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PlanetScale vs Supabase

PlanetScale and Supabase both land on Depends.

Supabase

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Confidence: Low

Buy if you have developers who want a managed Postgres backend with serious compliance credentials (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001).

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PlanetScale versus Supabase
ComparePlanetScaleSupabase
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forApps outgrowing a single database nodeDeveloper teams wanting Postgres plus auth, APIs, and storage
Who it's not forSmall apps on a single database nodeNon-technical teams wanting a no-code database
PrivacyNo known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.12Strong on paper: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA (with BAA), AES-256 at rest, TLS in transit, regular pen tests.13
Support qualityNo support evidence in sourcesNo support evidence reviewed
Public sentimentReviewers praise the developer experience and zero-downtime migration tooling, noting it shines mainly at scale.¹No independent user reviews were found in the sources reviewed.
Biggest gotcha$5 entry covers single-node Postgres; sharded Vitess/Neki pricing not shown publicly⁷Shared responsibility model: misconfigured RLS policies or leaked API keys are your problem, not theirs.13

Pick PlanetScale when

  • Apps outgrowing a single database node
  • High-write workloads needing sharded MySQL or Postgres
  • Dev teams wanting branch-and-merge schema migrations

When PlanetScale is not a fit

  • Small apps on a single database node
  • Side projects wanting a free hobby database
  • Teams without scale problems . plain managed Postgres is simpler
  • Non-technical buyers; this is developer infrastructure

Pick Supabase when

  • Developer teams wanting Postgres plus auth, APIs, and storage
  • Healthcare apps needing HIPAA-compliant hosting with a BAA
  • EU-focused products needing in-region data residency
  • GDPR-sensitive deployments needing a formal DPA

When Supabase is not a fit

  • Non-technical teams wanting a no-code database
  • Small teams unwilling to write and maintain RLS policies
  • Buyers expecting the vendor to manage all security end-to-end
  • Projects with zero developer resources

Sources

  1. PlanetScale Review 2026 - MakerStackmakerstack.co
    review
  2. PlanetScale: Review, Pricing & Best Alternatives - RankingDevsrankingdevs.com
    review
  3. PlanetScale Review 2026 - vibecodingvibecoding.app
    review
  4. PlanetScale Reviews - G2g2.com
    review
  5. PlanetScale Reviews - Product Huntproducthunt.com
    review
  6. PlanetScale for MySQL at Scale - AWS Marketplaceaws.amazon.com
    review
  7. PlanetScale homepageplanetscale.com
    official
  8. Neki - sharded Postgres by PlanetScaleplanetscale.com
    official
  9. PlanetScale for Postgres is now GA - Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com
    news
  10. PlanetScale is riding the Postgres wave - WorkOSworkos.com
    news
  11. PlanetScale Extends Database Platform to PostgreSQL - InfoQinfoq.com
    news
  12. PlanetScale security pageplanetscale.com
    security
  13. Supabase product security pagesupabase.com
    security
  14. Supabase homepagesupabase.com
    official