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Directus vs LastPing

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Directus compared with LastPing
DetailDirectusLastPing
What it doesCollaborative backend and self-hostable headless CMS over any database Monitoring for AI agents, cron jobs, and CI/CD pipelines that tracks started, progress, blocked and failed signals
StageNot given Growing
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNot given DE
Pricing modelNot given free
PricingCore plan free with 3 seats and 25 collections. Team plan $499/month with 10 SSO seats and 50 collections. Enterprise plan with custom pricing. Open Innovation Grant available free for organizations under $5M revenue and 50 employees. Free for individuals with no monitor cap. A paid team tier may come later with advance notice.
Key features
  • REST and GraphQL API generation
  • No-code admin interface
  • Digital asset manager
  • Real-time updates via WebSockets
  • Visual editing with live preview
  • Role-based access control
  • AI Assistant for translations and content creation
  • Native MCP server
  • Customizable dashboards
  • MCP server with 50 tools for AI agents to create their own monitors
  • Absence detection that opens incidents when expected signals never arrive
  • Heartbeat monitoring for cron jobs via HTTP ping
  • CI/CD pipeline monitoring via signed webhooks from GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins
  • HTTP uptime probing for status code, latency, and keyword checks
  • Nine alert destinations with routing matrix and flap damping
  • Public status pages with embeddable badges
  • Terraform provider for monitoring as code
  • Agent registry and fleet view showing monitor status
  • Output assertions catching successful runs that did nothing
What makes it different
  • Works over any existing database without abstraction layer
  • AI agents operate under same access policies as human users
  • Self-hostable with cloud option included
  • Teams can work independently on shared data without manual synchronization
  • Full backend operational in minutes
  • No SDK, library, or YAML changes required; works with any language via HTTP requests
  • Durable deadlines that survive restarts and never miss a check-in
  • Free for individuals with no monitor cap, fully hosted with no infrastructure to manage
  • Built by a systems engineer with DevOps experience who understands silent failures
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)74 no change since last check1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)367
Citation Flow (Majestic)5120
Referring domains (Majestic)289448

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