PlanetScalevsRedis Cloud

Developer Tool

Saas70

Score Comparison

Overall

Pricing

Usability

Performance

Support

Reliability

Onboarding

Security

Integrations

PlanetScaleRedis Cloud

Signals Comparison

Pricing

PlanetScale

Free Hobby tier removed - $39/month minimum now(10/10)
Row-read billing causes surprise costs(8/10)
Much more expensive than alternatives(8/10)

Redis Cloud

2024 license change sparked community outrage and fork(8/10)
Memory-based pricing gets expensive at scale(8/10)
Pro pricing uses hourly billing - unpredictable costs(5/10)

Integrations

PlanetScale

No foreign key support due to Vitess architecture(7/10)
Firebase and social login integration issues(6/10)
MySQL-only limits use cases (Postgres preference growing)(5/10)

Redis Cloud

No signals

Usability

PlanetScale

Branching workflow has steep learning curve(6/10)
No GUI or DBMS - just SQL console(5/10)
Index optimization required to avoid high row reads(6/10)

Redis Cloud

Key-value model limits complex data relationships(6/10)

Reliability

PlanetScale

Connection issues with Next.js and Prisma(7/10)
October 2025 AWS us-east-1 outage affected dashboard(5/10)

Redis Cloud

Performance over durability trade-off(7/10)
Regional cloud provider dependencies(6/10)

Support

PlanetScale

Limited documentation and support for edge cases(5/10)

Redis Cloud

Private offering and contract concerns(6/10)

Customization

PlanetScale

No signals

Redis Cloud

ElastiCache locked at Redis 7.2 due to license(6/10)
Valkey lacks Redis 8+ features(5/10)

Performance

PlanetScale

No signals

Redis Cloud

Significant RAM requirements(6/10)

Pricing Comparison

PlanetScale

Postgres PS-5

$5/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Included in base

Limits: Not recommended for production, No high availability, Single region only

Non-HA (no failover), Development/testing only recommended, Compute charged separately

Scaler Pro (PS-10)

Popular

$39/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: 10 GB included

Limits: 5 development branches max, Enterprise features locked, No dedicated support

Storage overage $1.50/GB, Read replicas $39/month each, Higher compute tiers significantly more expensive

Scaler Pro (PS-20)

$99/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: 25 GB included

Limits: 5 development branches max, Enterprise features locked

Read replicas additional, Storage overages apply, Still no dedicated support

Enterprise

Free

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Custom

Limits: Must negotiate with sales, Long procurement process

Contact sales required, Minimum annual commitment expected, Pricing not transparent

Redis Cloud

Free (Trial)

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 30MB

Limits: No HA, no backups, no support, expires after trial period

Very limited - only for testing, not production viable

Essentials

Popular

$5/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 250MB+

Limits: No 99.999% SLA, limited data structures, single region

Higher tiers scale: 1GB ~$18/mo, 5GB ~$85/mo. Limited to shared infrastructure.

Pro

$0.88/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Custom

Limits: Usage-based can be unpredictable, requires cost monitoring

Hourly billing adds up: ~$640/month minimum. Memory scaling increases costs significantly.

Enterprise

$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Custom

Limits: Requires sales engagement, minimum commitment likely

Negotiated pricing varies widely. Contract commitment typically required.

Feature Comparison

Feature	PlanetScale	Redis Cloud
Core
Database Branching Git-like branching for schema changes
Zero-Downtime Migrations Non-blocking schema changes via Online DDL
Deploy Requests Safe schema migration workflow
Database
In-Memory Data Store Sub-ms latency
Rich Data Structures Strings, hashes, sets, etc.
Foreign Key Constraints Limited support, not in sharded mode
PostgreSQL Support Added late 2024, less mature than MySQL
Complex Relationships Key-value model
Scaling
Horizontal Sharding Via Vitess, automatic data distribution
Read Replicas $39/month each additional
Multi-Region Deployment Read-only regions for latency
Search
Redis Query Engine Cloud exclusive
Monitoring
Query Insights Query analysis and index recommendations
AI
Vector Search Redis 8+
Performance
Connection Pooling Built-in for serverless environments
Infrastructure
Active-Active Geo-Rep Pro plan
Reliability
99.999% SLA Pro plan
Automatic Backups Point-in-time recovery available
Licensing
OSI Open Source AGPLv3 option (Redis 8)
Storage
Disk-Based Storage Memory only
Pricing
Free Tier Removed March 2024
Usability
GUI/Visual Editor SQL console only, no rich GUI
Compatibility
AWS ElastiCache Redis 8 License blocked
Developer
CLI Tool (pscale) Full-featured command line interface
Security
SSO/SAML Enterprise plan only
Audit Logs Enterprise plan only

Signals Comparison

Pricing

PlanetScale

Free Hobby tier removed - $39/month minimum now(10/10)
Row-read billing causes surprise costs(8/10)
Much more expensive than alternatives(8/10)

Redis Cloud

2024 license change sparked community outrage and fork(8/10)
Memory-based pricing gets expensive at scale(8/10)
Pro pricing uses hourly billing - unpredictable costs(5/10)

Integrations

PlanetScale

No foreign key support due to Vitess architecture(7/10)
Firebase and social login integration issues(6/10)
MySQL-only limits use cases (Postgres preference growing)(5/10)

Redis Cloud

No signals

Usability

PlanetScale

Branching workflow has steep learning curve(6/10)
No GUI or DBMS - just SQL console(5/10)
Index optimization required to avoid high row reads(6/10)

Redis Cloud

Key-value model limits complex data relationships(6/10)

Reliability

PlanetScale

Connection issues with Next.js and Prisma(7/10)
October 2025 AWS us-east-1 outage affected dashboard(5/10)

Redis Cloud

Performance over durability trade-off(7/10)
Regional cloud provider dependencies(6/10)

Support

PlanetScale

Limited documentation and support for edge cases(5/10)

Redis Cloud

Private offering and contract concerns(6/10)

Customization

PlanetScale

No signals

Redis Cloud

ElastiCache locked at Redis 7.2 due to license(6/10)
Valkey lacks Redis 8+ features(5/10)

Performance

PlanetScale

No signals

Redis Cloud

Significant RAM requirements(6/10)

Pricing Comparison

PlanetScale

Postgres PS-5

$5/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Included in base

Limits: Not recommended for production, No high availability, Single region only

Non-HA (no failover), Development/testing only recommended, Compute charged separately

Scaler Pro (PS-10)

Popular

$39/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: 10 GB included

Limits: 5 development branches max, Enterprise features locked, No dedicated support

Storage overage $1.50/GB, Read replicas $39/month each, Higher compute tiers significantly more expensive

Scaler Pro (PS-20)

$99/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: 25 GB included

Limits: 5 development branches max, Enterprise features locked

Read replicas additional, Storage overages apply, Still no dedicated support

Enterprise

Free

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Custom

Limits: Must negotiate with sales, Long procurement process

Contact sales required, Minimum annual commitment expected, Pricing not transparent

Redis Cloud

Free (Trial)

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 30MB

Limits: No HA, no backups, no support, expires after trial period

Very limited - only for testing, not production viable

Essentials

Popular

$5/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 250MB+

Limits: No 99.999% SLA, limited data structures, single region

Higher tiers scale: 1GB ~$18/mo, 5GB ~$85/mo. Limited to shared infrastructure.

Pro

$0.88/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Custom

Limits: Usage-based can be unpredictable, requires cost monitoring

Hourly billing adds up: ~$640/month minimum. Memory scaling increases costs significantly.

Enterprise

$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Custom

Limits: Requires sales engagement, minimum commitment likely

Negotiated pricing varies widely. Contract commitment typically required.

Feature Comparison

Feature	PlanetScale	Redis Cloud
Core
Database Branching Git-like branching for schema changes
Zero-Downtime Migrations Non-blocking schema changes via Online DDL
Deploy Requests Safe schema migration workflow
Database
In-Memory Data Store Sub-ms latency
Rich Data Structures Strings, hashes, sets, etc.
Foreign Key Constraints Limited support, not in sharded mode
PostgreSQL Support Added late 2024, less mature than MySQL
Complex Relationships Key-value model
Scaling
Horizontal Sharding Via Vitess, automatic data distribution
Read Replicas $39/month each additional
Multi-Region Deployment Read-only regions for latency
Search
Redis Query Engine Cloud exclusive
Monitoring
Query Insights Query analysis and index recommendations
AI
Vector Search Redis 8+
Performance
Connection Pooling Built-in for serverless environments
Infrastructure
Active-Active Geo-Rep Pro plan
Reliability
99.999% SLA Pro plan
Automatic Backups Point-in-time recovery available
Licensing
OSI Open Source AGPLv3 option (Redis 8)
Storage
Disk-Based Storage Memory only
Pricing
Free Tier Removed March 2024
Usability
GUI/Visual Editor SQL console only, no rich GUI
Compatibility
AWS ElastiCache Redis 8 License blocked
Developer
CLI Tool (pscale) Full-featured command line interface
Security
SSO/SAML Enterprise plan only
Audit Logs Enterprise plan only