PlanetScale Pricing
Starting price
$5/month
Pricing model
Paid
Free tier
No
Free trial
Yes
Plans
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postgres (Single Node) | $5 | month | PostgreSQL database; 10 GB storage included; 100 GB bandwidth included |
| Vitess PS-10 (Base) | $39 | month | 1/8 vCPU, 1 GB RAM; 10 GB storage included; 100 GB bandwidth included |
| Vitess HA (3-zone) | $39 | month | 99.99% SLA; Automatic failover; Zero-downtime migrations |
| Metal | $50 | month | Unlimited IOPS; Ultra-low latency; High-performance workloads |
| Enterprise | — | month | Single-tenant deployment; Technical account manager; PCI compliance (Managed) |
Figures are the vendor's published prices. Unknown values show as “—”. Price-history tracking is not yet available for this tool. Price verified 2026-10-02. Last updated 2026-10-07.
True cost
True cost calculator
| Plan | Listed | Seat basis | Monthly · 5 seats | Annual · 5 seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postgres (Single Node) | $5/month | flat | $5 | $60 |
| Vitess PS-10 (Base) | $39/month | flat | $39 | $468 |
| Vitess HA (3-zone) | $39/month | flat | $39 | $468 |
| Metal | $50/month | flat | $50 | $600 |
Estimate from published prices. Per-seat plans scale with seats; flat plans don't; plans with included seats charge the base until you exceed them, then add the per-seat overage where published. Monthly/annual come from each plan's billing period. Taxes and add-ons excluded.
PlanetScale's starting price ($5) is 100% below the Data & Databases average of $1608.