Product A
Cloudflare Workers
by Cloudflare Inc.
Serverless compute at the edge in 300+ locations with near-zero cold starts.
Free tier
Visit Cloudflare Workers →Product B
PlanetScale
by PlanetScale Inc.
Serverless MySQL with branch-based schema changes and infinite scale.
$39mo
Visit PlanetScale →Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Cloudflare Workers | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | FreeBetter | $39mo |
| Free Tier | Yes | No |
| Top Pros | Near-zero cold starts | Branch-based schema migrations |
| 300+ global edge locations | Powered by Vitess (battle-tested) | |
| Extremely cheap at scale | Horizontal sharding built in | |
| Top Cons | V8 isolate runtime has API limitations | No free tier anymore |
| Debugging is harder than traditional servers | MySQL only — no Postgres |
Choose Cloudflare Workers if you…
- Want: near-zero cold starts
- Want: 300+ global edge locations
- Want: extremely cheap at scale
Choose PlanetScale if you…
- Want: branch-based schema migrations
- Want: powered by vitess (battle-tested)
- Want: horizontal sharding built in