Sarus alternatives
TL;DR: 12 companies doing similar work to Sarus in B2B, ranked by how closely they match what Sarus 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 Sarus. They are scored on how closely their own description overlaps with Sarus's, and all facts shown come from the YC company records — nothing is estimated.
What are the best alternatives to Sarus?
| Alternative | What it does | Batch | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fithub | — | Winter 2010 | — | Inactive |
| Insoshi | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
| Brushes | iPad drawing software. | Summer 2010 | — | Inactive |
| Elementary | Open-source data observability for data teams | Winter 2022 | 12 | Active |
| Anasen | Anasen is an app that makes data analysis easy and accessible to… | Winter 2017 | 15 | Inactive |
| Lotas | AI for quantitative trading | Summer 2025 | 2 | Active |
| Evidently AI | Open-source monitoring for machine learning models | Summer 2021 | 2 | Active |
| Chaos Genius | DataOps Observability Platform for Snowflake | Winter 2020 | 10 | Acquired |
| Preseen | The AI forecasting company for global macro events. | Summer 2025 | 1 | Active |
| Arcten | Lab working on long-horizon autonomous research and coding agents | Fall 2025 | 2 | Active |
| Pleom | Agentic Business Intelligence | Summer 2025 | — | Active |
| SolidStage | Sysadmin as a service. We make deploying, configuring, monitoring,… | Winter 2012 | — | Inactive |
Is Sarus still active?
Sarus 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 Sarus. They are then ranked on how closely their own description overlaps with Sarus's, so the closest matches come first rather than whoever happens to share a tag.