Citus Data alternatives
TL;DR: 12 companies doing similar work to Citus Data in B2B, ranked by how closely they match what Citus Data actually does — not just by category.
How this list was built: every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Citus Data. They are scored on how closely their own description overlaps with Citus Data's, and all facts shown come from the YC company records — nothing is estimated.
What are the best alternatives to Citus Data?
| Alternative | What it does | Batch | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fithub | — | Winter 2010 | — | Inactive |
| Insoshi | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
| Compose | We make it easy to run databases. PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB,… | Summer 2011 | 51 | Acquired |
| primitive | communication for agents | Spring 2026 | 4 | Active |
| Ardent | Database sandboxes for Agents | Spring 2026 | 3 | Active |
| KugelAudio | Kugel is an on-prem Voice AI model supporting 30+ languages | Spring 2026 | 5 | Active |
| Sherpa Labs | Frontier Data | Winter 2025 | 5 | Active |
| Memorable | reducing agent reasoning into a graph search problem | Summer 2027 | 2 | Active |
| GoScale | Dynamical Scaling Virtual Machines as a Service | Summer 2012 | 2 | Inactive |
| Magma | Monetize your agent's traces. | Summer 2026 | 1 | Active |
| Proxino | Javascript proxy. | Summer 2011 | — | Inactive |
| FathomDB | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
Is Citus Data still active?
Citus Data has been acquired, which often means pricing, roadmap or support changes. That is the usual reason people start looking at this list.
How was this list put together?
Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Citus Data. They are then ranked on how closely their own description overlaps with Citus Data's, so the closest matches come first rather than whoever happens to share a tag.