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PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases

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231 points ryanvogel | 2 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.423s | source
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reducesuffering ◴[30 Oct 25 21:02 UTC] No.45765316[source]▶
I like PlanetScale, but they already have precedent very recently for having a free-tier and then cancelling it for a minimum of $40/month plan, which made many people switch. What's to stop them from doing the same here?

Be wary of building a cheap hobby project on it expecting pricing to stay consistent. If $40+ isn't feasible for you, you may be trying to switch off to a hosted PostgreSQL option, with all the pain MySQL->Postgres entails, soon.

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samlambert ◴[30 Oct 25 21:05 UTC] No.45765347[source]▶
Why would we? we make a (small) profit on these cheaper tiers. We are a sustainable and profitable company. Also the free tier wasnt cancelled very recently it was 1.5 years ago so you are reaching a bit here.
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1. CryptoBanker ◴[30 Oct 25 21:55 UTC] No.45765857[source]▶
You currently make a small profit on cheaper tiers. Things change
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2. otterley ◴[30 Oct 25 23:13 UTC] No.45766514[source]▶
Compute, storage, and network throughput are only getting cheaper over time. Assuming all other costs hold steady, it should only get more profitable.