Ship AI Faster. Postgres That Branches With You.
Vela is a Postgres-based backend-as-a-service built for modern AI apps. Developers get instant database branches and clones, production-like test environments, and serverless scaling — all in their own cloud.
Instant Clones, Safe Testing
Clone production into isolated databases in seconds for QA, CI/CD, or staging. No staging drift, no surprises on release day.
Scale Resources Independently
Decouple compute from storage. Scale up without over-provisioning, optimize costs, and recover faster — all without IOPS throttling.
Built for Developers
Extended from OSS Supabase ecosystem you already love. Self-serve branching, schema testing, and smooth CI/CD integration for faster feedback.
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See Vela in Action
Watch how Vela transforms your database workflow with instant cloning, Git-like branching, and enterprise-grade performance.
How Vela Works
Plain PostgreSQL with a BaaS experience: instant branches, time travel, and independent scaling of compute and storage—on Kubernetes with strong RBAC.
- Copy-on-write branching & cloning
- Bookmarks for time travel & rollback
- Scale to zero for idle environments
- Separation of storage and compute
- Why NVMe storage matters
- Right-size compute to slash costs
Unlock Performance and Confidence in Every Release
Vela combines high-performance Postgres with instant cloning, disaster recovery, and Git-like workflows — built for enterprise teams who care about quality, not surprises.
High-Performance Architecture
Ultra-low latency. No tuning required.
Vela runs on modern infrastructure with NVMe-backed storage and high-throughput compute — delivering real-time performance for transactional, analytical, and mixed workloads.
Instant Copy-on-Write Clones
Spin up environments in seconds
Create space-efficient database clones for QA, testing, and staging. Our copy-on-write engine ensures instant cloning with minimal resource overhead until data diverges.
Zero Data Loss Protection
Snapshots, HA & PITR built in
Built-in support for high availability, scheduled backups, and point-in-time recovery. Recover fast from failures with no vendor lock-in or external dependencies.
Git-Like Database Workflows
Branch, test, and merge with confidence
Bring CI/CD principles to your database. Create isolated branches for each feature, run QA on real data, and merge back to production safely.
See Vela in Action for Your Team
Get a personalized demo and discover how Vela can transform your database workflow with instant cloning, Git-like branching, and enterprise-grade performance.
Powered by Postgres. Extended from Supabase.
Vela builds on the open-source Supabase ecosystem — including Studio, database APIs, and system services — and extends them with enterprise-grade control: backups, branching, observability, RBAC, and IAM integration.
* No affiliation with Supabase Inc. Based on the open-source Supabase project.
Familiar Developer Experience
Leverage Vela Studio Interface and client libraries without retraining your team. Just Postgres + better workflows.
Enterprise-Grade RBAC & IAM
Assign roles, enforce limits, and integrate with your org's identity provider — including LDAP, SAML, and OpenID.
Self-Hosted and Portable
Deploy Vela in your own cloud or on bare metal. No lock-in. Full control over compute, storage, and runtime.
Unmatched Performance
Vela delivers industry-leading performance metrics that outpace traditional cloud databases by orders of magnitude on commodity infrastructure. View detailed benchmark reports.
Exceptional read performance for analytics workloads on AWS
High-performance writes with linear scaling on AWS EC2
Sub-millisecond response times for real-time applications
Performance Comparison
See how Vela outperforms the competition
| Feature | Vela | Supabase | Neon | Aurora |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read Throughput (TPS) | 290,000 | ~15,000 | ~12,000 | ~45,000 |
| Write Throughput (TPS) | 23,000 | ~8,000 | ~6,000 | ~18,000 |
| Latency (p99) | 3ms | 15ms | 25ms | 8ms |
| Cold Start Time | Instant | 2-5s | 5-15s | 30-60s |
| Copy-on-Write Cloning | ✓ Instant | Manual Backup | Branch Creation | Snapshot Based |
* Performance metrics based on PostgreSQL benchmarks using pgbench with TPC-B workloads on AWS EC2. View detailed benchmark reports or calculate your savings.
Want to see detailed benchmark reports?
Download comprehensive PostgreSQL performance analysis and AWS RDS comparison reports with detailed methodology and metrics. Compare Vela vs AWS RDS or see OLAP performance metrics.
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Vela builds on the open-source Supabase ecosystem, extending it with backup scheduling, enterprise RBAC, IAM integration, and clone-based testing workflows. New to PostgreSQL? Check our PostgreSQL glossary. See how we handle OLAP workloads or learn about our unified database approach.
All Workloads on Postgres
OLTP, OLAP, vector search, time-series, graph, and caching — all on native Postgres
Instant Deployment
Deploy databases instantly without infrastructure setup or management
Built-in Backup & DR
Automatic backups and disaster recovery built into every AWS deployment
Bring Your Own Cloud
Deploy on AWS, GCP, Azure or on-prem. Give your developers serverless experience they love.
Database Branching
Create instant database branches for development, testing, and feature work
Modern Postgres Performance
High-performance storage layer optimized for real-time ingest, fast queries, and AI workloads
How much could you save with Vela?
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