That&#x27;s exactly the bet we&#x27;re making. The Redis&#x2F;Valkey ecosystem has enough sprawl - a tool that does one thing well and stays out of the way is what we&#x27;d want to use ourselves.

Show HN projects that solve one specific workflow problem tend to outlast the ambitious all-in-one tools. Scope is a feature.

I built this after a year at Redis as an engineering manager for their developer tools, watching the ecosystem fragment after the license change.Redis 7.4 broke data file compatibility with Valkey. RIOT, the only widely-used open migration tool, was archived last October with no open replacement. And the clouds - AWS, GCP, Redis Cloud - have no incentive to make leaving easy. If you want to move between providers, switch protocols, or get off managed infrastructure entirely, you&#x27;re on your own.BetterDB ships a three-phase workflow to fix that:Analysis - scans your keyspace and flags blocking incompatibilities before anything moves. Green&#x2F;amber&#x2F;red verdict.Execution - RedisShake for same-protocol speed, or command-based for cross-version and cross-protocol migrations where binary transfer fails.Validation - key count comparison, sample spot-check, and performance baseline comparison against pre-migration snapshots.Any direction. Any provider. Standalone or cluster.docker run -p 3000:3000 betterdb&#x2F;monitorWebsite: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;betterdb.com
Repo: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;BetterDB-inc&#x2F;monitor
Docs: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.betterdb.com

BetterDB – open-source Redis/Valkey migration across clouds and self-hosted

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