$50 PlanetScale Metal is GA for Postgres

PlanetScale has announced the general availability of its Metal offering for Postgres, introducing smaller and more affordable options starting at $50 per month, with configurations as low as 1GiB of RAM and storage options ranging from 10GB to 1.2TB. This update marks a significant step toward decoupling CPU and RAM from storage capacity, allowing customers to tailor their database configurations to specific workloads while maintaining low latency and reliability through locally attached NVMe drives. The new offering provides flexibility for users to choose optimal storage without necessarily increasing CPU and RAM, addressing customer demand for lower starting prices and customizable storage options. The platform is now available in AWS regions with both Intel and ARM CPUs, and support for GCP and Vitess is anticipated soon, enabling customers to either create new databases or resize existing ones with enhanced I/O capacity.