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24 alternatives to M3

Uber's Large-scale Metrics Platform for Prometheus

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. M3 launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Software Engineering Daily — Scaling Uber with Matt Ranney▲71
Matt Ranney breaks down the technical challenges and at Uber
2015 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
2
Weave▲237
Hey HN, We’re building Weave: an ML-powered tool to measure engineering output, that actually understands engineering output! Why? Here’s the thing: almost every eng leader already measures output - either openly or behind closed doors. But they rely on metrics like lines of code (correlation with effort: ~0.3), number of PRs, or story points (slightly better at ~0.35). These metrics are, frankly, terrible proxies for productivity. We’ve developed a custom model that analyzes code and its impact directly, with a far better 0.94 correlation. The result? A standardized engineering output…
2025 · app.workweave.ai · its alternatives →
3
Sense▲67
Cloud platform for data science and big data analytics
2014 · its alternatives →
4
Tiny Stats▲160
Analytics, sans dashboard.
2017 · academicconsultant.co · its alternatives →
5
The Nordic Web▲146
Data-driven analyses and deep reporting on Nordic startups
2017 · thenordicweb.com · its alternatives →
6
Citus Cloud▲89
A database for building real-time apps on billions of events
2016 · citusdata.com · its alternatives →
7
Katen▲68
Machine learning based Kubernetes optimization engine
2020 · its alternatives →
8
Standard Analytics▲97
Structured API for Science
2014 · standardanalytics.io · its alternatives →
9
BigML▲64
Machine learning as a service - build predictive apps
2014 · bigml.com · its alternatives →
10
Priori Data 2.0▲132
Simple, affordable app intelligence for mobile startups
2016 · prioridata.com · its alternatives →
11
MatrixDS▲79
The data community's workbench
2018 · its alternatives →
12
Gleam.io▲85
A metrics focused competition tool to drive user engagement
2014 · gleam.io · its alternatives →
13
Scalyr▲73
Scalable Operations Analytics
2015 · sentinelone.com · its alternatives →
14
OpenScience▲75
The open-source AI workbench for scientific research
28d ago · openscience.sh · its alternatives →
15
TrackMaven ▲64
Competitive Intelligence for Enterprise Marketers
2014 · trackmaven.com · its alternatives →
16
Xbrain▲71
Cloud-based Artificial Intelligence platform for cars
2014 · xbrain.io · its alternatives →
17
The Little Metrics Book▲64
A free field guide to metrics
2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
18
PrometheusML▲63
Intuitive & interactive way to run data science experiments
2022 · yailab.com · its alternatives →
19
ExecPodcast: Quantifying Engineering w. Travis Kimmel of Gitprime▲57
Objectively analyzing your team's codebase and patterns
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Open Startups Initiative▲61
Real-time revenue metrics of transparent startups
2015 · baremetrics.com · its alternatives →
21
Expose Go's database/sql stats as Prometheus metrics▲20
A Go library for collecting sql.DBStats in Prometheus format - dlmiddlecote/sqlstats
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
Leanplum▲36
Fully-integrated optimization solution for mobile apps
2014 · clevertap.com · its alternatives →
23
Tracking Kubernetes cost metrics in Prometheus▲15
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
Kilometer▲10
Event-based analytics for startups
2015 · kilometer.io · its alternatives →

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