Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Railway
Railway clearly comes out ahead of PlanetScale on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Railway has a free tier; PlanetScale does not. Paid plans start at $5/mo for PlanetScale and $5/mo for Railway.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | moderate | easy |
| Integration | low | low |
| Trending | Stable | Active |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | developer-toolsdatabase | developer-toolsdatabasecloud-infrastructure |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Railway
usage based
custom
freemium
usage based
usage based
custom
| Feature | planetscale | railway |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture Consultation | ||
| 0.5 Gb Of Volume Storage | ||
| Business Support Included | ||
| 18-Month Audit Log Retention | ||
| Database Expertise | ||
| 30-Day Log History | ||
| Development And Low-Traffic Production Workloads | ||
| 7-Day Log History | ||
| High-Performance Local Nvme Storage | ||
| 90-Day Log History | ||
| Migration Assistance | ||
| Bring Your Own Cloud | ||
| Multi-Tenant, Single-Tenant, Or In Your Own Aws / Gcp Account | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Slack-Based Support | ||
| Concurrent Global Regions | ||
| Dedicated Vms | ||
| Global Regions | ||
| Highest Compute Limits | ||
| Hipaa Baas | ||
| Includes $20 Of Monthly Usage Credits | ||
| Includes $5 Of Monthly Usage Credits | ||
| Railway Support | ||
| Role-Based Access Control | ||
| Single Developer Workspace | ||
| Single Sign-On | ||
| Support Slos | ||
| Unlimited Workspace Seats Included | ||
| Up To 1 Vcpu / 0.5 Gb Ram Per Service |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Railway 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 Railway's start at $5/mo, so PlanetScale is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Railway offers a free tier; PlanetScale does not currently list one.
