---
title: "SiteForge | Case studies | SurrealDB"
description: "Discover how SiteForge accelerated innovation and reduced costs with SurrealDB."
url: https://surrealdb.com/customer/siteforge
---

![Accelerating innovation and reducing costs with SurrealDB logo](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/76949a1fa04fbf06.01ve7ihz.svg)

# Accelerating innovation and reducing costs with SurrealDB

SiteForge migrated to SurrealDB to reduce development cycles and simplify backend architecture. The team delivered faster iteration, fewer APIs, and improved query efficiency on a unified data platform.

Industry AI content copilot

Outcome 40% faster development cycles

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2. ![ING](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/ing.X3I6S3_V.svg)
3. ![British Airways](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/british-airways.KEsZiwV-.svg)
4. ![Nvidia](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/nvidia.DaIEuMil.svg)
5. ![Apple](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/apple.D5pq4flY.svg)
6. ![SpaceX](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/spacex.CQJEk-IL.svg)
7. ![Samsung](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/samsung.CH-vQgnb.svg)
8. ![adidas](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/adidas.DdTC5qhk.svg)
9. ![Tencent](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/tencent.paQmLxyy.svg)
10. ![Alibaba](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/alibaba.B16idgfM.svg)
11. ![PolyAI](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/poly-ai.c3w_fAg6.svg)
12. ![Later](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/later.Ds736jFO.svg)
13. ![Verizon](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/verizon.BI7CajdX.svg)
14. ![Liberty Mutual](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/liberty-mutual.B7qOU1pd.svg)
15. ![Walmart](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/walmart.BjDg_Sr8.svg)
16. ![Carrier](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/carrier.D21gC6NX.svg)
17. ![Saks Fifth Avenue](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/saks-fifth-avenue.COIDpLSb.svg)
18. ![San Francisco Compute Company](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/sfcc.B7jlImq4.svg)
19. ![Shield AI](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/shield-ai.pINZ0KJr.svg)
20. ![Wix](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/wix.DvHhmoBi.svg)

01 |KEY CHALLENGES

## What they needed to solve

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

### Limited SDK capabilities

Incomplete JSONB querying required multiple queries for simple operations.

### Operational overload

Rapidly evolving requirements slowed development while increasing maintenance.

### Schema migration complexity

Schema updates were costly and hindered iteration.

### Backend API proliferation

Feature work required numerous backend APIs, adding complexity.

02 |SOLUTIONS

## How SurrealDB helped

The architecture decisions and SurrealDB capabilities that addressed each challenge.

### Multi-model database capabilities

Unified JSON, graph relations, and vector embeddings in one system.

### Client-side database querying

Combined database querying with authorisation to remove extra APIs.

### Flexible schema and nested queries

Used record IDs and nested queries to simplify complex data access.

### Rapid migration process

Migrated all customer data from Supabase in under 24 hours with zero downtime.

03 |RESULTS

## The impact

Measurable outcomes delivered after moving to SurrealDB.

40%

FASTER

### Development efficiency

Database-related feature work completed much faster.

75%

FEWER APIs

### Backend simplification

Database-as-a-backend reduced backend API sprawl.

20%

FEWER QUERIES

### Query optimisation

SurrealQL expressiveness allowed query consolidation.

1B+

VECTORS

### Future-ready architecture

Prepared for vector features and real-time analytics.

MORE CASE STUDIES

## See what other teams have shipped

From knowledge graphs to AI assistants - how enterprise teams are building on SurrealDB.

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### [Unlocking insights with knowledge graphs](https://surrealdb.com/customer/samsung)

Samsung Ads uses SurrealDB to build dynamic, real-time knowledge graphs for smarter campaign execution - collapsing three legacy data stores into one.

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### [AI assistant empowering 10,000 technicians](https://surrealdb.com/customer/verizon)

Verizon uses SurrealDB to power a generative AI assistant for 10,000 field technicians, delivering instant access to documentation, outage updates, and workflows.

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### [Unified infrastructure monitoring](https://surrealdb.com/customer/tencent)

Tencent consolidated nine backend tools into one real-time monitoring platform powered by SurrealDB's multi-model context graph.

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### [High-performance customer service AI powered by RAG](https://surrealdb.com/customer/polyai)

PolyAI connects SurrealDB to Agent Studio for low-latency, customer-controlled RAG across voice AI experiences.

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### [AI-powered personalisation at massive scale](https://surrealdb.com/customer/saks)

Saks Fifth Avenue uses SurrealDB's vector search and graph capabilities to deliver real-time, AI-powered personalisation across 5 million luxury customers and 45 million monthly product-recommendation queries.

Read case study

GET STARTED

## Start building with SurrealDB

The unified data layer for AI. Unify data. Unlock intelligence. Scale anywhere.

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