Outerbase
AI-assisted database studio — natural-language queries and spreadsheet-style editing for your data.
Retired
Outerbase appears to be discontinued or shut down — acquired by Cloudflare Apr 2025; hosted cloud shut down Oct 2025 This page is kept as an archive record and is excluded from search engines.
About
Outerbase was a developer database platform pairing a visual table explorer with an AI-powered query editor: type questions in natural language, get SQL with type-ahead, edit data spreadsheet-style, and expose automatic REST APIs with row-level security and WebSocket streaming. Cloudflare acquired it in April 2025, and its technology is being integrated into the Cloudflare dashboard for D1 and Durable Objects.
The honest picture: the standalone hosted cloud shut down on October 15, 2025 — you can no longer sign up for Outerbase-as-a-service. What survives is Outerbase Studio, which remains open source and self-hostable, plus the features landing inside Cloudflare's platform. Evaluate it as an open-source project or via Cloudflare, not as the SaaS it used to be.
What it can do
- Natural-language to SQL query generation
- Spreadsheet-style visual data browsing and editing
- Automatic REST APIs with row-level security
- Type-ahead query editor
- WebSocket support for streaming queries
- Open-source Studio for self-hosting
Setup
Self-host Outerbase Studio from the open-source repos, or use the integrated data explorer inside the Cloudflare dashboard for D1/Durable Objects.
Prerequisites
A database to connect (Postgres, MySQL, D1, etc.); Docker or a Cloudflare account for the respective path.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 6/10
Scored 6/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 56; Trending score 60/100 from researcher assessment.
Sources
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