Choose MotherDuck if you need
- Integration with Hex, dbt or Fivetran. We haven't found them on PlanetScale's website.
- GDPR. We haven't found it on PlanetScale's website.
At a glance
- MotherDuck has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for PlanetScale.
- MotherDuck offers a free trial (7 days). We haven't confirmed one for PlanetScale.
- MotherDuck's lowest paid plan is Business at $250 per org per month plus usage, as of October 28, 2026.
- PlanetScale's lowest paid plan is Metal at $50 per month, starting price, as of October 19, 2026.
- They list no integrations in common.
- Both list SOC 2, HIPAA and SSO.
- Only MotherDuck lists GDPR.
- PlanetScale has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for MotherDuck.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose PlanetScale if you need
- Integration with Cloudflare, GitHub Actions or Terraform. We haven't found them on MotherDuck's website.
MotherDuck
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PlanetScale
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Review PlanetScaleThe facts
- What it does
- MotherDuckFast, serverless analytics powered by DuckDB with dedicated compute for every user and every agent.
- PlanetScaleCloud hosting for Vitess, Neki and Postgres databases
- Free plan
- MotherDuckYes
- PlanetScaleNot confirmed
- Pricing
- MotherDuckNot confirmed
- PlanetScalePer cluster, monthly
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only MotherDuck
- Hex
- dbt
- Fivetran
- Tableau
- Looker
- Apache Airflow
Only PlanetScale
- Cloudflare
- GitHub Actions
- Terraform
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between MotherDuck and PlanetScale yet.
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