By use case
Build powerful applications with SurrealDB's unified data infrastructure. From AI agents to knowledge graphs, discover how to solve complex data challenges.
AI Agents
Build generative AI apps and multi-step AI agents with unified context, memory, and action in one place.
Knowledge Graphs
Model rich relationships and dependencies to power intelligent recommendations and contextual insights.
Embedded and Edge
Run data, logic, and AI directly in edge devices or browsers for low-latency, offline-ready workloads.
Real-Time Applications
Power real-time experiences with a database that reacts to change instantly.
By industry
See how organisations across industries leverage SurrealDB to solve their unique challenges and drive innovation in their respective fields.
Defence and Aerospace
Power real-time situational awareness, on-device multi-model inference, and mission-critical intelligence analysis for secure and accurate decision-making.
Gaming and Entertainment
Build deeply immersive, real-time, and personalised AI-driven digital experiences with granular security permissions, high scalability, and sub-millisecond latencies.
Energy and Manufacturing
Monitor and optimise energy production, edge and IoT devices, industrial operations, and public infrastructure with real-time data and AI-driven insights.
Finance and FinTech
Combine structured, unstructured, and real-time data with AI-native features for fraud detection, risk modelling, trading, compliance, and organisational knowledge sharing.
Healthcare
Modernise patient care with AI-driven insights and real-time data monitoring and analysis of sensor streams - whilst keeping security and compliance at the forefront.
Retail and E-commerce
From real-time personalisation to vendor-uploaded content, SurrealDB powers the next generation of AI-driven retail and ecommerce platforms.
Use case examples
Discover how SurrealDB's multi-model architecture transforms and simplifies complex data challenges across industries.
Access control & entitlements
Agentic NPCs in video games
AI tutor with custom curriculum
Code indexing & retrieval
Codebase Q&A assistant
Customer support copilot
Drug discovery explorer
Enterprise knowledge search
Financial intelligence engine
Fraud detection & risk graphs
Legal research assistant
Memory layers for LLM agents
Personalised AI doctor
Recommendation engines
Sales & market research copilot
Social graph + feed optimisation
Access control & entitlements
Secure systems with graph-based access control and semantic policy evaluation. Manage complex permission hierarchies.
GRAPH RETRIEVAL
Role hierarchies, permission relationships, and access policy graphs.
VECTOR SEARCH
Semantic similarity of access requests, policy documents, and contextual entitlement checks.
ATTRIBUTE FILTERING
Filter users by role, department, access level, and permission groups. Query by resource type, action permissions, and temporal access patterns.
FILE STORAGE
Store policy documents, access logs, and security guidelines as documents. Enable semantic search across compliance requirements and policy enforcement.
Why SurrealDB?
Secure systems by combining graph-based access control with semantic policy evaluation.
