Big news: We've supercharged
@Maple reliability & performance with PlanetScale! 🚀
Zero downtime migration, 45% faster API responses, and game-changing observability for our encrypted workloads.
At OpenSecret, we power truly private AI chat (Maple AI) using AWS Nitro Enclaves. User data is always encrypted - even we can't see it. This makes database reliability and deep observability non-negotiable. Guesswork isn't an option.
Our previous provider struggled with our always-on demands. During a critical week, we suffered hours of downtime across 4 incidents. Cold starts hurt UX, usage-based pricing punished growth, and we had zero performance visibility.
PlanetScale changed everything:
✅ Predictable pricing: $156 | 130,261 sats | 130,357 sats/mo for 4 DBs + 8 replicas (vs $250 | 208,751 sats | 208,906 sats for less elsewhere!)
✅ Instant p99 latency (1.0ms!) & query insights
✅ Built-in failover & 100% uptime since migration
✅ Migrated with ZERO downtime using their tools
The performance leap shocked us:
• Slowest API endpoint latency dropped 45% (550ms → 300ms)
• Finally see which queries need optimization
• Insights work perfectly on encrypted data - critical since we debug "blind"
Cost savings? 38% less while getting 3X the infrastructure. But the real win is confidence: automatic failover, replicas always running, and metrics that actually help us optimize.
We build confidential computing; PlanetScale masters databases. This focus lets us innovate faster on our confidential app platform for apps like Maple AI while knowing our foundation is solid. Branching, sharding, and Metal tier await as we scale! 🙌
You can read the full technical writeup on our blog:
https://blog.opensecret.cloud/why-we-migrated-from-neon-to-planetscale/
