Power. Scalability. Developer experience. Simple pricing.

The database PHP deserves

PlanetScale is a MySQL-compatible serverless database that pairs perfectly with PHP.

With developer-first features like branching, non-blocking schema changes, and real-time query analytics, you have everything you need to manage your database in one place.

Under the hood of PlanetScale lives Vitess, the technology that scaled YouTube, Slack, and more. With PlanetScale, you get the massive scale and power of Vitess with the extraordinary workflow of PlanetScale, all without having to hire a database expert to manage it for you.

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Spin up a database in seconds

Get started with PlanetScale and PHP for free

PlanetScale works out of the box with Laravel, Symfony, and more. No special driver required. You can follow one of our quickstarts below to spin up a database, connect to your application, run migrations, and deploy to production in minutes.

Plug and play

# .env
HOST=xxxxxxx.us-east-3.psdb.cloud
DATABASE=php_database
USERNAME=xxxxxxxxxx
PASSWORD=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA=/etc/ssl/cert.pem

Check out our PHP quickstart

Why PlanetScale?

What you get with PlanetScale

Whether you’re looking for built-in horizontal sharding, a Git-like development workflow for your database, a robust analytics dashboard, or straightforward pricing that grows with your business, we’ve got you covered.

Query performance analytics

Whether you’re looking for built-in horizontal sharding, a Git-like development workflow for your database, a robust analytics dashboard, or straightforward pricing that grows with your business, we’ve got you covered.

Powerful developer experience

Whether you’re looking for built-in horizontal sharding, a Git-like development workflow for your database, a robust analytics dashboard, or straightforward pricing that grows with your business, we’ve got you covered.

Effortless scale

Whether you’re looking for built-in horizontal sharding, a Git-like development workflow for your database, a robust analytics dashboard, or straightforward pricing that grows with your business, we’ve got you covered.

Predictable pricing

Whether you’re looking for built-in horizontal sharding, a Git-like development workflow for your database, a robust analytics dashboard, or straightforward pricing that grows with your business, we’ve got you covered.

The last database you’ll ever need

Your business deserves a predictable database.

Never worry about another 3am wake-up call saying the site is down.  Give your engineers the power they deserve with a PlanetScale database today.