PlanetScalevsSupabase
Score Comparison
Signals Comparison
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)
Supabase
- Supabase project paused - free projects pause after 1 week(9/10)
- Unexpected billing - charged for ghost compute(9/10)
- Team plan jumps to $599/month - big leap from $25 Pro(6/10)
- Why is my Supabase bill so high? Per-project compute adds up(8/10)
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)
Supabase
- Can't connect to Supabase database - direct connection is IPv6 only(6/10)
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)
Supabase
- RLS policies complex and impact performance significantly(7/10)
- Local development with CLI is unreliable - Docker issues(7/10)
PlanetScale
- Connection issues with Next.js and Prisma(7/10)
- October 2025 AWS us-east-1 outage affected dashboard(5/10)
Supabase
- Real-time subscription limits cause dropped connections(7/10)
- Auth errors and email link failures(6/10)
- Supabase down again? Outages still frequent in 2026(9/10)
- Auth emails stop sending - 'email rate limit exceeded'(7/10)
PlanetScale
- Limited documentation and support for edge cases(5/10)
Supabase
- No live chat even on Enterprise - support feels outdated(7/10)
PlanetScale
No signals
Supabase
- Edge Functions cold starts and execution limits(6/10)
- Database hits connection limits as user base grows(7/10)
PlanetScale
No signals
Supabase
- Inconsistent documentation frustrates developers(5/10)
Pricing Comparison
PlanetScale
Users: Unlimited
Storage: Included in base
Limits: Not recommended for production, No high availability, Single region only
Users: Unlimited
Storage: 10 GB included
Limits: 5 development branches max, Enterprise features locked, No dedicated support
Users: Unlimited
Storage: 25 GB included
Limits: 5 development branches max, Enterprise features locked
Users: Unlimited
Storage: Custom
Limits: Must negotiate with sales, Long procurement process
Supabase
Users: Unlimited users
Storage: 500 MB database, 1 GB file storage
Limits: Hard limits (no overage), no backups, 1-day logs, max 2 active projects
Users: Unlimited users
Storage: 8 GB disk per project, 100 GB file storage
Limits: Micro compute has 60 direct / 200 pooler connections; turning off the spend cap exposes you to uncapped usage bills
Users: Unlimited users
Storage: Same quotas as Pro
Limits: No uptime SLA (Enterprise only)
Users: Unlimited
Storage: Custom
Limits: Pricing not published
Feature Comparison
| Feature | PlanetScale | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| PostgreSQL Database Full SQL support, real PostgreSQL | ||
| Foreign Key Constraints Limited support, not in sharded mode | ||
| PostgreSQL Support Added late 2024, less mature than MySQL | ||
| Point-in-time Recovery Enterprise only | ||
| API | ||
| Auto-generated REST API PostgREST instant APIs | ||
| GraphQL API Via pg_graphql extension | ||
| Scaling | ||
| Horizontal Sharding Via Vitess, automatic data distribution | ||
| Read Replicas $39/month each additional | ||
| Multi-Region Deployment Read-only regions for latency | ||
| Monitoring | ||
| Query Insights Query analysis and index recommendations | ||
| Security | ||
| Row Level Security Powerful but impacts performance | ||
| SSO/SAML Enterprise plan only | ||
| Audit Logs Enterprise plan only | ||
| Performance | ||
| Connection Pooling Built-in for serverless environments | ||
| Auth | ||
| Authentication Email, OAuth, magic links | ||
| Storage | ||
| File Storage S3-compatible object storage | ||
| Compute | ||
| Edge Functions Deno runtime, 60s limit | ||
| Real-time | ||
| Real-time Subscriptions WebSocket-based, has limits | ||
| Pricing | ||
| Free Tier Removed March 2024 | ||
| Usability | ||
| GUI/Visual Editor SQL console only, no rich GUI | ||
| Deployment | ||
| Self-hosting Full Docker deployment | ||
| Developer | ||
| CLI Tool (pscale) Full-featured command line interface | ||
| Compliance | ||
| SOC 2 Compliance Team plan and above | ||
| HIPAA Compliance Enterprise only | ||
| Reliability | ||
| Automatic Backups Point-in-time recovery available | ||
| Support | ||
| Live Chat Support Not available at any tier | ||
| Phone Support Not available at any tier | ||