Directus vs ProcessSpy

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Directus compared with ProcessSpy
Detail	Directus	ProcessSpy
What it does	Collaborative backend and self-hostable headless CMS over any database	The native macOS alternative to Process Explorer with advanced process monitoring capabilities
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
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Pricing model	Not given	Freemium
Pricing	Core 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 version with core features; paid license $34.99 USD for lifetime updates and unlimited devices. Also available on Setapp for $14.99/year or $34.99 lifetime.
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	Per-process CPU and memory history Process tree visualization with XPC service linking Real-time disk I/O and memory pressure monitoring CPU QoS breakdown and memory footprint analysis Menu bar dashboard for system health tracking Multi-property and regex search JavaScript-based advanced filters Deep process inspection with signature and entitlements info CSV export for historical data and reporting
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	Visualize complex process hierarchies with automatic XPC service linking Advanced JavaScript filtering and multi-property regex search Historical performance tracking with peak and average metrics Retains information about finished processes for later analysis Fully private with no data collection or remote transmission
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	74 no change since last check	44 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	36	25
Citation Flow (Majestic)	51	28
Referring domains (Majestic)	2894	261

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