PlanetScale vs Medusa

PlanetScale

Medusa

PlanetScale · 12 features

• Backups — Automated daily backups with retention.
• Database Branching — Git-like branches of your DB schema (not data). Create, diff, merge via deploy r…
• Deploy Requests — Schema changes in a feature branch get reviewed + auto-applied to main with zero…
• HIPAA — HIPAA-compliant deployments (Enterprise).
• Metal (NVMe) — Dedicated NVMe local storage. 10x IOPS vs EBS, latency-critical workloads.
• PgBouncer Pooler — Managed PgBouncer for Postgres clusters. Optional dedicated pooler.
• PlanetScale Boost — Query result cache with sub-ms reads.
• Point-in-Time Recovery — Restore cluster to any point within retention window.
• Postgres on PlanetScale — PostgreSQL 15+ with the same branching + deploy-request flow. Launched 2024.
• Query Insights — Per-query performance analytics, slow query tracking, explain plans.
• Read-only Regions — Route reads to the nearest region for lower latency.
• Vitess (MySQL at scale) — Horizontally-sharded MySQL (YouTube-scale) — original PlanetScale offering.

Medusa · 16 features

• Admin Dashboard — React-based admin UI.
• Auth — Customer + admin auth with JWT.
• Cart — Multi-region carts with tax/pricing logic.
• Checkout — Multi-step checkout flow.
• Customers + Groups — Customer records + B2B groups.
• Dynamic Pricing — Price lists, rules, customer-specific.
• Event Bus — Async events via Redis / RabbitMQ.
• File Service — Pluggable storage (S3, local).
• Gift Cards — Native gift-card support.
• Inventory + Multi-warehouse — Stock tracking across locations.
• Next.js Starter — Production-ready Next.js storefront.
• Orders + Fulfillment — Full order lifecycle (edits, returns, exchanges).
• Products + Variants — Products with options, variants, images.
• Promotions + Discounts — Rule-based promos, campaigns.
• Tax Providers — Pluggable tax calculation.
• Workflows Engine — Durable saga-style business logic.