Neki is a B2B product built for database engineers and teams operating large-scale PostgreSQL workloads.

Is Neki still active?

Unverified. Neki has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Neki?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include seraph-db, Matrify, and Base.

Neki is developed by PlanetScale.

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Neki

Name: Neki
Author: PlanetScale

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Neki is PlanetScale’s sharded PostgreSQL system for scaling databases to very large query volumes and data sizes. It provides a query router, sidecars, control plane, shard splitting, and zero-downtime resharding for teams running high-scale Postgres workloads.

WebCloud-managed

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Overview

8 features

Neki is a Databases (SQL, NoSQL, vector, graph) project. It focuses on scaling PostgreSQL databases beyond the capacity of a single machine without downtime during resharding. Neki is a B2B product aimed at database engineers and teams operating large-scale PostgreSQL workloads. It runs on the web.

Behind Neki is PlanetScale. Among its 8 catalogued features are query routing, postgres shards, and shard splitting. Neki is currently in beta.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Query routing
Postgres shards
Shard splitting
Zero-downtime resharding
Online data movement
Topology management
Replication catch-up
Horizontal scaling

Built with & integrations

Framework

Next.js

Hosting

Cloudflare

Runs on

BrowserCloud-managed

Detected from

Next.js: x-nextjs-cache header · /_next/static/ in the HTML
Cloudflare: cf-ray header · cf-cache-status header

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPS

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed11 Sept · 02:40 UTC
Neki by PlanetScale verified via Hacker News firehose (Algolia)
Source: Hacker News firehose (Algolia) · Open

Frequently asked questions about Neki

What does Neki do?: Neki focuses on scaling PostgreSQL databases beyond the capacity of a single machine without downtime during resharding. It is catalogued under Databases (SQL, NoSQL, vector, graph) on PulseGate.
Who should use Neki?: Neki is a B2B product built for database engineers and teams operating large-scale PostgreSQL workloads.
What platforms does Neki run on?: Neki runs on the web.
Is Neki still active?: Unverified. Neki has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Neki?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include seraph-db, Matrify, and Base.seraph-db Matrify Base
Who makes Neki?: Neki is developed by PlanetScale.

At a glance

Platforms: Web
Languages: English
First seen: 11 Sept 2026
Status: 🟡 Beta
Built for: database engineers and teams operating large-scale PostgreSQL workloads
Model: B2B
Solves: Scaling PostgreSQL databases beyond the capacity of a single machine without downtime during resharding.

Developer

PlanetScale

Index record

Indexed: 11 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 11 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: neki-by-planetscale-neki-dev
Lifecycle state recorded: 11 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 11 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 11 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://neki.dev/

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