Speed
p99 ↓Predictable low latency under load — fewer surprises when queries and traffic spike together.
Coming soon · Private beta
Rowdex is a next-generation database built for throughput.
Performance-first storage and query execution with a developer-native control plane. Built for teams who care about tail latency, honest scaling, and shipping without fighting the engine.
Write path profiledReplication steadyCompaction healthyPlanner cache warm
Why we are building it
Most teams outgrow defaults: ORMs hide complexity until they cannot; legacy databases export pain as scale. Rowdex targets the intersection of throughput, operational clarity, and APIs that engineers actually want to integrate — without sacrificing the safety properties production demands.
Scale
∞ shardsGrow with your data and teams: partitioning and replication primitives designed for real production shapes.
Developer experience
DX firstMigrations, observability hooks, and workflows that match how backend teams ship — not how databases used to work.
Trust
Designed with production boundaries in mind: least-privilege patterns, auditable access paths, and operational signals that help you answer "what happened?" under pressure — before it becomes a ticket storm.
Encryption in transitStrict isolation defaultsObservable query pathsEscape hatches for experts
Beta access
Ship the evaluation your stack deserves
We prioritize teams with concrete workloads: high write/read churn, multi-tenant SaaS, or strict SLOs. Share enough detail for us to place you in the right cohort — we read every request.
- Early builds, direct feedback loop with the core team
- No spam — invitation-only batches as capacity allows
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