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Casdoor vs PlanetScale

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Casdoor and PlanetScale — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Casdoor vs PlanetScale: at a glance

FeatureCasdoorPlanetScale
SectorInfra & APIsInfra & APIs, DevOps
Velocity score5.00.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesidentity, authentication, mfa, security-hardeningdatabase, postgres, api-coverage, terraform
Last editorial update2h ago13d ago
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What is Casdoor?

Casdoor is spending its release cadence moving auth checks from the client to the server

Casdoor is in a tight patch cadence: six tagged releases inside a week, most carrying a single commit. The substance is concentrated in identity enforcement rather than features - password rotation and MFA setup are now enforced server-side, admin updates to a user respect the column whitelist, sessions and tokens are revoked when a user is forbidden, and phone numbers are normalised before they are stored. The remainder is release plumbing and a PostgreSQL query fix.

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What is PlanetScale?

PlanetScale is building out Postgres while making every control reachable without the dashboard.

The Postgres line carries the new capability: vectorscale extension support, storage configurable at database creation, out-of-memory alerts by both email and webhook, a customisable log line prefix, a Discovery Tool for evaluating existing databases, and updated pricing for private connection traffic. Database Traffic Control introduced resource budgets and has since gained warning thresholds and CLI management. The surface work is constant — API endpoints for backup policies, maintenance schedules, schema recommendations, deploy-request storage checks and invoice status, a Terraform provider at v1, and an Insights-only MCP server.

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Casdoor vs PlanetScale: editorial side-by-side

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Casdoor
INFRA · APIS
5.0

Casdoor is spending its release cadence moving auth checks from the client to the server

◆ Current state

Casdoor is in a tight patch cadence: six tagged releases inside a week, most carrying a single commit. The substance is concentrated in identity enforcement rather than features - password rotation and MFA setup are now enforced server-side, admin updates to a user respect the column whitelist, sessions and tokens are revoked when a user is forbidden, and phone numbers are normalised before they are stored. The remainder is release plumbing and a PostgreSQL query fix.

◆ Where it's heading

Read together, these commits describe one job: closing the gap between what the console enforces and what the backend enforces. Several of them move a check that previously lived in the UI into the server, which is the work of a project being deployed into environments that audit it. New authentication providers and integrations have thinned relative to this hardening pass.

◆ Prediction

The next releases most likely continue the same sweep - remaining endpoints where an admin or user request is trusted more than the server verifies - rather than adding a new identity provider.

PlanetScale logo
PlanetScale
INFRA · APISDEVOPS
0.0

PlanetScale is building out Postgres while making every control reachable without the dashboard.

◆ Current state

The Postgres line carries the new capability: vectorscale extension support, storage configurable at database creation, out-of-memory alerts by both email and webhook, a customisable log line prefix, a Discovery Tool for evaluating existing databases, and updated pricing for private connection traffic. Database Traffic Control introduced resource budgets and has since gained warning thresholds and CLI management. The surface work is constant — API endpoints for backup policies, maintenance schedules, schema recommendations, deploy-request storage checks and invoice status, a Terraform provider at v1, and an Insights-only MCP server.

◆ Where it's heading

PlanetScale is doing two things at once: closing the gap between its Postgres offering and its MySQL heritage, and making every operation scriptable. The API, Terraform and MCP work share a single goal — nothing should require the dashboard — and the schema-recommendations feature landing simultaneously as a REST endpoint and an MCP tool is the clearest statement of it. Traffic Control is the exception, launched as a named product surface and then immediately given the same CLI and threshold treatment.

◆ Prediction

Expect the remaining Postgres parity items and more MCP tools mirroring existing REST endpoints, following the schema-recommendations pattern where both arrived together.

Alternatives to Casdoor and PlanetScale

Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Casdoor or PlanetScale.

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Recent activity from Casdoor and PlanetScale

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 21h agoCasdoorPostgreSQL queries on the token.user column fixed
  2. 2d agoCasdoorHelm chart push retries on non-fast-forward
  3. 2d agoCasdoorPassword update and MFA setup enforced server-side
  4. 2d agoCasdoorColumns whitelist respected on admin user updates
  5. 2d agoCasdoorPhone numbers normalised and validated before saving
  6. 2d agoCasdoorSessions and tokens revoked when a user is forbidden
  7. 3mo agoPlanetScaleQuery Insights negated search terms
  8. 3mo agoPlanetScaleNew GCP region: Eemshaven, Netherlands
  9. 4mo agoPlanetScaleIntroducing Database Traffic Control™: resource budgets for your Postgres query traffic.Learn more
  10. 4mo agoPlanetScaleConfigure Postgres storage at database creation
  11. 4mo agoPlanetScaleSign-up page fragment (no release content)
  12. 4mo agoPlanetScaleInsights-only MCP server

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Casdoor and PlanetScale?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Casdoor is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Casdoor better than PlanetScale?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Casdoor is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Casdoor?

Top Casdoor alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Casdoor alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/casdoor for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to PlanetScale?

Top PlanetScale alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "PlanetScale alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/planetscale for the full list with editorial commentary on each.