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PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases

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231 points ryanvogel | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.223s | source
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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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1. tweetle_beetle ◴[31 Oct 25 10:43 UTC] No.45770532[source]▶
To be fair the CEO is quite comfortable using the word 'forever'. It was used as the title of the announcement to withdraw the Hobby tier and also specifically used to justify it:

> We’ve chosen to build a company that can last forever. This is why I have made the decision to prioritize profitability for PlanetScale. https://planetscale.com/blog/planetscale-forever