Cloudflare has announced Cloudflare D1, a serverless database aimed at enabling developers to start building database-backed applications using Cloudflare Workers.
With the new solution, enterprises can store data to where their users are, providing fast performance without any of the complexities of installing or managing a traditional database, the company said.
According to the company, D1 will offer instant access to one of the most widely deployed database technologies in the world, SQLite, directly from Cloudflare Workers. By combining Cloudflare’s serverless development platform with instant databases, developers can build rich, database-backed applications without ever worrying about deploying or managing a database.
“The hardest part about serverless isn’t actually the code, it’s the storage. Today we’re announcing our first serverless database which we expect will quickly become one of the largest databases in the world,” said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare.
“Cloudflare D1 is built on Cloudflare’s global network, which we believe will allow us to offer one of the largest and most performant serverless databases on the market so no business needs to be bogged down by the cost and complexity of managing their storage.”
Unlike other databases on the market, Cloudflare D1 will use Cloudflare’s global network to optimise a business’ database by locating it as close as possible to their customers, providing the fastest possible experience to users.
Additionally, by pairing storage solutions with Cloudflare’s serverless compute platform, Cloudflare is streamlining the developer experience for building full stack applications. Cloudflare D1 will be compatible with the SQLite API.
