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PlanetScale pricing: tiers, seat costs, and hidden fees

Short answer

Vitess and Postgres clusters priced by node size, HA topology, and architecture. Storage, backups, and egress bill separately.

Last verified: 2026-05-17 Model: month Official pricing

Public pricing tiers

TierMonthlyAnnual monthly equivalentNotes
PS-5 Postgres non-HA $5 month $5 month Single-node EBS, smallest tier.
PS-5 Postgres HA $15 month $15 month 3-node HA cluster on EBS arm64.
PS-10 Vitess $39 month $39 month Non-metal, x86-64 only.
PS-Metal entry $50 month $50 month Metal instances with dedicated NVMe storage.
PS-2560 Postgres HA $5,599 month $5,599 month Largest published EBS HA tier.

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$5 / month

For 10 seats on PS-5 Postgres non-HA, current public pricing implies $5 per month when annual pricing is available, or $5 month-to-month.

Hidden fees and quote risks

  • Backups, egress, PgBouncer, and replicas all priced on top of cluster tier.
  • AWS us-east-1 baseline; other regions and clouds cost more.
  • Switching between arm64 and x86-64 changes price significantly.
  • No annual discount on the public pricing page.

Enterprise notes

Enterprise contracts available via sales for committed spend, custom regions, and private networking.

Closest alternatives

NeonSupabaseAWS RDS

Sources

Pricing changes frequently. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase.

Frequently asked questions

How much does PlanetScale cost?

PlanetScale pricing depends on its Per-cluster size + storage + add-ons. The page lists public tiers and flags custom or usage-based items that require vendor confirmation.

What is the main hidden fee risk for PlanetScale?

Backups, egress, PgBouncer, and replicas all priced on top of cluster tier.

Which PlanetScale alternatives should buyers compare?

Neon, Supabase, AWS RDS are the closest alternatives most procurement teams compare against PlanetScale.