Is PlanetScale down right now? We check PlanetScale's official status page as you arrive, then show any outage, its 90-day uptime and what to use instead.
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PineconeWorking nowA vector database used to build AI search and assistants.Visit Pinecone (opens in a new tab)
TursoWorking nowA hosted SQLite database for apps.Visit Turso (opens in a new tab)
UpstashWorking nowServerless Redis and message queues.Visit Upstash (opens in a new tab)Email us and we'll tell you when PlanetScale reports a major outage, and when it's working again.
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Uptime and history
PlanetScale's uptime over the last 90 days is 100%, because it rated none of its problems a major outage. Smaller problems were open for 4 h 6 min in that time.
Not counted above: 2 problems that affected only one region or a few customers. They're listed under recent problems.
With 4 other hosted databases over the last 90 days, by what each reports on its own status page.
How well PlanetScale keeps people informed when something goes wrong.
Posting small problems openly is a good sign. An app that reports more problems isn't necessarily less reliable than one that reports fewer.
Recent
Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Gap in dashboard metrics for AWS us-east-1
AWS us-east-1 connectivity failures
Branch creation delays in GCP europe-west-1
Connectivity issues with Vitess databases in GCP
Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases
Insights metrics underreporting
Insights metrics underreporting
Parts
The record
Over the last 90 days PlanetScale ranks 2nd of the 5 hosted databases we can rank, with 100% uptime and a reported problem open for 4 h 6 min.
PlanetScale has reported 19 problems since October 2025, about 2 a month. It rated 1 of them as a major outage.
| Last 90 days | 4 problems, down from 6 in the 90 days before |
|---|---|
| Typical time to fix | 1 h 21 min |
| Longest problem | 20 h 49 min, starting 20 Jul 2026: Insights metrics underreporting |
| Last problem | 26 Oct 2026: Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes (1 h 38 min) |
| Longest quiet spell | 58 days without a problem, from 8 May 2026 to 6 Jul 2026 |
| Busiest month | July 2026, with 5 problems |
| Left out of these figures | 7 problems in one region or for a few customers |
From PlanetScale's own status page, as far back as we can read it in full. Rankings go by uptime, then time free of reported problems, then problems per month. A low count can mean few problems or few posts.
Alternatives
Other apps that do the same job, ranked by their own record over the last 90 days.
| App | Now | Problems, last 90 days | Time with problems | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upstash | Working normally | 1 | 0 min | Visit Upstash |
| Pinecone | Working normally | 3 | 7 h 55 min | Visit Pinecone |
| Turso | Working normally | 3 | 16 h 44 min | Visit Turso |
| MongoDB Atlas | Working normally | 11 | 2 days 10 h | Visit MongoDB Atlas |
| Supabase | Working normally | 29* | 16 days 10 h | Visit Supabase |
Ranked by their own reported problems over the last 90 days. * The record for this app is still filling in.
Safety
Facts from its own public records, checked every day.
Checked 3 Nov 2026 from planetscale.com's public records. Breach data from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0).
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Hosted MySQL and Postgres databases built to scale.
On Appys it’s listed under Developer tools and hosting, with the other hosted databases we follow. Every status and figure on this page comes from PlanetScale’s official status page, where PlanetScale’s own team posts problems and fixes.
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