Baserow vs PlanetScale for AI agents
As of 6 Oct 2026, PlanetScale gets an AI agent further: L2 · Gets in against L1 · Needs a person.
- Find: Docs for agents: llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server.
- Access: Can't sign up.
- Use: Work not reached.
- Pay: Payment not reached.
- Leave: Leaving not reached.
Stopped at sign up: needs a human. Next: let an agent sign up on its own
Needs a person to get in: L1 · Needs a person. Our agent read the user docs, the ReDoc API reference and llms.txt on its own, then stopped at signup: the documented account endpoint answers an error demanding a Cloudflare Turnstile token, and the web form shows the same visible challenge. With no account, the key page, the first call and the first piece of work in the API or the official MCP server were never reached. Paying stays card-only through the signed-in web UI once a person sets up the account; the UI also handles cancelling, though the docs name an API route for deleting the account.
Driven 6 Oct 2026 · The drive and its evidence- Find: Docs for agents: llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server.
- Access: Sign-up by email.
- Use: Work not reached.
- Pay: Card checkout.
- Leave: Leaves on its own: Nothing to cancel, deletes its account.
Got in; first wall at first action (blocked). Next: let a trial or free plan reach the core features
Gets in on its own: L2 · Gets in. Our agent signed up headless, no CAPTCHA, confirmed by email, logged in through the CLI's device flow, and pulled a service token for both the API and a hosted MCP server. It stopped trying to create a database: the API answered that it could not verify a card, and there is no free plan to work around that. Paying needs a card through Stripe Checkout; our agent never attached one, so it never reached core database work. Deleting the account needs the web UI: no API route exists for it.
Gets furtherDriven 2 Oct 2026 · The drive and its evidenceThe two summaries: written and checked by our agents from each product's drive. How we write.
Where each one stops.
BaserowStopped at sign up: needs a human
PlanetScaleGot in; first wall at first action (blocked)
| Checkpoint | Baserow | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Docs | Headless | Headless |
| Sign up | Needs a human | Headless |
| Verify | Not reached | Headless |
| Key | Not reached | Headless |
| First call | Not reached | Headless |
| First action | Not reached | Blocked |
| Pay | Not reached | Not tried |
| Cancel | Not reached | Not needed |
| Delete | Not reached | In a browser |
Headless or in a browser.
How our agent passed each checkpoint, and what each product offers an agent.
Checkpoints by route, API, MCP, CLI and SDK
| Baserow | PlanetScale | |
|---|---|---|
| Headless (checkpoints) | 1 | 5 |
| In a browser (checkpoints) | 0 | 1 |
| Needs a human (checkpoints) | 1 | 0 |
| Blocked (checkpoints) | 0 | 1 |
| Not tested (checkpoints) | 7 | 1 |
| Work done | Not measured | Paid plans only |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| OpenAPI | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes (official) | Yes (official) |
| CLI | No | Yes |
| SDK | No | No |
| llms.txt | Yes | Yes |
Bot checks, and where a person was needed.
| Baserow | PlanetScale | |
|---|---|---|
| Bot check | Cloudflare Turnstile stopped it at sign up, with a visible challenge | hidden honeypot field (telephone) let it through at sign up |
| Wall type | A check of our network and browser | No bot-check wall |
| First wall | Cloudflare Turnstile on the sign-up form | Got in; first wall at first action (blocked) |
| A person helped | No | No |
A check of our network and browser: It judged where our agent connects from and its browser, not a person. An agent that works on its own from a data center doesn't get through unless the owner lets signed agents in. How agents in a person's own browser fare isn't measured yet. Where we drive from.
Level and part scores.
| Baserow | PlanetScale | |
|---|---|---|
| Level | L1 · Needs a person | L2 · Gets in |
| Agent-ready setup | 90 of 100, good | 100 of 100, good |
| Standards | OpenAPI 3.0.3 (2 versions behind) | None recorded |
Holds up: not measured in these drives. Docs match is measured in an Audit. What the scores mean.
Pay, cancel and delete.
| Baserow | PlanetScale | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay | Payment not reached | Card checkout |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan | None |
| Cancel | Not reached | Not needed |
| Delete the account | Not reached | In a browser |
How each one takes payment
- Baserow: Payment not reached.
- PlanetScale: Card checkout.
Baserow vs PlanetScale: the short answers.
Which can an AI agent use, Baserow or PlanetScale?
PlanetScale gets an AI agent further: L2 · Gets in against L1 · Needs a person. With Baserow our agent was stopped at sign up (needs a human); with PlanetScale it got in and met its first wall at first action (blocked). Driven 6 Oct 2026 (Baserow) and 2 Oct 2026 (PlanetScale).
Can an AI agent sign up for Baserow and PlanetScale on its own?
Baserow: no, needs a human. PlanetScale: yes, headless.
Do Baserow and PlanetScale have an MCP server?
Baserow: yes (official). PlanetScale: yes (official).
Can an AI agent delete its Baserow or PlanetScale account?
Baserow: not reached. PlanetScale: yes, in a browser.
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