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Tinybird

Managed ClickHouse platform that ingests event data and turns SQL queries into low-latency API endpoints for dashboards and in-product analytics.

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Where it fits

Database · Analytics (OLAP)Managed ClickHouse that turns SQL over event streams into fast API endpoints for dashboards and usage analytics in your product.Trade-off: Closed, cloud-only service; its own project format and CLI to learn on top of ClickHouse SQL.

How Tinybird itself is built

6 tools, from its own code, website and Product Hunt page.

ClaudeCursorDevin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)Next.jsStripeVercel

Who uses it

30 makers' products, each linked to the source that shows it.

The maker says so 11Customer story 17Subprocessor list 4How evidence is collected →
inbox-zeroOpen-source AI email assistant that triages, labels and drafts replies to help clear you…

“We use it to store email analytics to display to our users. Does an awesome job!”

DatabaseMaker says so +1 · source ↗
DubOpen-source link management and attribution platform for short links, conversion trackin…

“Our entire Analytics infra is built on top of Tinybird. Cannot recommend them enough for building analytics products.”

DatabaseMaker says so +1 · source ↗
GhostOpen-source publishing platform for blogs and newsletters with built-in memberships and…

“The default way to build analytics into modern software products, and the driving force behind analytics in Ghost 6.0.”

DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
LangtailShip AI Apps With Fewer Surprises

“Tinybird's platform has made real-time event data analysis faster and easier than ever. It's a game-changer!”

DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
UnitPayPrice, bill, and prove value for your AI product

“Blazing-fast analytics engine powering our real-time usage metering and billing dashboards”

DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
NuceloAn open-source minimal blogging platform

“I use Tinybird for our time-series analytics data. Their capability to ingest and process vast volumes of event data is second to none.”

DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
RementionA better way to find customers through social media

“Tinybird's real-time data processing capabilities have empowered Agent69 to handle vast amounts of social media data efficiently. Their platform allows us to deliver insights quickly, ensuring our users never miss a beat in online conversations”

DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗
BestRegardsNever pay another email marketing subscription

“We use Tinybird to power most of our analytics engine – their ability to ingest & process large amounts of events is impressive.”

DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗

What makers say

10 makers on why they use Tinybird, in their own words on Product Hunt.

Tinybird's real-time data processing capabilities have empowered Agent69 to handle vast amounts of social media data efficiently. Their platform allows us to deliver insights quickly, ensuring our users never miss a beat in online conversations
RementionNov 2024 ↗
I use Tinybird for our time-series analytics data. Their capability to ingest and process vast volumes of event data is second to none.
NuceloSep 2026 ↗
Tech Stack - Bunny, Hertzner , TinyBird , Vercel , SupaBase , Business messaging platform - Crisp Affiliate marketing - Reflio<
Beam AnalyticsFeb 2023 ↗
Tinybird's platform has made real-time event data analysis faster and easier than ever. It's a game-changer!
LangtailSep 2026 ↗
Blazing-fast analytics engine powering our real-time usage metering and billing dashboards
UnitPaySep 2026 ↗

Loved and watch-outs

Themes that recur in makers' words and Hacker News comments, each linked to what it summarises, with how Product Hunt tags its reviews.

On Product Hunt 5.0★ · 16 reviews
ease of use 5real-time data processing 4advanced analytics capabilities 3large-scale data ingestion 3fast performance 2
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Reliability and open issues

Incidents on its status page10 in the last 90 days, 1 major · 25+ in the last year
  • minor Ingestion issue in public-a Oct 2026
  • minor eu-west-1 degraded Sep 2026
  • minor Network issues in gcp-europe-west3 Sep 2026
From its own status page, 2026-10-02. Vendors decide what they post; one page can cover several products.

Alternatives to Tinybird

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NeonServerless Postgres that scales to zero, with a branch per preview deploy.Open sourceFree tier95 makers · database
PlanetScaleApps that expect heavy scale and want zero-downtime schema changes.29 makers · database
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MongoDBDocument-shaped data and teams already fluent in Mongo.Self-hostableFree tier131 makers · database
PostgreSQLThe engine behind most of the hosted options above, run on your own server or container for full control and a flat cost.Open sourceFree tier74 makers · database

Questions makers ask about Tinybird

Is Tinybird free?

Yes — there is a free tier a small product can run on; paid use starts at $25/mo. source ↗

Is Tinybird open source or self-hostable?

Not open source, and hosted only.

Can AI coding agents work with Tinybird?

It serves an llms.txt docs index.

Who uses Tinybird?

30 makers' products we track, each with a source. source ↗