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  "verdict": "PlanetScale removed its free tier in 2024, making it a harder sell for hobbyists. But for production MySQL workloads, the managed Vitess offering with zero-downtime migrations is unmatched. Postgres support starting at $5/mo is competitive.",
  "bestFor": "Teams needing zero-downtime schema migrations | MySQL-heavy production workloads | Companies scaling beyond single-node databases | Organizations requiring horizontal sharding",
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    "No free tier, even development databases cost $5/mo minimum",
    "Bandwidth overage at $0.06/GB can surprise high-traffic apps",
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