Alternatives

PlanetScale alternatives in 2026 (Neon, Supabase, Turso, Vitess Cloud, AWS Aurora Serverless)

Top PlanetScale alternatives in 2026: Neon (Postgres branching), Supabase (Postgres BaaS), Turso (edge SQLite), Vitess Cloud (PlanetScale OSS heritage), AWS Aurora Serverless (AWS-native).

Why people search this

People look for PlanetScale alternatives because they want Postgres (Neon, Supabase, Aurora), edge SQLite (Turso), open-source Vitess self-host, or AWS-native infra. Many users switched after PlanetScale removed its free tier.

The ranking

#1

Neon

Best for: Postgres apps, AI / RAG, branching workflows  ·  Price: Free tier + paid

Postgres-compatible serverless DB with Git-like branching, scale-to-zero, pgvector for AI, generous free tier.

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#2

Supabase

Best for: Full BaaS on Postgres, open-source self-host  ·  Price: Free tier + paid + self-host

Open-source Postgres BaaS with auth, storage, realtime, edge functions, pgvector.

#3

Turso

Best for: Edge / global low-latency, local-first apps  ·  Price: Generous free + paid

Edge SQLite (libSQL) with global replication — fastest reads at the edge, embedded mode for local-first apps.

#4

Vitess Cloud

Best for: Open-source self-host, MySQL at scale  ·  Price: Free OSS

PlanetScale's open-source Vitess engine — self-host for huge MySQL workloads.

#5

AWS Aurora Serverless

Best for: AWS-native stacks, enterprise scale  ·  Price: Per-second compute + storage

AWS-native serverless Postgres / MySQL with auto-scaling compute and durable storage.

FAQ

Cheapest PlanetScale alternative?

Turso or Neon — both have generous free tiers.

Postgres alternative?

Neon or Supabase — both Postgres-compatible.

Open-source self-host?

Vitess (MySQL) or Supabase (Postgres) — both fully open.

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Last updated: 2026-06-01.