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Ably vs PlanetScale: 2026 Comparison

Ably PlanetScale
Overview A realtime messaging infrastructure platform providing pub/sub, presence, and stream processing for applications at scale. A serverless MySQL-compatible database platform with branching, deploy requests, and automatic scaling.
Pricing Freemium (Free-$99/month) Freemium (Free-$39/month)
Key Features
  • Pub/sub messaging
  • Presence
  • Stream processing
  • Webhooks
  • MQTT support
  • Message queuing
  • History
  • Global edge network
  • MySQL compatible
  • Database branching
  • Deploy requests
  • Auto-scaling
  • Read replicas
  • Insights
  • Connection pooling
  • CLI
Pros
  • Enterprise-grade reliability
  • Global edge network
  • Protocol support
  • Good documentation
  • Database branching is revolutionary
  • Serverless scaling
  • Great developer experience
  • Vitess-powered
Cons
  • Can be expensive
  • Complex pricing
  • Smaller community
  • Learning curve
  • Free tier removed
  • MySQL only
  • No foreign keys enforcement
  • Can be expensive at scale