Upgrade to Hasura DDN
Introduction
The Hasura Data Delivery Network presents a new way to build applications with Hasura. This section of documentation will help you understand the similarities and differences between the older versions of Hasura and Hasura DDN, guide you through the upgrade process, and provide you with resources to aid in migrating your existing applications to Hasura DDN.
Why upgrade?
Hasura DDN delivers a wealth of features that will help you build applications faster and more efficiently. You can explore our documentation to get a better sense of what Hasura DDN has to offer.
Individual developers
As an individual developer working on a small or hobby project, you can use Hasura DDN for free. That's right: free! We'll host your API for you at no cost, forever.
Before:
- Limited by Hasura v2's metadata model that was tightly coupled with PostgreSQL and GraphQL, making it hard to think of it as a general-purpose API platform.
- Struggled with the complexities of managing server infrastructure or paying for hosted services (yep, even Hasura Cloud). Worried about the long-term costs and scalability of your project.
- Adding custom business logic was non intuititve and less flexible.
After:
- Server infrastructure worries are a thing of the past — Hasura DDN takes care of hosting for free. Enjoy peace of mind knowing that your project can grow without added costs.
- You can fully concentrate on building your product, with backend infrastructure handled.
- Enhanced capabilities to add business logic in Typescript, Python and Go, with the ability to host business logic functions on Hasura Cloud.
Small teams
As a small team, you can leverage Hasura DDN to streamline your development process and reduce overhead. With Hasura DDN, your team can quickly prototype and iterate on features using immutable builds, ensuring that deployments are consistent and reliable. This means more time to focus on delivering value to your customers and less time spent debugging.
Before:
- Hasura v2's build and runtime coupling led to performance issues, slowing down your deployment processes.
- No ability to preview the API, publish or rollback quickly.
- Lack of clarity on subgraph changes for your published API and long feedback loops due to the inability to test during local development.
After:
- Speed up your workflow with immutable builds that make rapid prototyping a breeze.
- Ensure smooth and dependable deployments, cutting down on debugging time.
- Simplify your development lifecycle with declarative metadata that defines your API structure.
Mature teams
For mature teams in large organizations, Hasura DDN transforms your approach to scaling and integrating applications. With built-in federation using subgraphs and Hasura's metadata-driven data access layer, you can grow your application as your business expands, seamlessly adding new data sources and services without extensive rewrites. These two pillars of value—federation and metadata—further streamline your architecture, providing a unified and scalable way to manage your API across multiple environments.
Before:
- Hasura v2’s monolithic metadata made it challenging for multiple teams to collaborate, leading to inefficiencies and slower development cycles.
- Integration of new data sources and services required extensive rewrites.
- Managing APIs across various environments was complex and time-consuming.
After:
- Easily scale with built-in federation that integrates subgraphs into your Hasura DDN setup.
- Add new data sources seamlessly, avoiding the need for major overhauls.
- Manage your API effortlessly across different environments with the world's first declarative metadata access layer that unifies control.
