Why developers like PlanetScaleDB

What is PlanetScaleDB?

It is a fully managed cloud native database-as-a-service built on Vitess and Kubernetes. A MySQL compatible highly scalable database. Effortlessly deploy, manage, and monitor your databases in multiple regions and across cloud providers.

PlanetScaleDB is a tool in the SQL Database as a Service category of a tech stack.

Who uses PlanetScaleDB?

Companies

22 companies reportedly use PlanetScaleDB in their tech stacks, including Element Human, Ginetta, and observerly.

Element Human

Ginetta

observerly

You Got Bud

flux

Wundergraph

Core

Vevericka

IndyRIOT

Developers

55 developers on StackShare have stated that they use PlanetScaleDB.

My Stack

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keinsell

jarv.is

Wemakeapp

Tools I use in 2024

T3-Zen

Personal favorites

My Stack

PlanetScaleDB Integrations

MySQL, Kubernetes, Netlify, Airflow, and Vercel are some of the popular tools that integrate with PlanetScaleDB. Here's a list of all 8 tools that integrate with PlanetScaleDB.

MySQL

Kubernetes

Netlify

Airflow

Vercel

Prisma

Arctype

Unkey

Decisions about PlanetScaleDB

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose PlanetScaleDB in their tech stack.

Eric Cabrel TIOGO

Software Engineer · Dec 10, 2021 | 6 upvotes · 10.9K views

Needs advice

Amazon DynamoDB

and

PlanetScaleDB

Hello there! I want to build a web code-sharing tool, and I was wondering which database is suitable for storing source code and version. I thought about Amazon DynamoDB because it scales very well, but I'm afraid it could not satisfy all my access patterns. On the other hand, I have PlanetScaleDB, a serverless MySQL database meaning I will not have to worry about scaling, but I'm wondering if it is suitable for storing source code and accessing it quickly.

I want to use it on my blog to show source code on my posts. I have around 10k views per month, and a blog post has around 5 - 15 code snippets. It will continue to grow since I write frequently. So, I want a database that will not get swamped while blog posts and visitors increase.

Can you help me make a choice, please? I really appreciate any help you can provide.

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PlanetScaleDB's Features

Cloud-native database
MySQL Compatible
Branching
Sharding
Non-blocking schema changes
No Vendor Lock-In

PlanetScaleDB Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to PlanetScaleDB?

JavaScript

JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.

Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

GitHub

GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.

Python

Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.

jQuery

jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.

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