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Lantern is a Postgres query monitoring for Rails teams ($39/mo)

Lantern is a Postgres query monitoring for Rails teams ($39/mo)

by em_builds·Mar 12, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My ProblemNiche Gem

Fills the gap between free pgHero and $149/mo pganalyze with deploy correlation.

Strengths
  • •Deploy correlation via GitHub Actions, Render, or Fly.io webhooks.
  • •Single 0-100 health score aggregating multiple Postgres metrics.
  • •14-day query trend history to catch degrading queries before incidents.
Weaknesses
  • •Pre-launch with waitlist only, no live product to evaluate yet.
  • •Postgres monitoring is crowded with Datadog, New Relic, and pganalyze.
Category
SaaS
Target Audience

Rails teams running PostgreSQL in production

Similar To

pganalyze · pgHero · Datadog

Post Description

I kept hitting the ceiling with pgHero (snapshot only, no trends) but couldn't justify pganalyze at $149/mo for a small team. Building in health scores, query trends, deploy correlation. Still pre-launch, collecting waitlist signups. Appealing to more than just myself? https://uselantern.dev

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