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+# Alternatives Analyze - Technology Stack Decision Analysis
+
+Analyze technology stack alternatives using the **BMAD** (Best, Most Appropriate, Design) framework. Make informed decisions about databases, frameworks, cloud providers, languages, and architectural patterns by evaluating tradeoffs, costs, and long-term implications.
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze <category> [context] [options]
+```
+
+## What I Do
+
+1. **Identify Alternatives**: List all viable options for the technology category
+2. **BMAD Analysis**: Evaluate using Best/Most Appropriate/Design criteria
+3. **Tradeoff Matrix**: Compare pros/cons, costs, learning curve, ecosystem
+4. **Context Scoring**: Weight factors based on your specific requirements
+5. **Recommendation**: Provide data-driven recommendation with rationale
+
+## Technology Categories
+
+### 1. Databases
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze database \
+  --requirements "high-throughput,strong-consistency,cloud-native" \
+  --scale "startup"
+```
+
+**Analyzes**: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Firestore, CockroachDB, Cassandra
+
+### 2. Backend Frameworks
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze backend-framework \
+  --language typescript \
+  --requirements "fast-development,type-safe,good-orms"
+```
+
+**Analyzes**: Express, Fastify, NestJS, Hono, Elysia, tRPC
+
+### 3. Frontend Frameworks
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze frontend-framework \
+  --requirements "SEO,performance,large-team" \
+  --existing-stack "React"
+```
+
+**Analyzes**: Next.js, Remix, Astro, SvelteKit, Nuxt, Gatsby
+
+### 4. Cloud Providers
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze cloud-provider \
+  --workload "containerized-microservices" \
+  --scale "enterprise" \
+  --constraints "EU-data-residency"
+```
+
+**Analyzes**: AWS, GCP, Azure, Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Fly.io
+
+### 5. Message Queues
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze message-queue \
+  --requirements "exactly-once,high-throughput,stream-processing" \
+  --scale "100k-msgs-sec"
+```
+
+**Analyzes**: Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis Streams, AWS SQS, Google Pub/Sub, NATS
+
+### 6. Authentication
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze auth \
+  --requirements "social-login,SSO,MFA,compliance" \
+  --constraints "GDPR,SOC2"
+```
+
+**Analyzes**: Auth0, Clerk, Supabase Auth, Firebase Auth, AWS Cognito, custom JWT
+
+## BMAD Framework
+
+### **B**est - Industry Gold Standard
+What is considered the **best practice** in the industry?
+
+- **Criteria**: Battle-tested, widely adopted, comprehensive features
+- **Examples**:
+  - Database: PostgreSQL (ACID compliance, robustness)
+  - Queue: Kafka (high throughput, durability)
+  - Cloud: AWS (feature breadth, enterprise tooling)
+
+### **M**ost Appropriate - Context Fit
+What is **most appropriate** for YOUR specific context?
+
+- **Criteria**: Team expertise, budget, timeline, scale
+- **Factors**:
+  - **Team Size**: Startup (2-5) vs Scale-up (20-50) vs Enterprise (100+)
+  - **Budget**: Free tier vs $100/mo vs $10k/mo vs unlimited
+  - **Timeline**: POC (1 week) vs MVP (3 months) vs Production (1 year)
+  - **Scale**: 100 users vs 10k users vs 1M users
+
+### **D**esign - Architectural Alignment
+How does this fit your **overall design** and long-term vision?
+
+- **Criteria**: System coherence, vendor lock-in, migration path
+- **Considerations**:
+  - **Vendor Lock-in**: Open-source vs proprietary
+  - **Migration Path**: Can you switch later? At what cost?
+  - **Ecosystem**: Libraries, tools, community support
+  - **Future-proofing**: Technology trajectory, maintenance
+
+## Analysis Output
+
+### Tradeoff Matrix
+
+```markdown
+## Database Alternatives Analysis
+
+### Context
+- **Team Size**: 5 engineers (3 backend, 2 fullstack)
+- **Current Stage**: Seed-funded startup
+- **Scale**: 1,000 active users → 50,000 in 12 months
+- **Budget**: $500/mo infrastructure
+- **Constraints**: GDPR compliance required
+
+### Options Evaluated
+
+| Option        | Type       | Cost/mo | Learn Curve | Maturity | Score |
+|---------------|------------|---------|-------------|----------|-------|
+| PostgreSQL    | Relational | $25     | Medium      | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 92    |
+| MongoDB       | Document   | $57     | Low         | ⭐⭐⭐⭐   | 78    |
+| DynamoDB      | NoSQL      | $50     | High        | ⭐⭐⭐⭐   | 71    |
+| Firestore     | Document   | $30     | Low         | ⭐⭐⭐     | 68    |
+| MySQL         | Relational | $25     | Medium      | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 85    |
+
+### BMAD Analysis
+
+#### Best: PostgreSQL
+- ✅ **Strengths**: ACID compliance, JSON support, full-text search, PostGIS
+- ✅ **Ecosystem**: Rich ORM support (Prisma, Drizzle, TypeORM)
+- ✅ **Flexibility**: Relational + document (JSON columns)
+- ⚠️ **Considerations**: Requires schema management
+
+#### Most Appropriate: PostgreSQL (Supabase)
+- ✅ **Team Fit**: SQL skills on team, Prisma ORM familiarity
+- ✅ **Budget Fit**: $25/mo for 100GB database (within budget)
+- ✅ **Timeline Fit**: Fast setup with Supabase (2 hours vs 2 days self-hosted)
+- ✅ **Scale Fit**: Handles 50k users with vertical scaling
+- ✅ **Compliance**: EU region available, GDPR-ready
+
+#### Design: PostgreSQL with Migration Plan
+- ✅ **No Lock-in**: Standard PostgreSQL (can migrate to RDS, self-hosted)
+- ✅ **Ecosystem**: TypeScript-first with Prisma
+- ✅ **Future Path**: Scale with read replicas, connection pooling (PgBouncer)
+- ⚠️ **Migration Risk**: Low - standard SQL export/import
+
+### Recommendation
+
+**Choose: PostgreSQL (hosted on Supabase)**
+
+**Rationale:**
+1. ✅ Aligns with team's SQL expertise
+2. ✅ Fits budget ($25/mo vs $500 budget)
+3. ✅ Supports rapid development (Prisma ORM)
+4. ✅ No vendor lock-in (standard PostgreSQL)
+5. ✅ Clear scaling path (read replicas, PgBouncer)
+6. ✅ GDPR compliance out-of-the-box
+
+**Alternative if requirements change:**
+- **If need extreme scale**: Consider CockroachDB (distributed SQL)
+- **If need real-time**: Consider Firestore + PostgreSQL hybrid
+- **If team prefers NoSQL**: MongoDB Atlas (better maturity than DynamoDB for startups)
+
+### Implementation Path
+
+1. **Week 1**: Set up Supabase project, configure EU region
+2. **Week 2**: Design schema with Prisma, enable Row Level Security (RLS)
+3. **Week 3**: Implement connection pooling, set up backups
+4. **Week 4**: Load testing, optimize queries, add indexes
+
+### Long-term Monitoring
+
+- **Metric**: Connection pool utilization
+- **Alert**: >80% CPU on database
+- **Review**: Quarterly review of costs vs scale
+- **Trigger**: If cost >$200/mo OR latency >100ms p95, re-evaluate
+```
+
+## Options
+
+### Context Options
+- `--scale <level>` - Startup, scale-up, enterprise (default: startup)
+- `--team-size <number>` - Number of engineers
+- `--budget <amount>` - Monthly budget for this component
+- `--timeline <duration>` - Time to production (1 week, 1 month, 3 months, etc.)
+
+### Requirement Options
+- `--requirements <list>` - Comma-separated requirements (e.g., "ACID,scalability,cost-effective")
+- `--constraints <list>` - Hard constraints (e.g., "GDPR,open-source,EU-region")
+- `--existing-stack <tech>` - Technologies already in use
+- `--language <lang>` - Preferred programming language
+
+### Analysis Options
+- `--format <format>` - Output format: markdown, json, html (default: markdown)
+- `--depth <level>` - Analysis depth: quick, standard, deep (default: standard)
+- `--include-costs` - Include detailed cost breakdown (default: true)
+- `--include-migration` - Include migration complexity analysis (default: true)
+
+## Use Cases
+
+### 1. Green field Project Planning
+Choose the right stack before writing any code.
+
+### 2. Technology Replacement
+Evaluate alternatives when migrating away from legacy systems.
+
+### 3. Cost Optimization
+Find cheaper alternatives that meet the same requirements.
+
+### 4. Scale Planning
+Identify when current technology won't scale and what to migrate to.
+
+### 5. Team Skill Alignment
+Choose technologies that match team expertise or learning goals.
+
+## Advanced Features
+
+### Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)
+
+```markdown
+### Weighted Criteria
+
+| Criteria         | Weight | PostgreSQL | MongoDB | DynamoDB |
+|------------------|--------|------------|---------|----------|
+| Cost             | 25%    | 9/10       | 6/10    | 7/10     |
+| Performance      | 20%    | 8/10       | 8/10    | 9/10     |
+| Developer UX     | 20%    | 9/10       | 8/10    | 6/10     |
+| Scalability      | 15%    | 7/10       | 8/10    | 10/10    |
+| Ecosystem        | 10%    | 10/10      | 8/10    | 7/10     |
+| Learning Curve   | 10%    | 7/10       | 9/10    | 5/10     |
+| **Total Score**  |        | **8.4**    | **7.7** | **7.3**  |
+```
+
+### Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
+
+```markdown
+### 3-Year TCO Comparison
+
+| Cost Component         | PostgreSQL | MongoDB | DynamoDB |
+|------------------------|------------|---------|----------|
+| **Infrastructure**     |            |         |          |
+| - Database hosting     | $900       | $2,050  | $1,800   |
+| - Backup storage       | $120       | $240    | $360     |
+| - Monitoring           | $240       | $480    | $0       |
+| **Engineering**        |            |         |          |
+| - Initial setup        | $4,000     | $3,000  | $6,000   |
+| - Ongoing maintenance  | $6,000     | $4,000  | $2,000   |
+| - Migration risk       | $0         | $8,000  | $15,000  |
+| **Total 3-Year Cost**  | **$11,260**| **$17,770** | **$25,160** |
+```
+
+### Risk Analysis
+
+```markdown
+### Risk Matrix
+
+| Risk                  | Probability | Impact | Mitigation                      |
+|-----------------------|-------------|--------|---------------------------------|
+| Vendor shutdown       | Low (5%)    | High   | Use open-source alternative     |
+| Cost explosion        | Medium (30%)| High   | Set up billing alerts, reserves |
+| Performance issues    | Low (10%)   | Medium | Load testing, query optimization|
+| Team knowledge gap    | Medium (20%)| Medium | Training, pair programming      |
+| Lock-in constraints   | High (60%)  | Medium | Standard interfaces, abstraction|
+```
+
+## Examples
+
+### Analyze Database Options
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze database \
+  --scale startup \
+  --budget 200 \
+  --requirements "ACID,JSON-support,full-text-search" \
+  --constraints "open-source,EU-hosting"
+```
+
+### Compare Cloud Providers
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze cloud-provider \
+  --workload "containerized-apps" \
+  --scale "scale-up" \
+  --budget 5000 \
+  --constraints "multi-region,SOC2"
+```
+
+### Frontend Framework Decision
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze frontend-framework \
+  --existing-stack React \
+  --requirements "SEO,SSR,static-generation" \
+  --team-size 8
+```
+
+### Message Queue Selection
+```bash
+/specweave-alternatives:alternatives-analyze message-queue \
+  --scale enterprise \
+  --requirements "exactly-once,replay,stream-processing" \
+  --throughput "500k-msgs-sec"
+```
+
+## Related Commands
+
+- `/specweave-alternatives:cost-compare` - Detailed cost comparison only
+- `/specweave-alternatives:migration-plan` - Generate migration plan from A to B
+- `/specweave-cost-optimizer:analyze` - Optimize costs for chosen stack
+
+## Best Practices
+
+1. **Start with Requirements**: Define hard requirements vs nice-to-haves
+2. **Include Team Context**: Consider team skills, not just technology merits
+3. **Plan for Change**: Evaluate migration difficulty even if not planning to migrate
+4. **Use Real Numbers**: Actual budget, actual scale, actual timeline
+5. **Re-evaluate Periodically**: Technology landscape changes, reassess every 12-18 months
+
+## Limitations
+
+- **Analysis is point-in-time**: Technology landscape evolves rapidly
+- **Costs are estimates**: Actual costs depend on usage patterns
+- **Assumes typical use cases**: Edge cases may favor different technologies
+- **Human judgment required**: Framework provides data, but final decision is yours
+
+## Activation Keywords
+
+- "Which database should I use?"
+- "Compare PostgreSQL vs MongoDB vs DynamoDB"
+- "Best cloud provider for startups"
+- "Should I use Next.js or Remix?"
+- "Kafka vs RabbitMQ decision"
+- "Technology stack recommendations"
+- "BMAD method analysis"