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# PlanetScale Vitess Operator Reviews & Product Details

The Vitess Operator deploys and manages instances of MySQL with Vitess, a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL through generalized sharding

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Frederic H.

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What do you like best about PlanetScale Vitess Operator?

It is probably the best MySQL as a service platform in existance. Modern, blazing fast, easy to use from any languages, easy to scale and implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PlanetScale Vitess Operator?

They deprecated their free tier, which means the smallest plan is now 39$/month. That means when you want to build a small project that will or will not scale in time, you cannot use PlanetScale anymore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PlanetScale Vitess Operator solving and how is that benefiting you?

They help you get a MySQL database up and running in record time, accessible from all around the world, without any hassle. They can scale with your workload, they even have multiple branches for preview/production. Overall it's a very nice product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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