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Best Alternatives to PlanetScale

4 other Managed Databases tools in the CloudTweaks Index, listed alphabetically with the same fact-backed profile. No paid placement, no computed score here — just the category's full roster.

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PlanetScale

$$$ Premiumfrom $39/mo · Last reviewed May 2026

Alternatives

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Amazon RDS

aws.amazon.com/rds

Amazon RDS is AWS's managed relational database service, handling provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling so teams can run relational databases without operating the servers.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing
Strengths
Free tier, Free plan availableMaturity, operating 17 years
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CockroachDB

www.cockroachlabs.com

CockroachDB is a distributed, PostgreSQL-compatible SQL database built for horizontal scale, strong consistency, and fault tolerance across regions and clouds.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing
Strengths
Multi-cloud, Runs on multiple cloudsServerless, IncludedFree tier, Free plan availableOpenness, Self-hostable
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Google Cloud SQL

cloud.google.com/sql

Google Cloud SQL is Google Cloud's managed relational database service, automating provisioning, patching, backups, and replication for teams running databases on GCP.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing
Strengths
Maturity, operating 15 yearsCompliance, 5 certifications
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Neon

neon.tech

Neon is a serverless PostgreSQL platform that separates storage from compute and adds database branching and scale-to-zero, so idle databases consume no compute.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing
Strengths
Serverless, IncludedFree tier, Free plan availableOpenness, Open-source
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