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GenieDB vs PlanetScaleDB: What are the differences?
GenieDB: Multi-master, multi-cloud, geo-distributed MySQL database. GenieDB’s DBaaS uses multi-master replication and multi-regional distribution on multiple cloud infrastructures (Amazon AWS, IBM Softlayer, DigitalOcean, Rackspace Cloud, and Google Cloud) to help reduce latency, eliminate downtime, and easily scale your database; PlanetScaleDB: A fully managed cloud native database-as-a-service. It is a fully managed cloud native database-as-a-service built on Vitess and Kubernetes. Effortlessly deploy, manage, and monitor your databases in multiple regions and across cloud providers.
GenieDB and PlanetScaleDB can be primarily classified as "SQL Database as a Service" tools.
Some of the features offered by GenieDB are:
- Multi-master replication with auto-conflict resolution
- Geo-distribution across multiple regions and cloud providers using eventual consistency model with geo-compliance
- Auto-recovery and healing with re-synchronization
On the other hand, PlanetScaleDB provides the following key features:
- Cloud-native database
- No More “Query of Death”
- No Vendor Lock-In