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Lathe vs r3
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Managed Postgres, Redis, CouchDB and NATS on a dedicated EU machine, one flat price.
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Local Redis memory MCP for AI apps with hybrid caching and optional Mem0 cloud backup.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours r3 (83/100 against 70). Lathe is hosted and callable through the gateway; r3 runs on your own machine. r3 has noticeably more public adoption.
| Lathe | r3 | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | B70/100 | B83/100 |
| Adoption | New | Growing |
| GitHub stars | – | 2 |
| Downloads / week | – | 45 |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | 14 |
| Write actions | — | 2 |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | — | MIT |
| Last release | — | 2026-09-18 |
| Category | Databases | Databases |