> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://planetscale.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Back up and restore export const PlatformAvailability = ({current, vitess, postgres, neki}) => { const docsHref = path => { if (!path) return path; const normalized = path.startsWith('/') ? path : `/${path}`; return normalized; }; const labels = { vitess: 'Vitess', postgres: 'Postgres', neki: 'Neki' }; const combinedLabels = { both: 'Vitess and Postgres', all: 'Vitess, Neki, and Postgres', 'postgres-neki': 'Postgres and Neki' }; if (combinedLabels[current]) { return
{combinedLabels[current]}
; } const hasVitess = current === 'vitess' || Boolean(vitess); const hasPostgres = current === 'postgres' || Boolean(postgres); const hasNeki = current === 'neki' || Boolean(neki); const only = [hasVitess, hasPostgres, hasNeki].filter(Boolean).length === 1; const engines = []; if (current === 'vitess' || current === 'postgres' || current === 'neki') engines.push(current); if (hasVitess && current !== 'vitess') engines.push('vitess'); if (hasNeki && current !== 'neki') engines.push('neki'); if (hasPostgres && current !== 'postgres') engines.push('postgres'); return
{engines.map(engine => { const isCurrent = current === engine; const href = docsHref(engine === 'vitess' ? vitess : engine === 'postgres' ? postgres : neki); const label = only ? `${labels[engine]} only` : labels[engine]; const state = isCurrent || !href ? 'current' : 'link'; if (isCurrent || !href) { return {label} ; } return {label} ; })}
; }; ## Overview PlanetScale provides the ability to create, schedule, and restore backups for production and development database branches. Our [Base plan](/docs/planetscale-plans) includes automated backups every 12 hours. ## View backups To view backups for all of your branches, go to your database backups page: `app.planetscale.com///backups`. Once there, you'll find additional details about your backup history. View backups for your database ## Create manual backups In addition to the daily default backups that PlanetScale schedules for your database branches, you can create additional **manual** backups. To create a manual backup, follow the steps outlined below: Go to your database backups page: `app.planetscale.com///backups`. Click the **Create new backup** button. This will bring up a pop-up modal that prompts you to pick a **branch** to backup, *name* your backup, and select how long you wish to keep the backup. Manual backup pop-up modal Click the **Create backup** button to finish the backup and close the pop-up modal. Manual backups are not free and are denoted by the `$` icon next to their name in the list view on the backups page. Manual backups are shown with a $ sign To see the cost associated with storage of a manual backup, click on the backup name. You will see the cost per month on the details page. Monthly storage cost for a Manual backup ## Schedule backups You can add additional **scheduled backups** for your branches, billed at \$0.023 per GB per month. Go to your database backups page: `app.planetscale.com///backups`. Select the type of branch (`Production branches` | `Development branches` ) you'd like to be backed up by the new backup schedule. Schedule backup pop-up modal Click the **Add new schedule** button. This will bring up a pop-up modal that prompts you to configure backup frequency, select how long you wish to keep the backup, and to *name* your **schedule**. Schedule backup pop-up modal Click the **Save schedule** button to save your new scheduling configurations and to close the pop-up modal. For additional scheduled backups beyond the included default (every 12 hours for the [Base plan](/docs/planetscale-plans), you will be billed **\$0.023 per GB per month**. ## Restore from a backup To restore a backup to a new branch, click on the individual backup to see the option to restore them. Go to your database backups page: `app.planetscale.com///backups`. Select the backup you wish to restore. Click the **Restore backup** button. This will bring up a pop-up modal that prompts you to name your branch and select a cluster size. Restore backup pop-up modal Click the **Restore backup** button to finish restoring your backup and to close the pop-up modal. To see all branches that are `restored` from a backup, head to the backup details and you'll see a list of those branches. Branches restored from a backup ## Need help? Get help from [the PlanetScale Support team](https://planetscale.com/contact?initial=support), or join our [Discord community](https://pscale.link/community) to see how others are using PlanetScale. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.