PlanetScale for React Native

PlanetScale is a MySQL-compatible serverless database platform built on Vitess — the same database sharding technology that powers YouTube and Google — designed to give React Native backend teams the scalability of Google-scale infrastructure with the familiarity of MySQL.

With branching workflows, non-blocking schema changes, and automatic query optimization, PlanetScale brings a developer-friendly Git-like workflow to database operations — so your team deploys schema changes safely without locking tables or causing downtime.

How PlanetScale will help you grow and be more successful?

1. Deploy schema changes without downtime or table locks. PlanetScale's branching model lets you propose, test, and merge database schema changes like pull requests — non-blocking migrations run automatically, so your React Native app's backend updates without a maintenance window or degraded user experience.
2. Scale your database without a DBA. PlanetScale's Vitess foundation handles horizontal sharding automatically as your data grows — so the same database setup that works for your first 1,000 users scales to your first 10 million without re-architecting your data layer.
3. Ship faster with database branches. Create a PlanetScale branch for every feature branch — test risky schema changes in isolation before merging to production, and roll back instantly if something goes wrong — without affecting your live React Native app's database.