# PlanetScale: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 20 judge labels across 2 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/planetscale

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed relational databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/managed-relational-databases/index.md) | 0% | 15 | 26% | 19 |
| [NoSQL databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/nosql-databases/index.md) | 0% | 48 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "*Modern Developer-First / Serverless:* Neon / PlanetScale / Supabase (fast branch-based workflows, serverless scaling)." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Managed databases)
- "Use Supabase or PlanetScale when developer workflows and application features matter as much as database hosting." (Perplexity Sonar, Managed databases)
- "PlanetScale is a MySQL-compatible database service that offers high performance and scalability." (Llama 4 Maverick, Managed databases)
- "best for teams at extreme MySQL scale or teams that want Git-like schema workflows" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Managed databases)

## And against it

- "What to Avoid on a Budget - PlanetScale — Removed their free tier in 2024" (Kimi K2, Managed databases)
- "Check its sharding model against your data-integrity needs... That's a significant mismatch" (GPT-6 Luna, Managed databases)
- "The Caution: No native foreign keys and custom MySQL behavior." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Managed databases)
- "No free tier; removed hobby plan in 2024." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Managed databases)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named PlanetScale, from 37 of the 58 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- gane.ai/index: 17
- aws.amazon.com: 13
- dev.to: 11
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 11
- planetscale.com: 11 (its own site)
- digitalocean.com: 10
- g2.com: 9
- github.com: 9
- spotsaas.com: 9
- northflank.com: 8

### Pages cited

- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/managed-relational-databases/smb: 11
- https://aws.amazon.com/rds: 8
- https://spotsaas.com/list/database-as-a-service--dbaas--provider/for-small-business: 8
- https://mariadb.com/resources/white-papers/rds-hidden-costs-and-alternatives: 7
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/decision-guides/latest/decision-guides/databases-on-aws-how-to-choose.html: 6
- https://northflank.com/blog/top-managed-database-services: 6
- https://aws.amazon.com/rds/pricing: 5
- https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/get-started/aws-azure-gcp-service-comparison: 5

## In its own words

What PlanetScale's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: the world’s fastest and most scalable cloud databases (https://planetscale.com/)
- For: workloads that outgrow a single node (https://planetscale.com/)
- Price stated: PlanetScale Postgres starts at $5 per month; PlanetScale Metal starts at $50 per month (https://planetscale.com/)
- Starting price: 5 (https://planetscale.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, PCI DSS
- Hosting: AWS, GCP, AWS us-east-1, any AWS or GCP region with at least 3 availability zones
- Customers named: Cash App, Fin, Depot, Dub, Supermemory, MyFitnessPal, Barstool Sports, Autumn

## What it publishes

Every page planetscale.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1510 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 300 pages, 22 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 23 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-11-09
- report or ebook: 14 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 13 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 124 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- Recent: 2026-11-09 conference or event: Kubecon na 2026 https://planetscale.com/events/kubecon-na-2026
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Hot shards hotter tenants https://planetscale.com/blog/hot-shards-hotter-tenants
- Recent: 2026-09-25 comparison: When to choose x86 64 vs aarch64 https://planetscale.com/blog/when-to-choose-x86-64-vs-aarch64
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Searching hn with tin https://planetscale.com/blog/searching-hn-with-tin
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Anatomy of a postgres search engine https://planetscale.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-postgres-search-engine
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: How to make a replication slot survive a cutover https://planetscale.com/blog/how-to-make-a-replication-slot-survive-a-cutover

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.