# Scry

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Scry and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Lets researchers and builders run large analytical queries over public internet indexes, with long timeouts and vector support. Its congestion pricing model is hard to understand at a glance.

## Why people recommend it

- Large analytical queries over public internet (2 comments): "so prosocial researchers and builders and their agents can have low-friction access to running analytical queries over the public internet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48899164)) "exceptionally well-indexed and usually 5+ minute query timeout limits, so you can run seriously large research queries" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46442123))
- Readonly SQL and vector composition (2 comments): "have an easier time composing embedding vectors in whatever mathematical ways you want, than any other tool I've seen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46448826)) "Full readonly-SQL + vector manipulation in a live public database." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46450880))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Elasticsearch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elasticsearch.md): 68 recommend
- [Antfly](https://hackerapproved.com/p/antfly.md): 15 recommend
- [Typesense](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typesense.md): 8 recommend
- [Manticore Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/manticore-search.md): 7 recommend
- [Vespa](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vespa.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://scry.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Scry", https://hackerapproved.com/p/scry/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).