# PlanetScale alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 226 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where PlanetScale holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/planetscale/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon RDS: 62
- Amazon Aurora: 36
- Supabase: 21
- Azure SQL Database: 15
- Google Cloud SQL: 13
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: 9

## Managed relational databases

**Small business**: 64 of 84 answers did not name PlanetScale (PlanetScale is #8 of 8 at 3%).

- Supabase: first choice in 17 of those 64
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 15 of those 64
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 5 of those 64
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 4 of those 64
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Neon: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Aiven Developer Tier: first choice in 1 of those 64

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name PlanetScale (PlanetScale is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Amazon RDS: first choice in 31 of those 78
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 5 of those 78
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Supabase: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Neon: first choice in 2 of those 78
- AWS Amazon RDS: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name PlanetScale.

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 25 of those 84
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 16 of those 84
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 8 of those 84
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Azure SQL Managed Instance: first choice in 2 of those 84
- AWS: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance: first choice in 1 of those 84

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