Blog
By Benjamin Dicken |
Run Vitess workflows right from within PlanetScale. Migrate data from unsharded to sharded keyspaces, manage traffic cutover, and easily revert when problems arise. →
By Holly Guevara |
You can now use the vector data type for vector search and storage in your PlanetScale MySQL database. →
By Shlomi Noach |
PlanetScale now supports instant DDL. Where eligible, you can run deploy requests that complete near-instantly. →
By Holly Guevara |
PlanetScale and Vitess have a close relationship. Learn what it looks like to run Vitess on your own vs using PlanetScale. We cover cost, time to implement, management, and more. →
By Matt Robenolt, Iheanyi Ekechukwu |
With global replica credentials, you can now automatically route reads to the closest replica. →
By Taylor Barnett, Rafer Hazen |
Automatically receive recommendations to improve database performance, reduce memory and storage, and improve your schema based on production database traffic. →
By Taylor Barnett |
You can now build integrations that seamlessly authenticate with PlanetScale and allow management access to your users’ organizations and databases from your application. →
By Rick Branson |
Learn about the three main aspects of database scaling: storage, compute, and network. →
By Matt Robenolt |
How close am I to PlanetScale? Use our new CLI command, pscale ping, to find out. →
By Rafer Hazen |
This new update to PlanetScale Insights introduces smart query monitoring to detect slower than expected queries in your database. →
By Taylor Barnett, Katie Sipos |
Learn how you can extract, load, and transform your PlanetScale data with Fivetran. →
By Taylor Barnett, Mike Coutermarsh |
You can now automatically trigger HTTP callbacks on events in PlanetScale to build custom integrations, notifications, and workflows. →
By Frances Thai |
Bringing weekly reports of the most important parts of your database, straight to your inbox. →
By PlanetScale |
Compare PlanetScale’s multi-cloud MySQL platform built on Vitess, with Amazon Aurora, one of AWS’s managed relational database services. Discover the strengths, features, and benefits of each platform to choose the best fit for your database needs. →
By PlanetScale |
Compare PlanetScale’s multi-cloud MySQL platform built on Vitess, with Amazon RDS, AWS’s managed relational database service. Discover the strengths, features, and benefits of each platform to choose the best fit for your database needs. →
By Liz van Dijk |
Grasping when and how to shard, selecting the ideal shard keys, and managing cross-shard queries effectively can prove difficult even for seasoned engineers. Learn how to do this, and more in this tech talk. →
By Taylor Barnett |
Learn how to use the new PlanetScale Netlify integration to simplify the process of wiring up a database to your Netlify applications. →
By Iheanyi Ekechukwu, David Graham, Ayrton |
PlanetScale now supports IP restrictions for database passwords as another tool to operate your database securely. →
By Sam Lambert |
Databases can cost your company millions if they don’t function as they should. What are the biggest pitfalls, and how can you avoid them? →
By Justin Gage |
A guide on what slows developers down, why it matters, and how a better database can unlock developer productivity. →