By Sam Lambert | November 14, 2025

Two weeks ago we announced we’d soon be shipping $5 single node Postgres databases across our global fleet. Today we are announcing that this process is now complete.

You can now spin up single node PlanetScale Postgres databases starting at just $5/month. These non-HA databases are production-ready and a cost-effective option for startups, side projects, proof of concepts, or development. You get all of PlanetScale’s developer-friendly features like Query Insights, schema recommendations, in-depth metrics, branching, and reliability, now starting at just $5 per month.

We are also lowering the price of development branches from $10 per month to $5 per month, making it more cost-effective to run additional staging and development environments.

Scaling single node

As your company or project grows, you can easily scale up on PlanetScale. Single node databases can vertically scale if you need to grow beyond the base $5 size. Just go to your cluster configuration page, select the cluster size you want, and click “Queue instance changes”.

You can also switch to HA mode on that same page by selecting “Primary + multi-replica”. This will add 2 replicas to your cluster for high availability. You can continue to upsize your cluster and add even more replicas as needed. And when the time comes that you need horizontal scale, we’ll soon have Neki, our sharded Postgres solution.

This means you can start your business on PlanetScale and feel at ease knowing you’ll never have to worry about a painful migration to a new database provider when you begin to hit scaling issues. PlanetScale runs some of the web’s largest workloads, so you’ll always be in great hands.

Get started

To get started, sign up for a PlanetScale account and select “Single node” during database creation. For single node pricing, see the pricing page.