The bulk of the PrimeBase SQL Data Server (PBDS) users are in the print and pre-press industry.
This is due to historical reasons and the fact that PBDS features such as efficient BLOB handling and full-text search focus on the requirements of applications in this area.
It was originally developed for the Macintosh by the company P.INK Software Engineering GmbH and Co, in Hamburg.
The database was used as the central component of the P.INK Press Publishing System, which was installed at a number of major newspapers in Germany and worldwide.
A number of former employees managed to secure the rights to the P.INK SQL database and in 1996 they founded SNAP Innovation GmbH.