Choose PlanetScale if you need
- Integration with Cloudflare, GitHub Actions or Terraform. We haven't found them on Xata's website.
At a glance
- Xata offers a free trial (14 days). We haven't confirmed one for PlanetScale.
- PlanetScale's lowest paid plan is Metal at $50 per month, starting price, as of October 19, 2026.
- Both are available on CLI and API.
- They list no integrations in common.
- Both list SOC 2, HIPAA and SSO.
- Only Xata lists GDPR.
- PlanetScale has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for Xata.
- Xata can be self-hosted. We haven't confirmed that for PlanetScale.
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 Xata if you need
- Integration with GitHub or Vercel. We haven't found them on PlanetScale's website.
- GDPR. We haven't found it on PlanetScale's website.
PlanetScale
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Xata
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Review XataThe facts
- What it does
- PlanetScaleCloud hosting for Vitess, Neki and Postgres databases
- XataThe branch native Postgres platform
- Free plan
- PlanetScaleNot confirmed
- XataNot confirmed
- Pricing
- PlanetScalePer cluster, monthly
- XataUsage-based
- Paid plans from
- PlanetScale
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Platforms
Both
- CLI
- API
Only PlanetScaleNothing else listed
Only XataNothing else listed
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only PlanetScale
- Cloudflare
- GitHub Actions
- Terraform
Only Xata
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between PlanetScale and Xata yet.
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