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PlanetScale pricing (2026)
PlanetScale starts at $5/mo (Postgres EBS Non-HA (PS-5, arm64)) as checked on 2026-09-02, read from PlanetScale's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for High-IOPS production workloads needing bare-metal NVMe Postgres. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $5/mo (Postgres EBS Non-HA (PS-5, arm64))
- Free tier: No
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: High-IOPS production workloads needing bare-metal NVMe Postgres; Enterprises with SOC 2 / HIPAA / PCI DSS compliance requirements; Teams migrating from Vitess/MySQL who also need Postgres on same platform; Regulated industries needing data locality and private networking
As of · every figure below links to its source
PlanetScale plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postgres EBS Non-HA (PS-5, arm64) | $5 | — | custom | Single node, 512 MiB memory. Prices based on AWS us-east-1. No high availability; production use not recommended. | planetscale.com |
| Postgres EBS HA (PS-5, arm64) | $15 | — | custom | 3-node cluster (1 primary + 2 replicas), 512 MiB memory per node. Prices based on AWS us-east-1. Regional prices vary. | planetscale.com |
| Postgres Metal HA (M-10) | $50 | — | custom | 3-node bare-metal cluster, 10 GiB storage included. Prices based on AWS us-east-1. | planetscale.com |
Last verified 2026-09-02. Prices fetched directly from https://planetscale.com/pricing on 2026-06-14. PlanetScale pivoted from a Vitess/MySQL product to also offering native Postgres (EBS and Metal tiers). Pricing is per-SKU and metered — no flat monthly tier exists; the smallest entry point is $5/mo for a PS-5 Non-HA arm64 node. Plans below represent the smallest self-serve entry points per architecture; full SKU range runs to $94,429/mo for large Metal deployments. No HIPAA or annual discount information on the pricing page. Re-verified 2026-09-02 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
Price on record
$5/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: GitHub Actions, Airbyte, Fivetran, AWS PrivateLink, GCP Private Service Connect, Terraform.
Key features: Local NVMe drives for unlimited IOPS — no shared storage bottlenecks; SOC 1 Type 2 + SOC 2 Type 2 + HIPAA alignment + PCI DSS 4.0 Level 1 (Managed tier); Non-blocking schema changes with instant rollback (Git-like branching workflow); Private connectivity via AWS PrivateLink and GCP Private Service Connect; Audit and security logs on all plans.
Plan limits: No free tier — smallest plan starts at $5/mo (PS-5 Non-HA, single node, 512 MiB RAM); Bare-metal Metal tier scales up to $94,429/mo for largest SKUs; Storage on NVMe local drives; SKU-fixed per node size.
Frequently asked questions
How much does PlanetScale cost?
PlanetScale starts at $5/mo (Postgres EBS Non-HA (PS-5, arm64)); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-09-02.
Does PlanetScale support HIPAA?
PlanetScale HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does PlanetScale have a free plan?
PlanetScale free tier: No.
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