PlanetScale is building the leading MySQL database platform that brings you scale, performance, and reliability — without sacrificing developer experience.

If you want to learn more about PlanetScale, we have a few great places to get started. Read on to learn more.

Self-paced courses

If you've enjoyed the videos on our YouTube channel, make sure you check out our Database scaling course. This course takes you through the journey of scaling a growing database — database tuning, partitioning, replication, caching, sharding, and more.

We also have an 8+ hour long MySQL for Developers course that covers creating an efficient schema, indexing, query optimization, and more.

Blog

Make sure you check out the PlanetScale blog where we post about database scalability, performance, deep-dives from our Engineering team, and more.

• If you're new to PlanetScale, start with our What is PlanetScale doc to learn about our features and how we can help you scale.
• PlanetScale workflow — Make schema changes with no downtime using our branching workflow.
• Follow our quickstart guide to get up and running with a PlanetScale database in just minutes.
• Connect your PlanetScale database to your application using secure connection strings.
• PlanetScale pricing — We offer reliable, easy-to-understand plans that scale with you.

We host monthly Tech talks that cover database and MySQL topics. Join us for our next one or catch these replays:

• Intro to PlanetScale
• MySQL scaling made easy
• Database caching: Optimizing performance