BetterDB

BetterDB is an observability and auditability platform for Valkey and Redis. It persists slowlog, command history, and client analytics over time, with real-time dashboards and anomaly detection, and is built for both humans investigating incidents and AI agents querying the database through its MCP server.

BetterDB self-hosts in one command through Docker, Helm, or the npm CLI, or runs as a managed cloud service. Server-side histograms from Valkey's INFO keysizes build key size distributions without scanning keys, and the dashboard opens locally once the container is running. Offline license tokens are verified locally for air-gapped deployments, with no internet access needed.

BetterDB detects unusual patterns across memory, CPU, and connections, with cluster safety guards for split-brain and stuck replicas, and tracks who accessed what through an ACL audit trail. It visualizes cluster topology with slot heatmaps and migration tracking, inspects vector indexes with similarity scores, and forecasts throughput so a team is alerted before hitting capacity. Metrics export to Prometheus and OpenTelemetry, with webhook alerts for breaches.

BetterDB offers a Free plan for individuals at $0 forever, including the real-time dashboard, slowlog analysis, vector search, and the MCP server. A Pro plan costs $49 a month per workspace with unlimited seats, shared workspaces, and anomaly detection, and an Enterprise plan starts from $599 a month per deployment with compliance alerting and an ACL audit trail. Cloud retention is 7 days on Free, 90 days on Pro, and 1 year on Enterprise, while self-hosted data has no limit.

Use cases

• Investigating incidents with dashboards, slowlog analysis and vector search
• Letting an AI agent pull structured diagnostics without opening a browser
• Monitoring RAG and semantic search workloads in production
• Migrating data between Redis, Valkey, cloud and self-hosted setups