Comparison

EDB Postgres vs PlanetScale

On the evidence we track, PlanetScale leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

EDB Postgres full profile →PlanetScale full profile →

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EDB Postgres43

★PlanetScale67

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	EDB Postgres	PlanetScaleLeader
Vioscale score	43 / 100medium · 61%	67 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✗
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	15	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	2.5	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=edb-pot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.999	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	65	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	20	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

EDB Postgres43 / 100medium · 61%

PlanetScale67 / 100medium · 70%

Pricing

Free tier

EDB Postgres–

PlanetScale✗

Model

EDB Postgrescommercial

PlanetScalecommercial

Price level

EDB Postgres–

PlanetScalelow

Transparent

EDB Postgres–

PlanetScale✓

Integrations

Count

EDB Postgres15

PlanetScale1

Security

Disclosure policy

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✓

Gdpr

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✓

Hipaa

EDB Postgres–

PlanetScale✓

Pci

EDB Postgres–

PlanetScale✓

Scorecard

EDB Postgres2.5

PlanetScale–

Soc2

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✓

Vulnerabilities

EDB PostgresCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=edb-pot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

PlanetScale–

Reliability

Sla pct

EDB Postgres99.999

PlanetScale99.99

Status page

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

EDB Postgres1

PlanetScale–

Github stars

EDB Postgres65

PlanetScale–

Activity

Commits last 30d

EDB Postgres0

PlanetScale–

Release

Cadence days

EDB Postgres20

PlanetScale–

History

EDB Postgres20 items

PlanetScale–

Language

Primary

EDB PostgresPython

PlanetScale–

Market

Availability

EDB Postgres–

PlanetScaleAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	EDB Postgres	PlanetScale
Core
SQL model	Full SQL	Full SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	-
Highest isolation level	Serializable	-
Consistency
Consistency	Strong	-
Scale
Horizontal scale	Natively distributed	Sharded
Replication
Replication	Async	-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	-
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Managed
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✗	-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	Postgres protocol	-
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✓	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Proprietary
Data types
JSON / document support	✓	-
Geo / spatial	-	-

Core

SQL model

EDB PostgresFull SQL

PlanetScaleFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

EDB PostgresFull

PlanetScale-

Highest isolation level

EDB PostgresSerializable

PlanetScale-

Consistency

EDB PostgresStrong

PlanetScale-

Scale

Horizontal scale

EDB PostgresNatively distributed

PlanetScaleSharded

Replication

EDB PostgresAsync

PlanetScale-

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale-

Deployment

EDB PostgresSelf-hosted

PlanetScaleManaged

Serverless / scale-to-zero

EDB Postgres✗

PlanetScale-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

EDB PostgresPostgres protocol

PlanetScale-

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✓

Licensing

Licence class

EDB PostgresPermissive OSS

PlanetScaleProprietary

Data types

JSON / document support

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale-

Geo / spatial

EDB Postgres-

PlanetScale-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

EDB Postgres

EDB Postgres combines PostgreSQL with AI-ready infrastructure, analytics capabilities without ETL, and high-availability support across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform provides automatic failover, data migration tools, and enterprise monitoring—designed for mission-critical and data-intensive workloads.

Independently observed

PlanetScale

Leader

A cloud database platform offering both Vitess (MySQL-compatible with horizontal sharding) and Postgres databases for high-performance, large-scale workloads.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

EDB Postgres

Pricing not documented yet.

PlanetScale

Leader

from $5/moHybrid

From $5/month for Postgres Single Node. Resource-based pricing with pay-as-you-go for storage overage and egress.

Postgres Single NodeStarting at $5/month
Postgres MetalStarting at $50/month
Postgres HA (PS-5 example)$15/month for PS-5 tier (1/16 vCPU, 512MB RAM, 10GB storage, 3 nodes, 99.99% SLA)
VitessCustom pricing based on cluster size, VTGate configuration, and storage
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	EDB Postgres	PlanetScale
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✓

CLI

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✓

Self-hosted

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✗

On-premise

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✗

Hybrid

EDB Postgres✓

PlanetScale✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

EDB Postgres

15 total

JDBC Connectors
MongoDB
Cassandra
Hadoop
HBASE
MySQL
Amazon S3
Parquet
Apache Spark
PEM (Postgres Enterprise Manager)
xDB Replication Server
EFM (EDB Failover Manager)
Backup and Recovery Tool
HARP
ETCD

Independently observed

PlanetScale

Leader

1 total

Vantage

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.