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NATSRelay — Managed NATS messaging for small teams

One-liner: Managed NATS clusters with JetStream, key-value store, and object store. No ops, just messaging.

Target market: Small dev teams using or wanting to use NATS without managing infrastructure

Monetization: $19/mo (shared cluster, 1GB) / $49/mo (dedicated, 10GB, JetStream) / $149/mo (HA cluster, 100GB)

Why us:

Deep NATS expertise from PingRelay and all our products
Go is the NATS server language — we can contribute and understand internals
NATS has no official managed offering (Synadia NGS exists but enterprise)

🔍 Competitor Research

Competitor	Pricing	Notes
Synadia NGS	Enterprise, opaque pricing	Official Synadia offering. Enterprise-focused.
Confluent Cloud	Kafka managed, not NATS	Different protocol entirely.
CloudAMQP	Managed RabbitMQ from $19/mo	Similar concept but for RabbitMQ. Profitable.

Gap: CloudAMQP proved managed messaging SaaS works (profitable, acquired). No equivalent for NATS at indie/SMB price point. Synadia NGS is enterprise.

Domain: natsrelay.com AVAILABLE ✅

Risk: NATS community is smaller than Kafka/RabbitMQ. Niche market. Synadia could launch a cheaper tier.

Time to MVP: 4-5 weeks (cluster management, provisioning, dashboard)

Verdict: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5) — Niche but viable. CloudAMQP model proves it works. Risk of Synadia competing.

## NATSRelay — Managed NATS messaging for small teams **One-liner:** Managed NATS clusters with JetStream, key-value store, and object store. No ops, just messaging. **Target market:** Small dev teams using or wanting to use NATS without managing infrastructure **Monetization:** $19/mo (shared cluster, 1GB) / $49/mo (dedicated, 10GB, JetStream) / $149/mo (HA cluster, 100GB) **Why us:** - Deep NATS expertise from PingRelay and all our products - Go is the NATS server language — we can contribute and understand internals - NATS has no official managed offering (Synadia NGS exists but enterprise) ### 🔍 Competitor Research | Competitor | Pricing | Notes | |---|---|---| | **Synadia NGS** | Enterprise, opaque pricing | Official Synadia offering. Enterprise-focused. | | **Confluent Cloud** | Kafka managed, not NATS | Different protocol entirely. | | **CloudAMQP** | Managed RabbitMQ from $19/mo | Similar concept but for RabbitMQ. Profitable. | **Gap:** CloudAMQP proved managed messaging SaaS works (profitable, acquired). No equivalent for NATS at indie/SMB price point. Synadia NGS is enterprise. **Domain:** natsrelay.com AVAILABLE ✅ **Risk:** NATS community is smaller than Kafka/RabbitMQ. Niche market. Synadia could launch a cheaper tier. **Time to MVP:** 4-5 weeks (cluster management, provisioning, dashboard) **Verdict: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)** — Niche but viable. CloudAMQP model proves it works. Risk of Synadia competing.