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Sam Lambert, CEO of PlanetScale: dropping the free tier was a great decision
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- Scaling DevTools
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- Jul 31, 2025
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Summary
Sam Lambert is the CEO of PlanetScale - a cloud database provider. Sam shares: - Why dropping the free tier was one of PlanetScale's best decisions. But is not for every startup. - People solving serious problems appreciate serious content and if you can create meaningful content, that's a big advantage. - CEOs should be transparent and collaborative but assertive. Don't let your company die while enacting someone else's decision - Express hard-to-convey-benefits via your customers’ experiences This episode is brought to you by WorkOS . If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs. Links: - Sam's Twitter - Sam's LinkedIn - PlanetScale - PlanetScale Postgres - Caching blog post - Ted Nyman - Snowflake - Vitess