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ValidatedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
API Alert System
In their words
"I am looking for a tool/service I can host myself" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗
What they tried & dropped
Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.
Datadog
— (no stated shortcoming)
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Uptime Kuma
— "more suited for monitoring uptime in the sense that you know if everything is running 100% of the time but my usecase is more finding out if something is running too much"
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Hard requirements
Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.
self-hostedDocker supportconfigure 1...n hostsREST-API or similarWebhooks or notificationsmall team or solo developer budget
Competitor pricing
Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $5-$199/mo · names — log in ↗
Open-source check · GitHub · 2026-07-21
🔵 5 open-source attempts, none above ⭐1 — no winner yet · verify ↗
How we checked
Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
56 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
4d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days
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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts
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31 tracked posts (4 asks · 27 product/news)
first post Jan 2026
▲ 5 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
7 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.
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