The fastest way to run databases in AWS or GCP
PlanetScale brings you the fastest databases available in the cloud. Both our Postgres and Vitess databases deliver exceptional speed and reliability, with Vitess adding ultra scalability through horizontal sharding. Our blazing fast NVMe drives unlock unlimited IOPS, bringing data center performance to the cloud. We offer a range of deployment options to cover all of your security and compliance requirements — including bring your own cloud with PlanetScale Managed.
PlanetScale Metal is fully managed with automated failover across 3 availability zones, online schema changes, automated backups, and a team of database experts on-call. This removes the need for in-house database operations, as demonstrated by Cash App's migration from self-hosted Vitess.
PlanetScale Metal includes branching per environment, revertable schema changes with zero data loss, and deploy requests for team review. These features enable developers to iterate quickly without risking production availability or data integrity.
PlanetScale Metal supports SOC 1 Type 2 & SOC 2 Type 2+, HIPAA compliance with BAAs, and PCI DSS 4.0 Level 1 Service Provider certification. Single-tenant deployment via PlanetScale Managed allows data to remain in your own AWS/GCP account for regulatory control.
PlanetScale Metal provides NVMe-backed storage with unlimited IOPS and ultra-low latency, enabling horizontal scaling through Vitess sharding (MySQL) or vertical scaling with high-availability replicas (Postgres). Benchmarked as the fastest Postgres in the cloud, it handles massive query volumes like Cash App's 3–4 million QPS across 400 shards.
PlanetScale Metal's locally-attached NVMe drives deliver superior performance at lower cost than EBS-backed alternatives. Evidence shows it is less expensive than RDS MySQL/Aurora for ~85% of migrated workloads, with customers like Block achieving 64% cost savings and 50% p99 latency reduction.