Backend-as-a-Service & Realtime brand directory

Supabase is the Postgres development platform—an open-source, self-hostable BaaS that gives every project a dedicated PostgreSQL database plus integrated auth, realtime, storage, edge functions, and vector/AI tooling, all manageable through a unified dashboard or CLI.

Appwrite is an open-source Backend-as-a-Service platform that bundles authentication, databases, storage, serverless functions, real-time subscriptions, multi-channel messaging, and web hosting into a single managed cloud or self-hosted solution, enabling developers to build and ship full-stack applications without assembling separate backend services.

Firebase is Google's Backend-as-a-Service platform offering a unified suite of managed services—real-time and document databases, authentication, cloud functions, file storage, hosting, push messaging, crash reporting, analytics, A/B testing, and AI model access—designed to let developers build, ship, and scale mobile and web applications without provisioning or managing server infrastructure.

Back4App is a low-code Backend-as-a-Service platform built on the open-source Parse Server, offering managed databases, real-time APIs, authentication, cloud functions, file storage, push notifications, and Docker-based web deployment—enabling developers to launch and scale mobile and web application backends without managing server infrastructure.

Hasura provides a metadata-driven, open-source GraphQL and API federation platform that auto-generates high-performance APIs over any database or data source. Its Hasura DDN (Data Delivery Network) deploys a globally distributed, zero cold-start API layer that federates multiple data sources into a single supergraph, with built-in RBAC, CI/CD tooling, real-time subscriptions, and 40+ native data connectors. It targets enterprise and startup engineering teams seeking to accelerate API delivery, enforce data governance, and modernize legacy architectures without hand-coding resolvers. In 2026, Hasura is also expanding into AI data access via its PromptQL subsidiary.

PocketBase is a free, open-source, single-binary Backend-as-a-Service written in Go that bundles an embedded SQLite realtime database, authentication, file storage, and an admin dashboard into one portable executable for self-hosted backend deployments.

Convex is a TypeScript-native, reactive Backend-as-a-Service platform that unifies a serverless document database, real-time query subscriptions, background functions, authentication, file storage, and vector search under a single, fully managed cloud service. Developers define their entire backend—schemas, queries, mutations, crons, and auth—as typed TypeScript functions co-located with frontend code, with the platform handling synchronization, caching, and scaling automatically.

Nhost is a fully managed, open-source Backend-as-a-Service platform that bundles PostgreSQL, a Hasura-powered real-time GraphQL API, authentication, file storage, serverless functions, custom container runtime, and an AI toolkit into a single deployable unit. It targets frontend and full-stack teams who want to skip infrastructure management and ship production backends in minutes.

8base is a managed Backend-as-a-Service platform offering an auto-generated GraphQL API over a serverless MySQL database, a visual low-code App Builder, custom serverless functions, built-in auth, real-time subscriptions, and an AI product design tool (Archie). It is hosted on AWS and targets professional developers, SaaS founders, and digital agencies seeking to accelerate full-stack application development without DevOps overhead.

Amplication is an open-source platform that automates backend service creation through AI-powered code generation and customizable 'Golden Path' live templates. It generates production-ready, fully owned, human-readable code — including NestJS APIs, Prisma data models, REST/GraphQL endpoints, authentication, and testing — enabling enterprise platform teams to standardize development workflows, enforce organizational best practices, and accelerate delivery. A plugin marketplace and Smart Git Sync support extensibility and custom code preservation. As of 2025, the product is in maintenance mode while the team develops a successor platform, Overcut.