PlanetScale's backup service is designed to meet the data protection and recovery needs of applications built on their platform.
While PlanetScale built-in solution is great for development environment it is not suitable for a production backup policy: relying on your database provider's to also manage your backups is a risky strategy that can lead to data loss.
It's important to align your backup strategy with your business's specific requirements.
Depending on your compliance and risk considerations, you might choose to complement PlanetScale's backup service with additional backup solutions or disaster recovery strategies.