What is Hydra?
It is a Postgres extension that intelligently routes queries through Postgres to other databases. Engineers query regular Postgres, and Hydra extends a Postgres-compliant SQL layer to non-relational, columnar, and graph DBs. It currently works with Postgres and Snowflake.
Hydra is a tool in the Databases category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Best-in-class databases coordinated like a teamPostgres-compliant SQLQuery a data warehouse and operational store from a single placeSwap in / out new databases without application changes or query rewrites
Hydra Pros & Cons
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Hydra Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Hydra?
Slick
It is a modern database query and access library for Scala. It allows you to work with stored data almost as if you were using Scala collections while at the same time giving you full control over when a database access happens and which data is transferred.
Spring Data
It makes it easy to use data access technologies, relational and non-relational databases, map-reduce frameworks, and cloud-based data services. This is an umbrella project which contains many subprojects that are specific to a given database.
Dataform
Dataform helps you manage all data processes in your cloud data warehouse. Publish tables, write data tests and automate complex SQL workflows in a few minutes, so you can spend more time on analytics and less time managing infrastructure.
