Apastron

Apastron designs and develops system software for performance-critical applications. Put simply, it is about storing and querying application data reliably.

It makes the most sense for developers and data teams. Related areas on their profile: Database. As a very small product team themselves (1 to 10 people), they tend to serve customers of a similar scale best. You will probably talk to the people who build it, which is great until you need 24/7 support.

Apastron is based in Hopkins, Minnesota. Their site is apastron.co.

Our checklist for this category: managed options, backups, and scaling costs. A short pilot with your real data tells you more than any demo.

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