Our take
Pick Beekeeper Studio if developers who will stay on Community free while they run a first film query — then Indie at $9/mo yearly when they need JSON sidebar / import-export, not Supabase’s Free $0 hosted editor first unless they want a hosted nest. Pick PlanetScale if app teams who will start Base at $5/month (single-node Postgres) or $30/month (PS-10 arm64 HA in us-east-1) while they open a first Cluster
branching database desk
Best for
Beekeeper Studio A query you start at a public $
PlanetScale A cluster you start at $5 / $30
Free plan
Beekeeper Studio No free plan
PlanetScale No free plan
Lowest paid
Beekeeper Studio Indie $9/mo yearly
PlanetScale Storage overage $0.50
Next step up
Beekeeper Studio Professional $14/mo
PlanetScale Postgres single-node $5/mo
Runs where
Beekeeper Studio Hosted
PlanetScale
Watch out
Beekeeper Studio Community misses sync / team
PlanetScale There is no $0 Hobby card
Last checked
Beekeeper Studio 2026-10-23 · beekeeperstudio.io/pricing
PlanetScale 2026-10-23 · planetscale.com/pricing.md
developers who will stay on Community free while they run a first film query — then Indie at $9/mo yearly when they need JSON sidebar / import-export, not Supabase’s Free $0 hosted editor first unless they want a hosted nest.
Read the Beekeeper Studio pageapp teams who will start Base at $5/month (single-node Postgres) or $30/month (PS-10 arm64 HA in us-east-1) while they open a first Cluster configuration screen, then add $5 PS-DEV branches or extra production SKUs when they need a deploy-request workflow.
Read the PlanetScale page