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PlanetScale Free Tier

Free Tier Killed — April 2024

Reviewed byRoman K· 2024-04-08

What was it?

Serverless MySQL with branching and deploy requests. The Vercel of databases.

What happened?

PlanetScale removed Hobby plan entirely. Minimum $39/mo Scaler plan required. Caused mass migration.

Migration Guide

Neon (free Postgres), Turso (edge SQLite), or Supabase (free Postgres with extras).

Replacements compared

2 tracked replacements for PlanetScale Free Tier, 2 of them with a free plan, cheapest paid from $19/mo.

Tool	Pricing	Free plan	GitHub stars
Supabase	freemium — from $25/mo	yes	105,000
Neon	freemium — from $19/mo	yes	22,400

Timeline & context

PlanetScale Free Tier free tier killed in April 2024, 2 years ago. It sat in the database category, where Soft.xyz tracks 3 discontinued products in total. If you are still running it in production, the migration path above is the shortest route off it.

FAQ

Why did PlanetScale Free Tier shut down?

PlanetScale removed Hobby plan entirely. Minimum $39/mo Scaler plan required. Caused mass migration.

What should I migrate PlanetScale Free Tier to?

Supabase, Neon cover the same use case. Neon (free Postgres), Turso (edge SQLite), or Supabase (free Postgres with extras).

Is there a free alternative to PlanetScale Free Tier?

Yes — 2 of 2 tracked alternatives still offer a free plan.

Migrate to

Supabase

Open source Firebase alternative

Neon

Serverless PostgreSQL

Also dead in database

Firebase Realtime Database — 2025 Bonsai (Elasticsearch Hosting) — 2024