PlanetScale is a MySQL-compatible database that brings you scale, performance, and reliability — without sacrificing developer experience. With PlanetScale, you get the power of horizontal sharding, non-blocking schema changes, and many more powerful database features without the pain of implementing them. The database market is the most sought after in the VC space and is projected to be a $60 billion business by the end of 2022. The pace of innovation is mind-blowing. The opportunity is massive. Created by the people who built the infrastructure at YouTube, PayPal, Dropbox, and GitHub. PlanetScale is a series C start-up with over $100 million in funding raised; and backed by leading VC companies like a16z, SignalFire, Insight Partners, and Kleiner Perkins.
| Website | https://planetscale.com |
| Revenue | $18.9 million |
| Employees | 75 (75 on RocketReach) |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Address | 535 Mission St 14th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105, US |
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| Industry | Software Development, Database, Data and Analytics, Software, Information Technology |
| Keywords | Serverless Database, Database As A Service, Scalable Database, Database Scalability, Mysql Database, Cloud Database, Database Performance, Sql Database, Managed Database, Database Solutions, High Availability Database, Distributed Database, Developer Experience, Global Database, Database Infrastructure |
| Competitors | Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, Google, MongoDB, Redis Labs, Cockroach Labs, Yugabyte, Timescale, Fauna Inc. +31 more (view full list) |
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The PlanetScale annual revenue was $18.9 million in 2026.
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75 people are employed at PlanetScale.
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Top PlanetScale Employees
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Sam Lambert
Co-founder and CEO at PlanetScale
San Francisco, CA, US23 -
Jiten Vaidya
Co-Founder and CSO at PlanetScale
San Jose, CA, US24 -
Kevan Zadeh
Chief Operating Officer at PlanetScale
California, United States21 -
Nicholas Van Wiggeren
Chief Technology Officer at PlanetScale
Seattle, WA, US23 -
Travis Cole
SVP Engineering at PlanetScale
San Francisco, CA, US25+ -
Derek Downey
Vice President of Customer Engineering at PlanetScale
Knoxville, TN, US42 -
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Tal Niv
General Counsel and VP People at PlanetScale
United States24 -
Holly Guevara
VP Developer Marketing at PlanetScale
Maple Valley, WA, US11 -
Frank Fink
Director, Security and Compliance at PlanetScale
Los Angeles, CA, US35
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