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.

PlanetScale cost calculator

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.

Sample stack cost at named team sizes

PlanetScale monthly cost projection by team size, based on public per-seat pricing.
Tier	10 seats / month	25 seats / month	50 seats / month
PS-5 Postgres non-HA	$5	$5	$5
PS-5 Postgres HA	$15	$15	$15
PS-10 Vitess	$39	$39	$39
PS-Metal entry	$50	$50	$50
PS-2560 Postgres HA	$5,599	$5,599	$5,599

Math: per-seat tiers multiplied by seat count. Flat-fee tiers stay constant. Does not include add-ons, support tiers, implementation, or usage overages.

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

Other managed database tools buyers shortlist when they compare PlanetScale.

Neon Serverless postgres

Supabase Backend-as-a-service

AWS RDS Not yet covered

Sources

Official PlanetScale pricing page

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.