Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Northflank
Northflank clearly comes out ahead of PlanetScale on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Neither lists a free tier. PlanetScale's paid plans start at $5/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Northflank | - |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | moderate |
| Integration | - | low |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentSales & CRM | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | developer-toolsdevopsdatabase | developer-toolsdatabase |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Northflank
usage based
usage based
custom
| Feature | northflank | planetscale |
|---|---|---|
| Builds & Backups: $0.08 / Gb / Month | ||
| Architecture Consultation | ||
| Cpu: $0.01667 / Vcpu / Hour | ||
| Business Support Included | ||
| Custom Deployments | ||
| Database Expertise | ||
| Disk: $0.15 / Gb / Month | ||
| Development And Low-Traffic Production Workloads | ||
| Gpu Support | ||
| High-Performance Local Nvme Storage | ||
| High-Scale Deployments | ||
| Migration Assistance | ||
| Logs & Metrics: $0.20 / Gb (First 10Gb Free) | ||
| Multi-Tenant, Single-Tenant, Or In Your Own Aws / Gcp Account | ||
| Memory: $0.00833 / Gb / Hour | ||
| Slack-Based Support | ||
| Network Egress: $0.06 / Gb |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Northflank comes out ahead overall, though PlanetScale can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Northflank scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
