Our take
Pick DBeaver if developers who will stay on Community free while they run a first Customer/Invoice join — then Lite at $113/yr when they need the visual query builder, 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 configuration
branching database desk
Best for
DBeaver A query you start at a public $
PlanetScale A cluster you start at $5 / $30
Free plan
DBeaver No free plan
PlanetScale No free plan
Lowest paid
DBeaver Lite $113/mo
PlanetScale Storage overage $0.50
Next step up
DBeaver Ultimate $510/yr
PlanetScale Postgres single-node $5/mo
Runs where
DBeaver Hosted
PlanetScale
Watch out
DBeaver Community lacks PRO cloud / enterprise connectors
PlanetScale There is no $0 Hobby card
Last checked
DBeaver 2026-10-23 · dbeaver.com/edition
PlanetScale 2026-10-23 · planetscale.com/pricing.md
developers who will stay on Community free while they run a first Customer/Invoice join — then Lite at $113/yr when they need the visual query builder, not Supabase’s Free $0 hosted editor first unless they want a hosted nest.
Read the DBeaver 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