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Electric Sql vs Mastra

Electric Sql and Mastra score alike on the AgentReady. They differ on 10 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.

Mastra. Mastra is a TypeScript framework for building AI agents and applications.

Where Electric Sql is ahead

Electric Sql passes llms-full.txt / full agent docs, and Mastra 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. Mastra misses it.

And on adopt, self-service signup, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request and official python sdk. Mastra misses those.

Where Mastra is ahead

Mastra 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: mcp integration available. 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, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified. 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. Mastra leads 93 to 67. Electric Sql misses clear canonical domain, clear product positioning, mcp discoverable; Mastra misses llms-full.txt / full agent docs.

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; Mastra 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 35. Electric Sql misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, mcp integration available; Mastra misses self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request, official python sdk.

Operate. Both sit at 24/100 here. Electric Sql misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified; Mastra misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

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

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Electric Sql clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Electric Sql and Mastra. Alternatives to each: Electric Sql, Mastra.

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