> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hydra.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Deploying Hosted Hydra

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign up" icon="pen" iconType="solid" />

  <Step title="Create project" icon="plus" iconType="solid" />

  <Step title="Create a table" icon="table" iconType="solid" />

  <Step title="Insert data" icon="right-to-bracket" iconType="solid" />

  <Step title="Operate the database" icon="cloud" iconType="solid" />
</Steps>

## 1. Sign-up

To get started, please sign up at [https://www.platform.hydra.so](https://www.platform.hydra.so).

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## 2. Create Project

After selecting "create a project", please enter a project name, region, and the plan. Select the “Create Project” button at the bottom of the page.

<Tip>
  Please note that the Scale plan includes a 14-day free trial. To access 14-days for free a valid credit card is required to verify identity.
</Tip>

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Hosted Hydra databases scale severless compute resources per process.

<Check>
  Hydra service defaults:

  * the latest supported version of Postgres
  * US-East region
</Check>

Once your Hydra is deployed it will be listed as “Running.” The credentials section will now display your new Postgres connection string. Select the “Connection Type” drop down menu to select additional connections options, such as .env, psql, drizzle, next.js, prisma, django, SQLalchemy, or a JDBC URL.

## <img src="https://mintcdn.com/pgxman/qsYyo-rksckbkjwh/ScreenShot2025-02-07at11.12.00AM1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=qsYyo-rksckbkjwh&q=85&s=8cb84078e0242d23d05e643885b7b1d7" alt="" width="494" height="425" data-path="ScreenShot2025-02-07at11.12.00AM1.png" />

## 3. Create a table (columnstore) and insert data

To create analytics tables and insert data, select the SQL tab in the left sidebar. Navigate to the [Quick Start](/start/quickstart) for the following steps.

## 4. Operating Hydra

* [User Management](/operate/users)
* [Postgres roles](/operate/roles)
* [Scaling](/operate/scaling)
* [Monitoring](/operate/monitoring)
* [SQL Editor](/operate/editor)
* [Table & Schema Explorer](/operate/tables)
* [Backups](/operate/backups)
* [Extensions](/operate/extensions)
* [Integrations](/operate/integrations)

## What’s Next?

We recommend

* following the migration documentation from [Object Storage](/migration/data_lake) (S3, GCS), Amazon [RDS](/migration/rds), [Heroku](/migration/heroku), [Render](/migration/render), [Postgres](/migration/postgres).
* learning [about Hydra](/intro/about), our team, and partners behind the project.
* scanning the Hydra [architecture ](/intro/architecture).