A cloud-native, open-source distributed SQL database built to handle transactional and analytical workloads at scale without manual sharding or infrastructure management. It provides HTAP capabilities and is designed to support modern application patterns including AI-driven features and vector search.

The managed service offers serverless scaling from zero to petabytes, non-blocking schema changes, and pay-as-you-go billing with a free tier for modest experimentation (free storage and read allowances). It integrates with common developer stacks and major AI vendors for building GenAI and RAG-style applications.

Developer-focused features include an AI-assisted SQL editor, branching for database schema and data, low-code data services (RESTful APIs and SQL-to-HTTP), and built-in monitoring to surface slow queries and resource bottlenecks. The product stems from an active open-source community with extensive ecosystem integrations and observability tooling.