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ProgressDB is a chat-optimized database offering threaded messages, real-time updates, and built-in chat features via simple APIs and SDKs.
- for
- Developers building chat, AI assistant, or real-time collaboration apps.
- pricing
- contact sales
Key features
- Threaded messages — Versioned edits, soft-deletes and metadata stored per thread.
- Fast reads & writes — Optimized for common chat access patterns with sub-millisecond acknowledgments.
- Per-thread encryption — DEK & KEK style encryption applied to each chat thread.
- Retention policies — TTL and cron-based automatic purge of old messages.
- SDKs & data explorer — Node.js, Python, TypeScript, React SDKs and an admin dashboard for data inspection.
- Realtime hooks (planned) — Websocket and webhook support for live updates.
Use cases
- Live voice agents storing incremental transcripts with versioned edits.
- AI assistants streaming partial responses and finalizing them later.
- Meeting recording apps capturing speaker turns and post-processing corrections.
- Customer support platforms with multi-entity ticket threads and audit-friendly versioning.
- Code agents handling bursty payloads with non-blocking writes.
ProgressDB vs alternatives
.png?width=64){kind=logo} ProgressDB |  Firebase |  Appwrite |  Supabase |  MongoDB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Chat-native storage with sub-ms latency | Full-stack app backend | General backend services | SQL-based app development | General document storage |
| Pricing | Contact sales | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Launched | Jan 2026 | — | — | — | — |
- ProgressDB vs Firebase: General-purpose app platform, not specialized for chat thread storage
- ProgressDB vs Appwrite: Open-source backend offering many services but no native chat thread model
- ProgressDB vs Supabase: Postgres-based platform; requires custom schema for chat threads
- ProgressDB vs MongoDB: Document database; lacks built-in thread-first optimizations
ProgressDB FAQ
Is ProgressDB a hosted service or self-hosted?+
It can be self-hosted, with future options for managed hosting, BYOC, or open-core deployments.
What chat features are built in?+
Threaded messages, versioned edits, soft deletes, per-thread encryption, and policy-based retention are included out of the box.
How does performance compare to traditional databases?+
ProgressDB provides contention-free thread reads/writes and sub-millisecond acknowledgments, optimized for bursty chat workloads.
Which SDKs are available?+
Backend SDKs for Node.js and Python; frontend SDKs for TypeScript, React, and React Native.
Can I query chat data without N+1 queries?+
Yes, the thread-first design eliminates N+1 query patterns common in generic databases.
Summarized by DevHunt from progressdb.dev · Oct 6, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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