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MIXED
66/100
ALIGNAI SCORE
CONFIDENCE 63.2%
Mixed Reviews
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PostgREST
Turns a PostgreSQL database directly into a RESTful API
MIXEDAI Build
Pricing
Free
Learning curve
Moderate
Time to value
Days
BEST FORSmall TeamGrowing Business
WORKS FOR

Storing processed API request metadata for analytics dashboards, Replacing vector databases for standard full-text keyword search (BM25)

KEY INSIGHT

It is a foundational database layer that can directly serve as a REST API, eliminating the need for a separate backend.

DOESN'T WORK FOR

Users are unclear if it's an alternative to or a wrapper for PostgREST for the API layer

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Community Reviews

Reviews from Reddit, Product Hunt, Hacker News & AlignAI members

MIXED

Check processed_events for event.id Insert event.id before side effects

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Storing processed event IDs for idempotency checks

WORKED

Ingestion is decoupled from the dashboard. SDKs POST to a standalone Go ingest service (ingest.peekapi.dev) that handles geo extraction, batching, and writes to Postgres.

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Storing processed API request metadata for the analytics dashboard

WORKED

Postgres with Drizzle ORM.

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Used as the database.

WORKED

This build is running on top of Postgres + Redis + RabbitMQ + S3 + an LLM router (20+ providers).

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: As a foundational database layer for their AI substrate/operating system.

WORKED

Now, when a user searches, we hit Postgres first. It costs $0 in API fees and takes 50ms.

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Replacing the vector database for standard full-text keyword search (BM25).

WORKED

Smith uses Postgres row level security to isolate user agent interactions and provides Postgres based session storage that the agent can query with full-text search.

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Session storage and row-level security for user agent isolation

MIXED

Is this offering an alternative to PostgREST or a wrapper around it?

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Considering it as a potential alternative for the API layer

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