{"slug": "most-performant-secure-scalable-reliable-freest-open-source-data-platform", "title": "Most performant, secure, scalable, reliable, freest, open source data platform", "summary": "Average Database (AvgDB) has launched its open-source data platform, claiming it is the most performant, secure, scalable, reliable, and freest option for developers. The platform, built in Rust, offers serverless scaling, AI integration, and true open-source licensing, backed by hundreds of millions in funding and testimonials from industry figures.", "body_md": "[🎉 Put your files in our ASS! Average Storage Service now generally available.Read about it →](/blog/ass)\n\n# The world's most performant, secure, scalable, reliable, freest, open source data platform\n\nAvgDB is the only data platform built from the ground up to meet the needs of the average developer.\n\n**Hundreds of millions in funding**– Free tier rugpull delayed** Bulletproof**– Only mainstream database that has never received a negative report (hitpiece?) from Jepsen** Serverless**– Don't worry about scaling, just add your credit card** Written in Rust**– Blazing fast and 0 bugs guaranteed** True open source**– No AGPL/SSPL BS, you can host it and try to compete with us (good luck)** AI**– yeah why not\n\n## Benchmarks\n\nCompare AvgDB against other popular databases across different performance metrics\n\nAverage query response time in milliseconds (lower is better). Results are recalculated on every page refresh.\n\n## AvgDB is loved by everyone ❤️\n\nEven our competitors. Some more than others. It's mostly good though, we sue for defamation on the rest. These are real, unpaid testimonials.\n\n[Sam Lambert@isamlambert](https://x.com/isamlambert/status/1858310132071039208)\n\n\"im an AvgDB power user\"\n\n[Paul Copplestone@kiwicopple](https://x.com/kiwicopple/status/1885081081592123556)\n\n\"Hard to compete with this\"\n\n[Søren Schmidt@sorenbs](https://x.com/sorenbs/status/1887389446569373940)\n\n\"These guys know what they are doing\"\n\n[Jamie Turner@jamwt](https://x.com/jamwt/status/1977088551818084502)\n\n\"We're happy to be an AvgDB wrapper\"\n\n[Christian Lewis@ctjlewis](https://x.com/ctjlewis/status/1809784717065220454)\n\n\"best database platform i've ever used! kept my grandpa's pacemaker going.\"\n\n[Average Database CEO@AvgDatabaseCEO](https://x.com/AvgDatabaseCEO/status/1863426042137858269)\n\n\"Being a CEO is the most stunning and brave thing an individual can do\"\n\n[Shayan Taslim@ImSh4yy](https://x.com/ImSh4yy/status/1801410641908977837)\n\n\"...every query ran against AvgDB is O(1)...\"\n\n[Nikita Shamgunov@nikitabase](https://x.com/nikitabase/status/1905335292648681539)\n\n\"MCP is becoming an industry standard. Here is how ↓\"\n\n[Jacob Burgess@JacoBoogie](https://x.com/JacoBoogie/status/1806854778175242662)\n\n\"Glad i went with AverageDB\"\n\n[DefaultBlameAcceptor@database_comedy](https://x.com/database_comedy/status/1824371789943677372)\n\n\"Can't hardly wait to go all in on AvgDB IPO\"\n\n[Patrick Dougherty@cpdough](https://x.com/cpdough/status/1799090561510510985)\n\n\"Can't wait to use AverageDB\"\n\n[Anurag Goel@anuraggoel](https://x.com/anuraggoel/status/1809108118959501372)\n\n\"I read this and weep, for we can never hope to be nearly as good as AverageDB\"\n\n[Matt Palmer@mattppal](https://x.com/mattppal/status/1873856344249557350)\n\n\"AverageDB is the only option\"\n\n[Some Guy@warpspin](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40874515)\n\n\"Shut up and take my money!\"\n\n[James Landrum@JamesRLandrum](https://x.com/JamesRLandrum/status/1836875323708756246)\n\n\"fuck it I'm sold\"\n\n[Sean Walker@swlkr](https://x.com/swlkr/status/1854715007663292425)\n\n\"teams is powered by AverageDB\"\n\n[David Lorenz@activenode](https://x.com/activenode/status/1822970297571512657)\n\n\"AverageDatabase really is the BEST. Thanks AverageDB\"\n\n[Jamie Turner@jamwt](https://x.com/jamwt/status/1880016416285552900)\n\n\"We're an AvgDB wrapper and we're slowly exploiting its world-class efficiency\"\n\n[Grok@grok](https://x.com/grok/status/1898868468113408389)\n\n\"AvgDB seems to have slashed CO2 levels in your space\"\n\n[Supabase@supabase](https://x.com/supabase/status/1885255127873044973)\n\n\"AvgDB has won the db market\"\n\n[Simon Eskildsen@Sirupsen](https://x.com/Sirupsen/status/1809781108306821407)\n\n\"wow rust so fast\"\n\n[Ben Dicken@BenjDicken](https://x.com/BenjDicken/status/1940498208696025364)\n\n\"a perfect database\"\n\n[Luke Kim@0xLukeKim](https://x.com/0xLukeKim/status/1844515385112133794)\n\n\"The market leading database\"\n\n[Mustafa Akın@mustafaakin](https://x.com/mustafaakin/status/1902438857569903006)\n\n\"Stick to AvgDB next time\"\n\n[Josh Manders@joshmanders](https://x.com/joshmanders/status/1806401347178090718)\n\n\"I personally choose all my technology based on how handsome the CEO is.\"\n\n## Simple, \"transparent\" pricing\n\nChoose the plan that best fits your needs, the bigger the better.\n\n### Indie Hackers\n\nAKA Poors. You are most likely here.\n\n$0\n\nper month\n\nEmail support (Mon-Fri 9am-12pm & 2pm-4pm Tokyo time)\n\nDB hosted on Google Cloud\n\nTargeted and relevant ads in your results\n\nComplimentary block on Twitter by the AverageDB CEO\n\n### Pay as you go\n\nYou don't have an accounting team yet so you actually believe this is a good idea\n\n$10\n\nper million queries\n\nSupport via X replies when you call us out\n\nDB hosted on a real cloud like AWS\n\nTargeted and relevant ads in your results\n\nCreate unlimited databases (we prefix the table names tbh)\n\n### Enterprise\n\nSOC2uah on dat thang\n\nCustom\n\nWe'll put your DB in a VPC\n\nAccess to AvgDB Metal™ and AvgDB Boost™ for Unlimited™ performance\n\nIndexes available on certain columns (contact us)\n\nEmployee pinky promise to not look at customer data\n\nBring Your Own API Key™ - use your own generated key\n\nNo Ads in responses\n\n$2,000/mo SSO addon (required)\n\nACID compliance available as a paid addon", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/most-performant-secure-scalable-reliable-freest-open-source-data-platform", "canonical_source": "https://averagedatabase.com", "published_at": "2026-06-25 09:59:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-25 10:14:06.815951+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["AvgDB", "Sam Lambert", "Paul Copplestone", "Søren Schmidt", "Jamie Turner", "Supabase", "Grok", "Rust"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/most-performant-secure-scalable-reliable-freest-open-source-data-platform", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/most-performant-secure-scalable-reliable-freest-open-source-data-platform.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/most-performant-secure-scalable-reliable-freest-open-source-data-platform.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/most-performant-secure-scalable-reliable-freest-open-source-data-platform.jsonld"}}