Cloudflare D1 vs PlanetScale
Side-by-side — pricing, strengths, tradeoffs, and fit.
Cloudflare D1
Serverless SQL database at the edge
PlanetScale
MySQL-compatible serverless database that scales without limits
At a glance
Free Tier
· Not enough data·From Freemium
Open Source
● Established·From $5/mo
Overview
One-liner
One-liner
Serverless SQL database at the edge
One-liner
MySQL-compatible serverless database that scales without limits
Maturity
Maturity
Not enough dataMaturity
EstablishedOpen source
Open source
✕ NoOpen source
✓ YesPricing
Free tier
Free tier
✓ AvailableFree tier
✕ NoneStarts at
Starts at
Freemium
Starts at
$5/mo
Model
Model
Hybrid
Model
Usage-based
Enterprise
Enterprise
✕ NoneEnterprise
✕ NoneBest for
✓ Best for
Cloudflare Workers apps needing a low-latency, globally replicated SQL database with no infrastructure to manage
✓ Best for
Growth-stage startups and scale-ups who need MySQL compatibility with horizontal scaling and zero-downtime schema changes
Enterprise teams running high-traffic applications that have outgrown single-node MySQL
Agency and consultant teams managing multiple production databases who need reliable branching workflows
Not ideal for
✕ Not for
High-write workloads or apps outside the Cloudflare ecosystem
✕ Not for
Hobby developers or solo developers on a tight budget since the free tier was removed
Teams requiring Postgres instead of MySQL
Strengths
↑ Strengths
SQLite-compatible
Edge-native
Cloudflare Workers integration
Zero egress fees
↑ Strengths
MySQL-compatible
Vitess-powered sharding
Non-blocking schema migrations
Database branching
Weaknesses
↓ Weaknesses
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↓ Weaknesses
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