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PlanetScale vs Postgres-XC

A side-by-side look at PlanetScale and Postgres-XC. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

PlanetScale

PlanetScale

Development

PlanetScale is a database platform designed for serverless applications. It is MySQL compatible, provides auto-scaling, multi-region replication, and aims to make database management simple.

serverlessautoscalingmultiregionreplicationmysql-compatible
Postgres-XC

Postgres-XC

Databases

Postgres-XC is an open source, shared-nothing clustering extension for PostgreSQL. It provides horizontal scalability across multiple nodes for handling large workloads and high availability through automatic failover.

clusteringscalabilityhigh-availabilityopen-source