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Bummer that all the postgres serverless providers are getting acquired. First Neon, now this. Hope the innovation and competitive pricing continues!
by chachra 1y ago
Bummer that all the postgres serverless providers are getting acquired. First Neon, now this. Hope the innovation and competitive pricing continues!
- redwood 1y agoThere's still Xata. And plenty of other options that support a Postgres compatible API like CockroachDB and Yugabyte. The problem is there's so much sprawl in this postgres ecosystem that it seems like no one other than the hyperscalers is really able to reach a escape velocity...
- tristan957 1y agoYugabyte is Postgres from my understanding. They recently rebased from 12 to 15, I think.
- redwood 1y agoI thought they were slowly closing the car in terms of capabilities
- AnnaPali 1y agoSounds like time to build up a new postgres serverless company and get acquihired/exited!
- dmurray 1y agoIf everyone in this sector is getting lucrative acquisitions, that should encourage more copycats.
- throwaway314155 1y agoI feel like the history of anti-trust regulation in America has something to say about that...
- mediaman 1y agoThat only works if there are moats that discourage new entrants (e.g., buying a social media upstart works because of the network effect). Not obvious serverless postgres is in that category.
- thomasjudge 1y agothere's only so many buyers