Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Fauna
Fauna clearly comes out ahead of PlanetScale on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Fauna has a free tier; PlanetScale does not. Paid plans start at $5/mo for PlanetScale and $150/mo for Fauna.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | - | Fauna, Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | moderate | - |
| Integration | low | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | developer-toolsdatabase | devopsdatabase |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | planetscale | fauna |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture Consultation | ||
| Backup And Restore | ||
| Business Support Included | ||
| Built-In Authorization | ||
| Database Expertise | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Development And Low-Traffic Production Workloads | ||
| Core Fauna Capabilities | ||
| High-Performance Local Nvme Storage | ||
| Custom Throughput Options | ||
| Migration Assistance | ||
| Enhanced Throughput | ||
| Multi-Tenant, Single-Tenant, Or In Your Own Aws / Gcp Account | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Slack-Based Support | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Everything In Startup | ||
| Fauna Logs | ||
| Mfa | ||
| Multi-Tenant Capabilities | ||
| Premium Support | ||
| Private Endpoint Support | ||
| Sla Credits | ||
| Standard Support | ||
| Streams | ||
| Third-Party Authorization | ||
| Up To 100 Databases | ||
| Up To 15 Developers | ||
| Up To 5 Developers | ||
| Up To 500 Databases |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Fauna comes out ahead overall, though PlanetScale can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
PlanetScale's paid plans start at $5/mo and Fauna's start at $150/mo, so PlanetScale is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Fauna offers a free tier; PlanetScale does not currently list one.
PlanetScale scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
