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Me and my co-founder has built a platform - SqlSafekeep ( https://sqlsafekeep.com) which is a row-level database data monitoring tool (not traditional database activity monitoring (DAM))

SqlSafeKeep captures every transaction row-by-row as it happens inside any SQL Server, then raises those changes into a cloud dashboard that anyone from a developer to a compliance officer can search in seconds.

It captures every single row-level change (UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE) and writes it to an immutable, off-host log in real-time. Think of it as a perfect, unbreakable data lineage for every transaction. It's designed to answer questions like:

* "Who changed the price on this product row at 9 PM on Sunday?"

* "What was the exact state of this customer record before the production bug corrupted it?"

* "Our senior DBA just left; what kind of critical changes was she making that we need to know about?"|

It's zero-code to set up and has a simple UI (we call it the Lighthouse) so that you can give your compliance folks or even devs a way to get answers without having to give them direct DB access.

The Ask: We Need Your Brutal Honesty

We need your unfiltered feedback to help us shape the roadmap. Tell us what's genius, what's garbage, what's missing, and how it would (or wouldn't) fit into your real-world workflow.

If you feel you have more to share, I am also looking to find design partners. I would like to offer you a free, unlimited access to the platform.

The Origin Story:

My co-founder was a DBA and architect for military contractors for over 15 years. He ran into a situation where a critical piece of data was changed in a production SQL Server database, and by the time anyone noticed, the logs had rolled, and the nightly backups were useless. There was no way to definitively prove who changed what, when, or what the original value was. It was a nightmare of forensics and finger-pointing.

He figured there had to be a better way than relying on complex log parsing or enterprise DAMs that cost a fortune and take months to deploy.

In case if you have more questions or want to talk in person, let me know in comments.