PlanetScale vs Supabase

PlanetScale

Serverless MySQL platform built for branching and schema changes

Pricing: Free tier / from $39/mo

Pros

• Database branching makes schema migrations far less risky
• Serverless scaling with no manual provisioning

Cons

• MySQL-only, no Postgres option

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Supabase

Open-source Postgres backend with auth, storage, and realtime built in

Pricing: Free tier / from $25/mo

Pros

• Full backend (auth, storage, realtime) built around Postgres
• Generous free tier for small projects

Cons

• Can feel like overkill if you only need a plain database

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