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Comparison

MySQL vs PlanetScale

No clear leader: PlanetScale (65.7) and MySQL (65.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

MySQL full profile →PlanetScale full profile →
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MySQL65
PlanetScale66
Score
vioscaleAI score
MySQL65 / 100medium · 53%
PlanetScale66 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
MySQL✓
PlanetScale✗
Model
MySQLopen_source
PlanetScalecommercial
Price level
MySQLfree
PlanetScalelow
Starting price
MySQL–
PlanetScale$5
Transparent
MySQL✗
PlanetScale✗
Integrations
Count
MySQL–
PlanetScale3
Security
Certifications
MySQL–
PlanetScalePCI Data Security Standard
Disclosure policy
MySQL–
PlanetScale✓
Gdpr
MySQL–
PlanetScale✓
Hipaa
MySQL–
PlanetScale✓
Pci
MySQL–
PlanetScale✓
Scorecard
MySQL5.1
PlanetScale–
Soc2
MySQL–
PlanetScale✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
MySQL–
PlanetScale99.99
Status page
MySQL–
PlanetScale✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
MySQL664
PlanetScale–
Github stars
MySQL12,441
PlanetScale–
Stackoverflow questions
MySQL230,000
PlanetScale–
Activity
Commits last 30d
MySQL100
PlanetScale–
Release
Cadence days
MySQL90
PlanetScale–
License
Spdx
MySQLGPL-2.0
PlanetScale–
Language
Primary
MySQLC++
PlanetScale–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
MySQL8 items
PlanetScale7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
MySQLFull SQL
PlanetScaleFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
MySQLFull
PlanetScale-
Highest isolation level
MySQLSerializable
PlanetScale-
Consistency
Consistency
MySQLStrong
PlanetScale-
Scale
Horizontal scale
MySQLNatively distributed
PlanetScaleSharded
Replication
Replication
MySQLAsync
PlanetScale-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
MySQL✓
PlanetScale✓
Deployment
Deployment
MySQLSelf-hosted
PlanetScaleManaged
Serverless / scale-to-zero
MySQL✓
PlanetScale-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
MySQLMySQL protocol
PlanetScale-
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
MySQL✓
PlanetScale✓
Licensing
Licence class
MySQLCopyleft
PlanetScaleProprietary
Data types
JSON / document support
MySQL✓
PlanetScale-
Geo / spatial
MySQL-
PlanetScale-

What each one is

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

MySQL

MySQL is an open-source SQL database server. MySQL Cluster extends it with real-time transaction processing capabilities for distributed deployments.

Independently observed

PlanetScale

PlanetScale provides managed cloud database services optimized for performance and reliability. It offers sharded versions of MySQL and PostgreSQL that support horizontal scaling, zero-downtime operations including schema changes, automatic failover, and connection pooling.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

MySQL

Open sourceFree tier

Community edition free; Enterprise/Standard/Classic editions require contacting sales

  • MySQL Community ServerFree
  • MySQL Enterprise EditionContact sales
  • MySQL Standard EditionContact sales
  • MySQL Classic EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

PlanetScale

from $5/moSubscription

From $5/month. Private connection traffic $0.01/GB.

  • PostgresFrom $5/month
    • High availability
    • Automatic failover across three availability zones
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
MySQL✓
PlanetScale✓
CLI
MySQL✗
PlanetScale✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
MySQL✗
PlanetScale✓
Self-hosted
MySQL✓
PlanetScale✗

Integrations

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

MySQL

Not documented yet.

PlanetScale

7 total
  • Vantage
  • Netlify
  • Debezium
  • Cursor
  • Codex
  • Terraform
  • Prometheus
Independently observed
Still deciding?

MySQL or PlanetScale: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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