What are the best open-source alternatives to PlanetScale?

The top open-source self-hostable alternatives to PlanetScale include cli, dub, briefkasten. Each can be self-hosted on standard cloud providers from a few dollars a month.

How much does it cost to self-host an open-source PlanetScale alternative?

The cheapest open-source PlanetScale alternative on this list self-hosts from $4.13/mo on real hosting providers.

Which open-source PlanetScale alternative is most actively maintained?

cli ranks highest on the ossreplace health score (composite of activity, maturity, community, security, sustainability, and adoption) at 67/100.

3 open-source alternatives · Updated daily

Open-source alternatives to PlanetScale

3 open-source projects that replace PlanetScale, ranked by computed health score and real self-hosting cost.

Deploy cli on hetzner → $4.13/mo See top pick: cli

OSS alternatives

$4.13

Cheapest /mo

The 3 alternatives, ranked by health

Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

cli

by planetscale

67/100

The CLI for PlanetScale Database

Go Apache-2.0

★651

$4.13/mo

⚙3/5

dub

by dubinc

64/100

The modern link attribution platform. Loved by world-class marketing teams like Framer, Perplexity, Superhuman, Twilio, Buffer and more.

TypeScript NOASSERTION

★23k

$4.13/mo

⚙3/5

briefkasten

by ndom91

56/100

Self hosted bookmarking app

Svelte MIT

★1.2k

$4.13/mo

⚙2/5

Compare the top PlanetScale alternatives head-to-head

Side-by-side breakdowns and self-hosting cost for the leading picks.

Pick your alternative

Most operators land on cli (top health score in this category; cheapest VPS path is cli on hetzner for $4.13/mo).

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Data refreshed daily. Pricing for PlanetScale sourced from official site.