Hydra

Hydra is a serverless analytics database that runs on Postgres. It uses columnar storage to compress your data by up to 15 times, which makes queries much faster and storage much cheaper. The platform automatically scales computing power up or down based on your needs, so you never pay for resources you're not using.

Unlike traditional databases that store data row by row, Hydra organizes data in columns. This makes it extremely fast for analytical queries that need to scan large amounts of data. It also includes automatic caching and read replicas to handle high traffic without slowing down.

The service works with your existing Postgres tools and applications, so you don't need to learn new technologies or rewrite your code to get started.

Getting started with Hydra is straightforward, whether you choose the cloud service or self-hosted option:

• Sign up for a free account at hydra.so and connect to your new database using standard Postgres connection strings.

• Create analytics tables using simple SQL commands. Hydra automatically converts data into columnar format for fast processing.

• Use the web dashboard to monitor performance, manage storage, and track compute usage in real-time.

• Connect your favorite tools like Metabase, Grafana, or any application that works with Postgres without any special configuration.

• For advanced features, enable read replicas through the dashboard to scale read operations across multiple instances.

• Set up automatic backups and configure retention periods based on your plan level.

• Monitor costs through the dashboard where you can see compute hours used and storage consumed each month.

• Serverless Postgres with columnar storage

• Sub-second analytics on billions of rows

• Automatic compute scaling and caching

• 5-15x data compression rates

• Read scaling replicas for high traffic

• Open source extension available

• Snapshot and WAL backup options

• Compatible with all Postgres tools

• Pay-per-use pricing model

• 14-day free trial on Scale plan