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PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases

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231 points ryanvogel | 3 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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samlambert ◴[31 Oct 25 04:44 UTC] No.45768516[source]▶
we never said that
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davedx ◴[31 Oct 25 07:09 UTC] No.45769153[source]▶
https://web.archive.org/web/20240105211154/https://planetsca...

> Hobby

> Free forever for hobby use

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1. samlambert ◴[31 Oct 25 13:03 UTC] No.45771536[source]▶
wow we did you are right. I am corrected. That's not good.
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2. jetpackjoe ◴[31 Oct 25 15:37 UTC] No.45773272[source]▶
Can you promise the $5 tier isn't going away?
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3. samlambert ◴[31 Oct 25 15:46 UTC] No.45773386[source]▶
for sure. it makes money for us and will lead to more usage. i am stoked we have this.