Scaling to 700,000 users without scaling complexity

Aspire Comps migrated from Firebase to SurrealDB to eliminate bottlenecks and consolidate five backend services into one. The platform now supports 700,000 users with lower latency and built-in access control.

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OutcomeTech stack simplification from five tools to one

01 |KEY CHALLENGES

What they needed to solve

The technical and operational hurdles the team faced before adopting SurrealDB.

Fragmented backend architecture

Required five separate services for data, auth, functions, and search.

Cold-start delays and latency

High latency and dependency chains impacted user experience.

Inconsistent permissions

Multiple systems caused fragmented access-control policies.

Platform growth constraints

The architecture struggled to keep up with 700,000 accounts.

02 |SOLUTIONS

How SurrealDB helped

The architecture decisions and SurrealDB capabilities that addressed each challenge.

One database to rule them all

Consolidated backend functionality into a single ACID-compliant engine.

Seamless high-speed migration

Moved data at 10,000 records per second with zero downtime.

All services under one roof

Notifications, campaigns, and recommendations now run on SurrealDB.

Built-in everything

Native search, access control, and event handling removed external tools.

03 |RESULTS

The impact

Measurable outcomes delivered after moving to SurrealDB.

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5 tools down to 1

Backend complexity dropped dramatically after consolidation.

↓ LATENCY

Faster by design

SurrealDB handles high concurrency without extra caching layers.

↑ ITERATION

Built to iterate

Schemaless documents and live queries accelerated experimentation.

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USERS

Ready for the next 700,000

Platform now supports 700,000 users on a single consolidated stack.

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