PlanetScale
PlanetScale provides cloud-based MySQL and Postgres database services, focusing on horizontal scaling and high performance. The company has raised $105M in funding and employs 99 people.
The growth story
PlanetScale grew from 65 to 99 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $105M along the way, most recently a Series C in November 2021.
About
PlanetScale offers managed database services for MySQL and Postgres, emphasizing horizontal scaling through Vitess and Neki technologies. Its cloud-based solutions target enterprises needing high-performance, secure, and compliant database management.
The company, founded in 2018, has grown to 99 employees and secured $105M in funding, including a Series C round in November 2021. Its investors include Andreessen Horowitz and Insight Partners.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates PlanetScale's workforce, accounting for 60 of its 99 employees. The company is led by a team with strong ties to major tech investors and industry players.
The PlanetScale org chart
Sam Lambert (Co-founder/CEO) leads 21 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 60 (+88% YoY), Information Technology 12 (+20% YoY), Sales 4 (0% YoY), Business Development 3 (0% YoY), Operations 3 (+50% YoY).
Talent flow
PlanetScale recruits heavily from GitHub, with 22 hires, and draws talent from AWS, IBM, and MongoDB. Alumni often move to companies like Qdrant, Supabase, and Databricks.
Most common previous employers of PlanetScale staff: GitHub (22), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (5), IBM (5), Pythian (4), MongoDB (3), Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB) (3). Former PlanetScale employees most often moved to Qdrant (6), Supabase (4), SpaceXAI (3), Databricks (3), Google (2), Cloudflare (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The PlanetScale mafia
PlanetScale alumni have founded three companies, including Artistrí, AlphaBytez, and Hersenboerderij, each with small teams of 1-2 staff members.
3Lorynn Boland, was Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer until 2024Olliec Funderburg, was Technical Account Manager until 2023Jarno van Es, was Music Composer until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 47% direct, 30% search, 13% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at PlanetScale: Linux (47), SQL (39), Git (38), MySQL (37), Python (Programming Language) (36), Software Development (31), JavaScript (31), Java (27).
Where the team actually sits
PlanetScale people are concentrated in California, United States (18), United States (4), New York, United States (4), Texas, United States (4).
Search footprint
PlanetScale attracts about 11,660 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $79K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,541 ranking keywords and lost 1,407 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
PlanetScale has 99 employees as of September 2026.
PlanetScale has raised $105M in total, most recently a Series C round in November 2021.
PlanetScale was founded in 2018 by Sam Lambert, Jiten Vaidya.
Sam Lambert (Co-founder/CEO) sits at the top of PlanetScale's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current PlanetScale staff are GitHub (22 people), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (5 people), IBM (5 people).
Former PlanetScale employees most often move to Qdrant (6), Supabase (4), SpaceXAI (3).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at PlanetScale, including Artistrí, AlphaBytez, Hersenboerderij.
PlanetScale attracts about 11,660 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $79K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among PlanetScale staff are Linux, SQL, Git, MySQL, Python (Programming Language).
PlanetScale staff are concentrated in California, United States (18), United States (4), New York, United States (4).
PlanetScale has about 60 people in Engineering, up 88% over the past year, as of September 2026.
PlanetScale has about 12 people in Information Technology, up 20% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 85 current and 131 former PlanetScale profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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