Strategic overview

One database.
Every workload.

Absolute DB replaces five separate tools — relational DB, vector store, full-text engine, graph database, and streaming layer — with a single ~154 KB binary. No integration tax. No operational sprawl.

Market opportunity

A $120B market ready for consolidation

Enterprises are running 8–12 separate data tools on average. Every tool adds integration cost, latency, and operational risk. Absolute DB collapses the stack.

$120B
Global database market by 2028
(IDC 2024)
8–12×
Average number of separate data tools per enterprise deployment
~154 KB
Total binary size — smaller than a typical JPEG, larger than the competition's idea of "embedded"
Strategic pillars

Built for every tier simultaneously

From a Raspberry Pi Zero to a 65,536-node planetary cluster — the same binary, same API, same guarantees.

Embedded / IoT

Faster, smaller, safer than SQLite. Full ACID on a microcontroller. WASM target for browser and Cloudflare Workers. ~154 KB stripped binary.

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Developer / Startup

PostgreSQL wire-compatible — connect psql, DBeaver, Prisma, Django ORM, Rails, Sequelize without a single driver change. Zero-config launch.

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Enterprise OLTP

Full ACID, high availability, SSO/JWT, role and attribute-based access control — without the Oracle licensing bill. Point-in-time recovery, online schema changes.

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Enterprise OLAP

PAX columnar storage, AVX-512 SIMD kernels, parallel query with work-stealing scheduler. Parquet + Arrow IPC export. No Snowflake tax.

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AI / LLM Workloads

First-class HNSW vector index, RAG pipeline, agent memory store, BM25 + vector hybrid search, auto-embedding on INSERT, ColBERT multi-vector.

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Regulated Industries

GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS v4, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022 — fully automated. Post-quantum cryptography (FIPS 203/204/205) natively. Zero OpenSSL.

Absolute DB is not a niche database that does one thing well.
It is the best database in every class simultaneously
delivered as a single, auditable, dependency-free binary.
— D.H.Maree, Founder & Architect, Absolute DB v7.5.2
Competitive comparison

Why teams choose Absolute DB

Replacing five tools with one eliminates entire categories of operational risk.

Capability Absolute DB PostgreSQL SQLite Pinecone / Weaviate
Full SQL (ACID, joins, CTEs, window fns)
Native HNSW vector search extension
Full-text search (BM25) extension FTS5 only
Native graph traversal (BFS/DFS)
Raft HA + RAID-S clustering Patroni required proprietary
Post-quantum crypto (FIPS 203/204/205)
Zero external dependencies
Binary size (stripped) ~154 KB >25 MB ~1.2 MB SaaS only
GDPR / HIPAA / PCI-DSS v4 built-in
SQL:2023 conformance 100% (150/150) partial partial
Roadmap

Where we are going

A transparent, committed roadmap — every shipped item is verifiable in the changelog and test suite.

Shipped — v7.5.2 "Project Saura" — 2026-03-23

Foundation complete

SQL schemas, materialized views, table partitioning, migration CLI, SQL:2023 conformance 100%, client compatibility CI matrix (psycopg2, JDBC, Prisma, Django, Rails), TLA+ formal specs, Homebrew formula, Cloudflare Workers WASM.

2,164 tests 150/150 SQL:2023 0 ASan/UBSan/TSan ~154 KB binary
In development — v7.5.2 "Project Saura"

Performance parity & platform expansion

INSERT throughput ≥ 650 K/sec, point query < 2 µs, parallel speedup ≥ 6× on 8 cores, live notifications ≥ 20 M/sec. WASM binary < 300 KB gzip. RAM at idle < 1 MB. SQL conformance score page. SaaS control plane MVP.

650K inserts/sec <2µs latency 20M notif/sec SaaS MVP
Planned — v7.5.2

Cloud & certification

AWS Marketplace AMI, Azure Marketplace VM, GCP GKE-native listings. FIPS 140-3 Level 2 formal CMVP certification. TLA+ partition-fault extension for network partition scenarios.

AWS Marketplace Azure Marketplace GCP GKE FIPS 140-3 L2
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Planned — v7.3

Planetary scale & sovereign deployments

Multi-region active-active with CRDT conflict resolution, sovereign data residency controls, edge-native federation for sub-10 ms latency globally. Enterprise SaaS launch with dedicated SLA engineering.

Active-active multi-region Sovereign residency Edge federation
Design principles

Non-negotiable commitments

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Zero External Dependencies

Only libc, libm, libpthread, libdl. No OpenSSL, libcurl, protobuf-c, or any third-party library. Every algorithm is implemented in pure C11.

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Always Shippable

A single build command produces everything. 2,164 tests must pass. Every commit is production-ready.

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Memory Safety Everywhere

ASan, UBSan, and TSan gates on every merge. VAULT_SAFE_REF and Checked-Arena macros on every security-critical path. Zero unchecked allocations.

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No Stubs, No Placeholders

Every API function listed in documentation is fully implemented. No stubs, no placeholders, no aspirational claims.

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Patent-Clean Design

Industry-standard, patent-free algorithms throughout. All cryptography is FIPS 203/204/205 or RFC-defined. Zero IP risk for enterprise deployments.

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Docs Match Code Exactly

Documentation is generated and audited from the codebase. If it is documented, it is implemented and tested. No aspirational marketing language masquerading as features.

Ready to consolidate your data stack?

Start free with Community Edition. No credit card, no usage limits for 10 GB. Full SQL + vector + graph + FTS in one download.

FAQ

Investor & partner questions

What stage is Absolute DB at?

Absolute DB v7.5.2 is production-ready software shipped as a single ~154 KB binary with zero external dependencies. The codebase carries 2,164 automated tests across 17 suites — all passing, with zero warnings, zero memory errors, and zero undefined-behaviour violations. SQL:2023 conformance is 100% (150/150). The product is available for download today and is actively used in commercial deployments.

What is the investment ask?

We prefer to discuss terms directly with qualified investors rather than publish figures publicly. Full materials — including a detailed investor pack, financial model, and technical briefing — are available under NDA. Please contact marketing@absolutedb.com to begin the conversation.

What is the competitive moat?

Four compounding advantages: five years of architecture decisions that cannot be shortcut; a 2,164-test suite encoding hard-won correctness edge cases across distributed consensus, cryptography, and storage — not reproducible by rewriting in a weekend; a post-quantum cryptography capability that arrives before most enterprises have even started evaluating it; and a binary-size discipline (the entire database in ~154 KB) that cannot be purchased from a large vendor with legacy surface area to protect.

Why would enterprises adopt a new database?

The same way they adopted MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and HashiCorp Vault — developers first. Engineers choose Absolute DB for a new service because it is free, ships as a single file, and speaks PostgreSQL wire protocol, so existing tooling just works. When that service hits production and delivers measurable results, the conversation moves upward. Bottom-up developer adoption has proven to be the most durable enterprise go-to-market in infrastructure software for the past fifteen years.

Is the product truly production-ready?

Yes. Production-readiness at Absolute DB is defined by evidence, not assertion: 2,164 tests across 17 suites all pass; AddressSanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, and ThreadSanitizer report zero violations; SQL:2023 conformance is 100%; all post-quantum cryptography passes FIPS 140-3 Known Answer Tests; and the release binary is built with -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror with zero warnings. The binary ships with zero external library dependencies.

How does Absolute DB make money?

A freemium four-tier model: Community (free, up to 10 GB), SME (free, up to 5 GB with additional protocol support), Professional ($49/month, unlimited data, compliance features), and Enterprise ($499/month, full distributed clustering, zero-trust networking, and up to 16 million virtual connections). Beyond licences, additional revenue streams include managed cloud hosting, OEM licensing for embedded and appliance use, and compliance-as-a-service engagements for regulated industries.

Where is the team based?

Australia. The company entity is SupportCALL AU (ABN 21 498 105 915). The team operates remote-friendly and has contributors across multiple time zones. Australia's R&D tax incentive programme applies to qualifying development expenditure.

How do I express interest?

Email marketing@absolutedb.com with a brief introduction. We will respond within one business day with an NDA, the full investor pack, and availability for a technical briefing. Qualified investors receive direct access to the founding team, live product demonstrations, and detailed due-diligence materials.