OpenSecret Ditches Neon for PlanetScale: A Database Migration Story
OpenSecret, building a confidential computing platform powered by AWS Nitro Enclaves, migrated from Neon to PlanetScale after experiencing multiple outages. Neon's 'serverless' databases suffered hours of downtime during a critical week, severely impacting their core application, Maple AI. PlanetScale won OpenSecret over with its superior reliability, predictable pricing, and powerful observability tools (including p99 latency and query-level insights). The migration was smooth and zero-downtime, resulting in significant performance improvements and cost reductions. PlanetScale's expert support and laser focus on database excellence freed OpenSecret to concentrate on its core mission: building the best confidential computing platform possible.
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