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deadPlanetScale (Databases and KV)
Databases and KVidentity cardlimit write-gatedevidence documentedchecked 2026-10-22
deadplanetscale (Storage)
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedchecked 2026-10-21

Databases and KV

Free allowance: None. No free plan; every database must be on a paid plan from creation
Verdict: deadthe offer or the service no longer exists
Cost: no price stated
Identity: cardcard required, no phone
Binding limit: write-gatedevery database is paid from creation; no free tier exists
Evidence: documented3 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: checked 2026-10-22checked 2026-10-22 (live)

Free tier	none. No free plan; every database must be on a paid plan from creation unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Limits	write-gated (binding) every database is paid from creation; no free tier exists source
Identity	card a payment method, because the cheapest database is billable at creation
Egress	network transfer is billed separately from the SKU rate
Per-object cap	not applicable: there is no free tier to cap
Retention	not applicable; a paid database accrues charges from creation until it is deleted
Interface	rest, cli the MySQL wire protocol; a platform API and the pscale CLI
Tooling	any MySQL client, the pscale CLI
Composes with	no path on a zero budget; cheapest published SKU is PS-10 arm64 at USD 30 a month
Reliability	the Hobby plan was deprecated in March 2024 and remaining databases were slept; a 24-hour wake was offered to dump data
Notes	Every 'PlanetScale free tier' listicle is describing a plan that closed in March 2024.
Evidence note	documented PlanetScale's own support answer and its plans doc were read.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 0

Evidence 3

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	support.planetscale.com/hc/en-us/articles/32303734121239	'Not at this time.' The free Hobby plan was deprecated in March 2024; all databases must be placed on a paid Scaler Pro plan when created
2026-10-22	planetscale.com/docs/planetscale-plans	'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the Developer or Hobby plan'
2026-10-22	www.planetscale.com/pricing	cheapest published SKU PS-10 arm64 1/8 vCPU 1 GiB at USD 30 a month, x86-64 at USD 39

Storage

Free allowance: Free tier is GONE, confirmed on their own docs: 'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the "Developer" or "Hobby" plan.' Cheapest entry is a $5/month single-node…
Verdict: deadthe offer or the service no longer exists
Cost: no price stated
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported2 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: checked 2026-10-21checked 2026-10-21 (inherited)

Free tier	Free tier is GONE, confirmed on their own docs: 'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the "Developer" or "Hobby" plan.' Cheapest entry is a $5/month single-node… unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not recorded
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 0

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	planetscale.com/docs/plans/hobby-plan-deprecation-faq	the text of Free tier, above
2026-10-21	planetscale.com/pricing	cited as the basis of the rejection: Free tier is GONE, confirmed on their own docs: 'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the "Developer" or "Hobby" plan.' Cheapest entry is a $5/month single-node Postgr

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dead end	`{"failure_class": "dead-service","why": "Free tier is GONE, confirmed on their own docs: 'PlanetScale does not offer a free plan, previously known as the \"Developer\" or \"Hobby\" plan.' Cheapest entry is a $5/month single-node…","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}`

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