European alternatives to PlanetScale
A serverless database platform built on the open-source Vitess project. A venture-backed US company running on the big US clouds, so your data sits under US jurisdiction.
Company information about PlanetScale
- Company
- PlanetScale, Inc.
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2018
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- VC-backed
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- Partial
- Infrastructure
- Mixed infrastructure
Why people switch away from PlanetScale
European alternatives to PlanetScale
Fully managed open-source databases – PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, OpenSearch, and more – deployable in the region and cloud of your choice, including the EU.
Want more options? Browse all European Databases alternatives →
People also replace
MongoDB Atlas Start somewhere.
Switching everything overnight is not realistic. Start where it matters most: your email, your cloud storage, your business tools. Replace one thing at a time.
The European Alternative already exists.
Pick Europe.
Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.