PlanetScale Cost Optimization
Cut your PlanetScale bill: OhChimp finds idle dev branches, sleeping databases, and oversized clusters, then verifies the savings on your real invoice.
How does OhChimp connect to PlanetScale?
With a read-only PlanetScale service token using the composite service_token_id:service_token authorization header (PlanetScale service tokens are not Bearer tokens). Scope it to read_organization and read_databases for inventory, and optionally read_invoices to surface your latest invoice total.
Does OhChimp need write access or see my data?
No. The service token is read-only. OhChimp reads inventory metadata only: your databases by plan, cluster size, and region, your branches and their update timestamps, and (if granted) your latest invoice total. It never stores your application data, secrets, or table contents.
What PlanetScale costs can OhChimp actually reduce?
Idle development branches that keep billing per branch-hour, sleeping databases carrying retention cost, oversized production clusters (PS-10, PS-20, PS-40), and plan or region sprawl across your organization. PlanetScale doesn't expose per-resource spend, so figures are list-price bounds plus your real invoice total as the baseline.
Who applies the changes, and can they be rolled back?
You do. Each fix is a reviewable plan with a confidence score, a risk level, and rollback steps. Nothing changes until you click apply, and OhChimp applies the matching code and infrastructure changes together. Deleting a development branch leaves the production branch untouched.
How are PlanetScale savings verified, and how is OhChimp priced?
Against your real PlanetScale invoice. A plan is marked VERIFIED only after the bill drops 10% or more, holds for at least 7 days, and passes 3 consecutive positive checks. Until then it stays flagged not implemented. Pricing is a flat monthly fee, and OhChimp never takes a cut of your savings. Paid plans come with a year-one ROI guarantee: a full refund of subscription fees if it doesn't pay for itself in the first 12 months.