# Planetscale is removing free tier

**URL:** <https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/planetscale-is-removing-free-tier/25534>\
**Category:** Next.js\
**Created:** [March 9, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/planetscale-is-removing-free-tier/25534 "2024-03-09T01:58:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Exolite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/exolite/32/7441_2.png) [@Exolite](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/Exolite)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/planetscale-is-removing-free-tier/25534/1 "2024-03-09T01:58:51Z")

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For those of you who havn’t seen the mail, Planetscale is removing the free hobby tier on April 8th, after that you’ll have to pay ~40$/month.  
I suggest you find an alternative and migrate quickly.  
Please notice, Planetscale uses MySQL, make sure you migrate to a service that provides MySQL as well.

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**Author:** ![petervel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/petervel/32/5094_2.png) [@petervel](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/petervel)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/planetscale-is-removing-free-tier/25534/2 "2024-03-09T08:20:12Z")

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If anyone finds a good free/cheap alternative, I’d be very interested! $40/month is way, way too expensive for my little hobby project.

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**Author:** ![Programmist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/programmist/32/7006_2.png) [@Programmist](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/Programmist)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/planetscale-is-removing-free-tier/25534/3 "2024-03-09T19:32:24Z")

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I’m not sure of free MySQL alternatives, but this Reddit thread mentions several free-tier alternatives using other SQL databases, including [Supabase](https://supabase.com/) (Postgres), [Neon](https://neon.tech/) (Postgres), [CockroachDB](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/product/sql/) (Postgres [compatible](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/postgresql-vs-cockroachdb/)), and [Turso DB](https://turso.tech/) (SQLite)

[https://www.reddit.com/r/nextjs/comments/16j97n0/planetscale\_alternative/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nextjs/comments/16j97n0/planetscale_alternative/)

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**Author:** ![onlyhasbi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/onlyhasbi/32/4608_2.png) [@onlyhasbi](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/onlyhasbi)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/planetscale-is-removing-free-tier/25534/4 "2024-03-09T22:38:41Z")

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Railway.app is good for alternative. But the database need some config, cause it only provide Posgres

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**Author:** ![dimsal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/dimsal/32/5766_2.png) [@dimsal](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/dimsal)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/planetscale-is-removing-free-tier/25534/5 "2024-03-16T07:31:01Z")

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Check out [Astro DB](https://astro.build/db/) they just recently launched this service.

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**Author:** ![robbiwafik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/robbiwafik/32/8067_2.png) [@robbiwafik](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/robbiwafik)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/planetscale-is-removing-free-tier/25534/6 "2024-05-01T22:23:34Z")

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Hi everyone,

Railway is a good alternative for PlanetScale, it has a trial plan (no credit card is required) and supports various db services including MySQL

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/codewithmosh/original/2X/c/c85e8bf1fb4b31437e27532f8ee1564d06d7172b.png)