specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: PlanetScale
providerId: planetscale
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Database
  - MySQL
  - Postgres
  - Vitess
description: PlanetScale SKU-based pricing for Postgres and Vitess clusters.
sources:
  - https://planetscale.com/pricing
plans:
  - id: planetscale-postgres-ebs-single
    name: Postgres EBS (single-node)
    type: usage-based
    description: From $5/month (PS-5 arm64).
    entries:
      - label: Monthly minimum
        name: monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '5.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Single node
      - name: EBS storage
      - name: Best for dev
  - id: planetscale-postgres-ebs-ha
    name: Postgres EBS HA (3-node)
    type: usage-based
    description: From $15/month (PS-5 arm64).
    entries:
      - label: Monthly minimum
        name: monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '15.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 3-node HA
      - name: EBS storage
      - name: Production-ready
  - id: planetscale-postgres-metal
    name: Postgres Metal (3-node)
    type: usage-based
    description: From $50/month (M-10 arm64, 10 GB).
    entries:
      - label: Monthly minimum
        name: monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '50.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Bare metal performance
      - name: Local NVMe storage
      - name: 3-node HA
  - id: planetscale-vitess-cloud
    name: Vitess Non-Metal (3-node)
    type: usage-based
    description: From $39/month (PS-10 x86-64).
    entries:
      - label: Monthly minimum
        name: monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '39.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Vitess MySQL with sharding
      - name: EBS storage
      - name: Cloud-native
  - id: planetscale-vitess-metal
    name: Vitess Metal (3-node)
    type: usage-based
    description: From $609/month (M-160 x86-64, 110 GB).
    entries:
      - label: Monthly minimum
        name: monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '609.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Bare metal Vitess
      - name: Largest scale
      - name: Local NVMe
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - metered
  units:
  - period
  plans:
  - name: Postgres EBS (single-node)
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Postgres EBS HA (3-node)
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Postgres Metal (3-node)
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Vitess Non-Metal (3-node)
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Vitess Metal (3-node)
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month