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Auth0 vs PlanetScale: 2026 Comparison

Auth0 PlanetScale
Overview A flexible authentication and authorization platform for building secure login experiences with social, passwordless, and MFA support. A serverless MySQL-compatible database platform with branching, deploy requests, and automatic scaling.
Pricing Freemium (Free-$23/1K MAU) Freemium (Free-$39/month)
Key Features
  • Universal Login
  • Social connections
  • MFA
  • Passwordless
  • SSO
  • RBAC
  • Breached password detection
  • Extensibility
  • MySQL compatible
  • Database branching
  • Deploy requests
  • Auto-scaling
  • Read replicas
  • Insights
  • Connection pooling
  • CLI
Pros
  • Comprehensive auth solution
  • Many social providers
  • Good documentation
  • Flexible rules
  • Database branching is revolutionary
  • Serverless scaling
  • Great developer experience
  • Vitess-powered
Cons
  • Expensive at scale
  • Complex pricing
  • Can be overkill
  • Okta acquisition concerns
  • Free tier removed
  • MySQL only
  • No foreign keys enforcement
  • Can be expensive at scale