Managed Postgres hosting.
Serverless, on our own engine.
ScalixNova is managed Postgres hosting on a serverless engine. Host a PostgreSQL database on version 16, 17 or 18 with database branching, point-in-time recovery, scale-to-zero and a built-in query firewall, on a term-fenced durable write-ahead log we wrote ourselves.
Database branching
Create database branches for previews, testing, or AI agent sandboxes. Fully isolated, with their own compute.
Point-in-time recovery
Rewind to within minutes of your latest write. WAL-based with configurable retention. Automated backups.
Scale to zero
Compute suspends when idle and you pay nothing while it sleeps. Wakes automatically on the next query.
Query firewall
Built-in SQL injection protection. Allowlist/blocklist query patterns. Per-tenant isolation.
Branch your database like code.
Every branch is a complete, writable copy of your database at a point in time. Fully isolated, served by its own compute, created in seconds. Spin one up per pull request, per test run, or per AI agent, and drop it when you're done. Point-in-time recovery uses the same machinery: restore to within minutes of your latest write, anywhere in your retention window.
Compute billed only while it runs
Compute suspends when your database is idle and wakes on the next query. The meter follows the compute: active time draws from your credit pool at $0.095/CU-hour, and compute billing stops while suspended. Stored data keeps billing at $0.115/GB-month. A side project that's busy two hours a day pays compute for two hours a day.
Architecture
ScalixNova separates storage from compute. The storage engine materializes pages from the WAL log. The WAL keeper provides term-fenced, fsync-durable WAL storage. The compute layer runs PostgreSQL workers on your choice of 16, 17, or 18. All written in Rust, owned end to end.