By Sam Lambert ,
Two weeks ago we announced that we would soon be shipping $5 single node Postgres databases across our global fleet. Today we are announcing that this process is now complete.
You can now spin up a single node PlanetScale Postgres database starting at just $5/month. These non-HA databases are production ready and are a cost-effective option for startups, side projects, proof of concepts, or development. You get all of PlanetScale’s developer-friendly features like query insights, schema recommendations, in-depth metrics, branching, and reliability, now starting at just $5 per month.
We’re also reducing the price of development branches from $10 per month to $5 per month, making it more cost-effective to run additional staging and development environments.
As your company or project grows, you can easily scale up to PlanetScale. Single node databases can scale vertically if you need to grow beyond the base $5 size. Simply go to your cluster configuration page, select the cluster size you want, and click “Change queue instance.”
You can also switch to HA mode on the same page by selecting “Primary + Multi-Replication”. This will add 2 replicas to your cluster for high availability. You can continue to grow the size of your cluster and add more replicas as needed. And when the time comes that you need to scale horizontally, we’ll soon have Neki, our sharded Postgres solution.
This means you can launch your business on PlanetScale and feel comfortable knowing that you’ll never have to worry about a painful migration to a new database provider when you start experiencing scaling issues. PlanetScale runs some of the web’s largest workloads, so you’ll always be in good hands.
To get started, sign up for a PlanetScale account and select “Single Node” during database creation. For single node pricing, see the pricing page.