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BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENTS

PlanetScale can enter into Business Associate Agreements
with customers deployed on Single-tenant environments.

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APPLICATION SECURITY

Highly reliable and resilient PlanetScale databases (99.95% uptime SLAs) and
their client communications are encrypted
in transit and at rest with features like access control, network security,
audit logs, and authentication.

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The database that works for you


THE PREDICTABLE, POWERFUL MYSQL DATABASE PLATFORM

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