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Electric Sql vs Last9

Last9 scores higher on the AgentReady, 48/100 against 42/100. They differ on 12 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Electric Sql. Electric is an agent platform built on sync, providing managed agents, streams, and a sync engine for building multi-agent systems and local-first apps.

Last9. Last9 is an observability platform for logs, metrics, and traces.

Where Electric Sql is ahead

Electric Sql passes search discoverable, and Last9 does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: pricing understandable. Last9 misses it.

And on adopt, self-service signup, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request and cli available. Last9 misses those.

Where Last9 is ahead

Last9 passes clear canonical domain, clear product positioning and mcp discoverable, and Electric Sql does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds adopt: agent-compatible signup flow and mcp integration available. Electric Sql misses those.

And on operate, agent compatibility verified. Electric Sql misses it.

What neither does

Both fail structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover is whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists. Last9 leads 87 to 67. Electric Sql misses clear canonical domain, clear product positioning, mcp discoverable; Last9 misses search discoverable.

Understand. Electric Sql leads 23 to 15. Electric Sql misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; Last9 misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. Electric Sql leads 55 to 50. Electric Sql misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, mcp integration available; Last9 misses self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request, cli available.

Operate. Last9 leads 41 to 24. Electric Sql misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified; Last9 misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution.

Pricing

Electric Sql starts at $1 per 1M writes and has a free tier. Last9 does not publish one.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Signal counts are level here, so fit and price decide it. Full profiles: Electric Sql and Last9. Alternatives to each: Electric Sql, Last9.

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