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PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases

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231 points ryanvogel | 13 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.993s | source | bottom
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andreybaskov ◴[31 Oct 25 02:21 UTC] No.45767664[source]▶
I'm surprised so many replies here are about removing a free tier 2 years ago. Things cost money, what did you expect? Whenever I get free products that cost money I expect it's either temporary, or I'm being the product myself.
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andrenotgiant ◴[31 Oct 25 02:46 UTC] No.45767789[source]▶
didn't help that they called it "Free forever" before taking it away. Lesson learned
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andreybaskov ◴[31 Oct 25 03:10 UTC] No.45767937[source]▶
understandable, but again, "forever" as in heat death of the universe? Sadly there is no such thing as forever either.
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arthurcolle ◴[31 Oct 25 04:17 UTC] No.45768386[source]▶
Then call it something else
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1. samlambert ◴[31 Oct 25 05:28 UTC] No.45768705[source]▶
we did. we called it the Hobby plan. we never said forever.
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2. eskibars ◴[31 Oct 25 06:13 UTC] No.45768910[source]▶
https://web.archive.org/web/20240124013352/https://planetsca...

Says "free forever"

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3. zzmbnp ◴[31 Oct 25 06:15 UTC] No.45768923[source]▶
"Hobby Free forever for hobby use"

Wow. The guy is a jerk and a liar. The board at PlanetScale needs to get this guy off the internet. He's too much of an asshole to be seen in public.

I have no real horse in this race. I know how to manage my own databases, but I do have people asking me about PlanetScale and asking me to use it for certain projects, and I will absolutely never do so now.

4. tabemonooo ◴[31 Oct 25 06:27 UTC] No.45768978[source]▶
"Free forever for hobby use"
5. zenlot ◴[31 Oct 25 07:50 UTC] No.45769336[source]▶
What are you arguing about? People send you web archive links and you're still stubborn enough to say that it wasn't the case. Shame to even see you here, just shows what kind of company you are from the inside.
6. bomewish ◴[31 Oct 25 08:30 UTC] No.45769588[source]▶
you answered this after someone just posted the wayback. what gives?
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7. zenlot ◴[31 Oct 25 10:42 UTC] No.45770519[source]▶
Seen previous responses? Also, do you think he doesn't know it?
8. RagnarD ◴[31 Oct 25 12:01 UTC] No.45771072[source]▶
I'm pretty disinclined to ever use PlanetScale when the CEO is here either ignorant of what his company actually said, or actively gaslighting people.
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9. samlambert ◴[31 Oct 25 13:05 UTC] No.45771553[source]▶
read the timestamps, i did not post it after the wayback.
10. hu3 ◴[31 Oct 25 13:13 UTC] No.45771625[source]▶
note to self: add planetscale to banlist and not-recommended-list of techs
11. samlambert ◴[31 Oct 25 13:18 UTC] No.45771683[source]▶
correcting this. i've been proven wrong we did say forever.
12. AYBABTME ◴[31 Oct 25 15:52 UTC] No.45773471[source]▶
I mean, can you picture some marketing copy somewhere on a website saying something you didn't remember?

It's not hard to imagine that not every word ever written about a product tier was remembered by the CEO.

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13. deaux ◴[31 Oct 25 19:49 UTC] No.45775979{3}[source]▶
What are you even saying?

This is the bloody pricing page. If I as the CEO of a SaaS startup don't even know what our pricing page says I should step down. That's our offer, that's the most important page we have. Come on now. Writing "free forever" isn't something some rogue marketing intern does, this is a core positioning decision and something you'd absolutely be part of, if not leading, as the founder.