TurboERP Proxy: Read Accelerator and Guardrail Layer for ERP Performance
10/10
Demand Score
Slow ERPs stall order entry, MRP runs, and finance closes, directly impacting revenue and SLA commitments.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-18k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
16 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Expert
The Problem
Complex and Costly Workarounds:
Competitor Landscape
- New Relic
- Dynatrace
- AppDynamics
- Qlik Replicate
- Fivetran
- Redis Enterprise
- Hazelcast
Must-Have Features for MVP
Transparent API/report proxy with per-route policies
CDC-driven cache and managed columnar store for analytics
Semantic layer with query templates and rewrites
Priority queues, rate limiting, and backpressure controls
Serverless job runner for heavy exports/reports
Auto index/partitioning advisor (where permissible)
Blue/green bypass and health-based routing
Anomaly detection on latency and error budgets
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Network placement and routing to ensure low-latency proxying
- Ensuring cache correctness and TTL discipline under frequent updates
- CDC access in hosted ERP variants
- Query rewrite safety and semantic alignment
- Organizational comfort with an in-path component
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- p95 latency improvement of 50%+ on read endpoints
- Throughput headroom increased by 2–5x during peaks
- >60% reduction in report-related timeouts
- No critical incidents attributable to proxy after 90 days
- Deferral of infra spend with quantified savings
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