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PlanetScale
Schema branching survived contact with the agents entirely.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — Anthropic has not replaced it
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the dev tools job, so this one still earns its $39/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Databases are infrastructure, not a prompt. Anthropic, February 24, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Supabase.
- What the call is worth $468/yr
- $39/mo at the entry paid tier — $468 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Anthropic
- Since
- February 24, 2025
- List price
- $39/mo
- Per year
- $468
The backstory
PlanetScale offers MySQL with branch-and-merge schema workflows. Coding agents produce migrations faster than humans ever did, which makes safe schema deployment more valuable rather than less. Removing the free tier hurt hobbyists, but the enterprise thesis is intact.
Escape hatches
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Supabase Postgres with a generous free tier.
supabase.com open_in_new N 
Neon Postgres with branching.
neon.tech open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.
