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MinusOneDB for Marketing Analytics Agents
Enable unlimited AI-driven analytics exploration at predictable cost. Purpose-built distributed search infrastructure that eliminates the query cost barrier preventing marketing analytics agents from reaching their full potential.
The Agent Analytics Bottleneck
Marketing analytics agents promise to democratize insights by autonomously exploring data, detecting patterns, and generating recommendations. But there's a fundamental problem:
Challenge | Current Reality | Hidden Cost |
Agent Query Explosion | Agents issue 100+ exploratory queries per insight. At a floor price of $2-$10/query/TB on traditional warehouses, this is financially ruinous. | Agents artificially constrained to pre-aggregated data marts, losing a massive amount of analytical power and depth, sacrificing the true promise of agentic data exploration. |
Real-Time Requirements | Marketing decisions happen in minutes-to-hours windows. Overnight batch ETL makes agents react to yesterday's reality. | Campaign optimization arrives too late; budget waste can be significant due to stale data |
Scaling Economics | Traditional warehouses charge per query. As agent usage grows, costs become unpredictable and prohibitive. | Platform adoption throttled or negative unit economics from day one |
Root Cause: Legacy data warehouses were architected for human-driven, infrequent queries. They're fundamentally incompatible with agent-driven, exploratory analytics where hundreds of queries per minute are the norm.
MinusOneDB: Built for Agent-Scale Analytics
MinusOneDB is a new kind of parallel database: a distributed search-based primary datastore that shifts query workload from expensive compute to efficient indexed storage. This architectural difference delivers often 1000x better price-performance, making agent-driven analytics economically viable.
Agent Challenge | MinusOneDB Capability | Agent Outcome |
Query Cost Explosion | Capacity-based pricing: unlimited queries at flat cost. 80-95% lower total cost vs. traditional warehouses. | Agents explore freely across all data dimensions without artificial constraints |
Data Freshness | True streaming ingest: data visible in ~1 second. No batch ETL delays or micro-batch compromises. | Real-time campaign optimization; agents respond to market changes within minutes |
Performance at Scale | Constant-time queries: up to <10ms response across petabytes through distributed search architecture. | Agents handle growing data volumes without performance degradation or re-architecture |
Complex Text Analytics | First-class support for unstructured text, JSON, and nested documents with search-based indexing. | Agents analyze campaign creative, customer feedback, and content performance without preprocessing |
Agent-Specific Use Cases
Automated Anomaly Detection: Agents continuously monitor all metrics across all customer segments, detecting performance anomalies in real-time without human intervention.
Dynamic Audience Generation: Build and refresh behavioral segments in seconds based on real-time customer actions and predictive models.
Exploratory Campaign Analysis: Agents issue hundreds of queries to understand "why" behind performance shifts, exploring every dimension of campaign data.
Multi-Touch Attribution: Analyze complete customer journeys across all touchpoints without pre-aggregation or data movement.
Predictive Budget Allocation: Continuously optimize budget distribution across channels based on real-time performance and predictive models.
Customer LTV Modeling: Real-time customer value scoring that updates with every interaction, enabling dynamic acquisition and retention strategies.
Business Impact for Agent Platform Providers
Metric | Typical Improvement |
Infrastructure Cost | 80-95% reduction vs. traditional warehouses for equivalent workload |
Data Freshness | From hours/overnight to <1 second |
Platform Scalability | Predictable unit economics as customer base grows |
Time to Insight | From hours/days to seconds/minutes |
When MinusOneDB Is the Right Choice
MinusOneDB is purpose-built for platforms where:
• Agents or automated systems generate high query volumes (hundreds to thousands per hour)
• Event the most complex queries returning the most data need to complete in seconds or minutes, not hours or days
• Real-time or near-real-time data freshness is critical for decision quality
• Cross-domain data integration is essential for complete insights
• Query costs are constraining agent capabilities or platform economics
• Analytical workloads dominate over transactional requirements
Stop letting infrastructure costs constrain your agents' analytical potential.
Enable unlimited AI-driven analytics exploration at predictable cost. Purpose-built distributed search infrastructure that eliminates the query cost barrier preventing marketing analytics agents from reaching their full potential.
The Agent Analytics Bottleneck
Marketing analytics agents promise to democratize insights by autonomously exploring data, detecting patterns, and generating recommendations. But there's a fundamental problem:
Challenge | Current Reality | Hidden Cost |
Agent Query Explosion | Agents issue 100+ exploratory queries per insight. At a floor price of $2-$10/query/TB on traditional warehouses, this is financially ruinous. | Agents artificially constrained to pre-aggregated data marts, losing a massive amount of analytical power and depth, sacrificing the true promise of agentic data exploration. |
Real-Time Requirements | Marketing decisions happen in minutes-to-hours windows. Overnight batch ETL makes agents react to yesterday's reality. | Campaign optimization arrives too late; budget waste can be significant due to stale data |
Scaling Economics | Traditional warehouses charge per query. As agent usage grows, costs become unpredictable and prohibitive. | Platform adoption throttled or negative unit economics from day one |
Root Cause: Legacy data warehouses were architected for human-driven, infrequent queries. They're fundamentally incompatible with agent-driven, exploratory analytics where hundreds of queries per minute are the norm.
MinusOneDB: Built for Agent-Scale Analytics
MinusOneDB is a new kind of parallel database: a distributed search-based primary datastore that shifts query workload from expensive compute to efficient indexed storage. This architectural difference delivers often 1000x better price-performance, making agent-driven analytics economically viable.
Agent Challenge | MinusOneDB Capability | Agent Outcome |
Query Cost Explosion | Capacity-based pricing: unlimited queries at flat cost. 80-95% lower total cost vs. traditional warehouses. | Agents explore freely across all data dimensions without artificial constraints |
Data Freshness | True streaming ingest: data visible in ~1 second. No batch ETL delays or micro-batch compromises. | Real-time campaign optimization; agents respond to market changes within minutes |
Performance at Scale | Constant-time queries: up to <10ms response across petabytes through distributed search architecture. | Agents handle growing data volumes without performance degradation or re-architecture |
Complex Text Analytics | First-class support for unstructured text, JSON, and nested documents with search-based indexing. | Agents analyze campaign creative, customer feedback, and content performance without preprocessing |
Agent-Specific Use Cases
Automated Anomaly Detection: Agents continuously monitor all metrics across all customer segments, detecting performance anomalies in real-time without human intervention.
Dynamic Audience Generation: Build and refresh behavioral segments in seconds based on real-time customer actions and predictive models.
Exploratory Campaign Analysis: Agents issue hundreds of queries to understand "why" behind performance shifts, exploring every dimension of campaign data.
Multi-Touch Attribution: Analyze complete customer journeys across all touchpoints without pre-aggregation or data movement.
Predictive Budget Allocation: Continuously optimize budget distribution across channels based on real-time performance and predictive models.
Customer LTV Modeling: Real-time customer value scoring that updates with every interaction, enabling dynamic acquisition and retention strategies.
Business Impact for Agent Platform Providers
Metric | Typical Improvement |
Infrastructure Cost | 80-95% reduction vs. traditional warehouses for equivalent workload |
Data Freshness | From hours/overnight to <1 second |
Platform Scalability | Predictable unit economics as customer base grows |
Time to Insight | From hours/days to seconds/minutes |
When MinusOneDB Is the Right Choice
MinusOneDB is purpose-built for platforms where:
• Agents or automated systems generate high query volumes (hundreds to thousands per hour)
• Event the most complex queries returning the most data need to complete in seconds or minutes, not hours or days
• Real-time or near-real-time data freshness is critical for decision quality
• Cross-domain data integration is essential for complete insights
• Query costs are constraining agent capabilities or platform economics
• Analytical workloads dominate over transactional requirements
Stop letting infrastructure costs constrain your agents' analytical potential.
Enable unlimited AI-driven analytics exploration at predictable cost. Purpose-built distributed search infrastructure that eliminates the query cost barrier preventing marketing analytics agents from reaching their full potential.
The Agent Analytics Bottleneck
Marketing analytics agents promise to democratize insights by autonomously exploring data, detecting patterns, and generating recommendations. But there's a fundamental problem:
Challenge | Current Reality | Hidden Cost |
Agent Query Explosion | Agents issue 100+ exploratory queries per insight. At a floor price of $2-$10/query/TB on traditional warehouses, this is financially ruinous. | Agents artificially constrained to pre-aggregated data marts, losing a massive amount of analytical power and depth, sacrificing the true promise of agentic data exploration. |
Real-Time Requirements | Marketing decisions happen in minutes-to-hours windows. Overnight batch ETL makes agents react to yesterday's reality. | Campaign optimization arrives too late; budget waste can be significant due to stale data |
Scaling Economics | Traditional warehouses charge per query. As agent usage grows, costs become unpredictable and prohibitive. | Platform adoption throttled or negative unit economics from day one |
Root Cause: Legacy data warehouses were architected for human-driven, infrequent queries. They're fundamentally incompatible with agent-driven, exploratory analytics where hundreds of queries per minute are the norm.
MinusOneDB: Built for Agent-Scale Analytics
MinusOneDB is a new kind of parallel database: a distributed search-based primary datastore that shifts query workload from expensive compute to efficient indexed storage. This architectural difference delivers often 1000x better price-performance, making agent-driven analytics economically viable.
Agent Challenge | MinusOneDB Capability | Agent Outcome |
Query Cost Explosion | Capacity-based pricing: unlimited queries at flat cost. 80-95% lower total cost vs. traditional warehouses. | Agents explore freely across all data dimensions without artificial constraints |
Data Freshness | True streaming ingest: data visible in ~1 second. No batch ETL delays or micro-batch compromises. | Real-time campaign optimization; agents respond to market changes within minutes |
Performance at Scale | Constant-time queries: up to <10ms response across petabytes through distributed search architecture. | Agents handle growing data volumes without performance degradation or re-architecture |
Complex Text Analytics | First-class support for unstructured text, JSON, and nested documents with search-based indexing. | Agents analyze campaign creative, customer feedback, and content performance without preprocessing |
Agent-Specific Use Cases
Automated Anomaly Detection: Agents continuously monitor all metrics across all customer segments, detecting performance anomalies in real-time without human intervention.
Dynamic Audience Generation: Build and refresh behavioral segments in seconds based on real-time customer actions and predictive models.
Exploratory Campaign Analysis: Agents issue hundreds of queries to understand "why" behind performance shifts, exploring every dimension of campaign data.
Multi-Touch Attribution: Analyze complete customer journeys across all touchpoints without pre-aggregation or data movement.
Predictive Budget Allocation: Continuously optimize budget distribution across channels based on real-time performance and predictive models.
Customer LTV Modeling: Real-time customer value scoring that updates with every interaction, enabling dynamic acquisition and retention strategies.
Business Impact for Agent Platform Providers
Metric | Typical Improvement |
Infrastructure Cost | 80-95% reduction vs. traditional warehouses for equivalent workload |
Data Freshness | From hours/overnight to <1 second |
Platform Scalability | Predictable unit economics as customer base grows |
Time to Insight | From hours/days to seconds/minutes |
When MinusOneDB Is the Right Choice
MinusOneDB is purpose-built for platforms where:
• Agents or automated systems generate high query volumes (hundreds to thousands per hour)
• Event the most complex queries returning the most data need to complete in seconds or minutes, not hours or days
• Real-time or near-real-time data freshness is critical for decision quality
• Cross-domain data integration is essential for complete insights
• Query costs are constraining agent capabilities or platform economics
• Analytical workloads dominate over transactional requirements
Stop letting infrastructure costs constrain your agents' analytical potential.
Enable unlimited AI-driven analytics exploration at predictable cost. Purpose-built distributed search infrastructure that eliminates the query cost barrier preventing marketing analytics agents from reaching their full potential.
The Agent Analytics Bottleneck
Marketing analytics agents promise to democratize insights by autonomously exploring data, detecting patterns, and generating recommendations. But there's a fundamental problem:
Challenge | Current Reality | Hidden Cost |
Agent Query Explosion | Agents issue 100+ exploratory queries per insight. At a floor price of $2-$10/query/TB on traditional warehouses, this is financially ruinous. | Agents artificially constrained to pre-aggregated data marts, losing a massive amount of analytical power and depth, sacrificing the true promise of agentic data exploration. |
Real-Time Requirements | Marketing decisions happen in minutes-to-hours windows. Overnight batch ETL makes agents react to yesterday's reality. | Campaign optimization arrives too late; budget waste can be significant due to stale data |
Scaling Economics | Traditional warehouses charge per query. As agent usage grows, costs become unpredictable and prohibitive. | Platform adoption throttled or negative unit economics from day one |
Root Cause: Legacy data warehouses were architected for human-driven, infrequent queries. They're fundamentally incompatible with agent-driven, exploratory analytics where hundreds of queries per minute are the norm.
MinusOneDB: Built for Agent-Scale Analytics
MinusOneDB is a new kind of parallel database: a distributed search-based primary datastore that shifts query workload from expensive compute to efficient indexed storage. This architectural difference delivers often 1000x better price-performance, making agent-driven analytics economically viable.
Agent Challenge | MinusOneDB Capability | Agent Outcome |
Query Cost Explosion | Capacity-based pricing: unlimited queries at flat cost. 80-95% lower total cost vs. traditional warehouses. | Agents explore freely across all data dimensions without artificial constraints |
Data Freshness | True streaming ingest: data visible in ~1 second. No batch ETL delays or micro-batch compromises. | Real-time campaign optimization; agents respond to market changes within minutes |
Performance at Scale | Constant-time queries: up to <10ms response across petabytes through distributed search architecture. | Agents handle growing data volumes without performance degradation or re-architecture |
Complex Text Analytics | First-class support for unstructured text, JSON, and nested documents with search-based indexing. | Agents analyze campaign creative, customer feedback, and content performance without preprocessing |
Agent-Specific Use Cases
Automated Anomaly Detection: Agents continuously monitor all metrics across all customer segments, detecting performance anomalies in real-time without human intervention.
Dynamic Audience Generation: Build and refresh behavioral segments in seconds based on real-time customer actions and predictive models.
Exploratory Campaign Analysis: Agents issue hundreds of queries to understand "why" behind performance shifts, exploring every dimension of campaign data.
Multi-Touch Attribution: Analyze complete customer journeys across all touchpoints without pre-aggregation or data movement.
Predictive Budget Allocation: Continuously optimize budget distribution across channels based on real-time performance and predictive models.
Customer LTV Modeling: Real-time customer value scoring that updates with every interaction, enabling dynamic acquisition and retention strategies.
Business Impact for Agent Platform Providers
Metric | Typical Improvement |
Infrastructure Cost | 80-95% reduction vs. traditional warehouses for equivalent workload |
Data Freshness | From hours/overnight to <1 second |
Platform Scalability | Predictable unit economics as customer base grows |
Time to Insight | From hours/days to seconds/minutes |
When MinusOneDB Is the Right Choice
MinusOneDB is purpose-built for platforms where:
• Agents or automated systems generate high query volumes (hundreds to thousands per hour)
• Event the most complex queries returning the most data need to complete in seconds or minutes, not hours or days
• Real-time or near-real-time data freshness is critical for decision quality
• Cross-domain data integration is essential for complete insights
• Query costs are constraining agent capabilities or platform economics
• Analytical workloads dominate over transactional requirements
Stop letting infrastructure costs constrain your agents' analytical potential.
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MinusOneDB
Nov 14, 2025
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