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PlanetScale Databases and KV

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support.planetscale.com/hc/en-us/articles/32303734121239 · managed MySQL · databases-kv/planetscale · JSON · compare

Free tier	none. No free plan; every database must be on a paid plan from creation unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not applicable: there is no free tier to cap
Retention	not applicable; a paid database accrues charges from creation until it is deleted
Egress	network transfer is billed separately from the SKU rate
Identity	card a payment method, because the cheapest database is billable at creation
Limits	write-gated every database is paid from creation; no free tier exists source
Binding	write-gated
Interface	rest, cli the MySQL wire protocol; a platform API and the pscale CLI
Tooling	any MySQL client, the pscale CLI
Composes with	no path on a zero budget; cheapest published SKU is PS-10 arm64 at USD 30 a month
Reliability	the Hobby plan was deprecated in March 2024 and remaining databases were slept; a 24-hour wake was offered to dump data
Notes	Every 'PlanetScale free tier' listicle is describing a plan that closed in March 2024.
Evidence rung	documented PlanetScale's own support answer and its plans doc were read today.
Checked	2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-22

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	support.planetscale.com/hc/en-us/articles/32303734121239	'Not at this time.' The free Hobby plan was deprecated in March 2024; all databases must be placed on a paid Scaler Pro plan when created
2026-10-22	planetscale.com/docs/planetscale-plans	'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the Developer or Hobby plan'
2026-10-22	www.planetscale.com/pricing	cheapest published SKU PS-10 arm64 1/8 vCPU 1 GiB at USD 30 a month, x86-64 at USD 39

planetscale Storage

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planetscale.com/docs/plans/hobby-plan-deprecation-faq · rejected-provider · storage/planetscale · JSON · compare

Free tier	Free tier is GONE, confirmed on their own docs: 'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the "Developer" or "Hobby" plan.' Cheapest entry is a $5/month single-node Postgr unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not recorded
Retention	not recorded
Egress	not recorded
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Composes with	not recorded
Reliability	Free tier is GONE, confirmed on their own docs: 'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the "Developer" or "Hobby" plan.' Cheapest entry is a $5/month single-node Postgr
Notes	Free tier is GONE, confirmed on their own docs: 'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the "Developer" or "Hobby" plan.' Cheapest entry is a $5/month single-node Postgr
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (2)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	planetscale.com/docs/plans/hobby-plan-deprecation-faq	Free tier is GONE, confirmed on their own docs: 'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the "Developer" or "Hobby" plan.' Cheapest entry is a $5/month single-node Postgr
2026-10-21	planetscale.com/pricing	cited as the basis of the rejection: Free tier is GONE, confirmed on their own docs: 'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the "Developer" or "Hobby" plan.' Cheapest entry is a $5/month single-node Postgr

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