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Hasura ranks #6 in Backend-as-a-Service & Realtime AI search.
Outside the top three on 20 of the 25 prompts buyers actually ask.
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Top-3 citations across 150 prompt × platform pairs
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ChatGPT
Google AI Mode
Perplexity
Bing Copilot
Gemini Search
GrokVisible, but narrative can improve. Hasura ranks #6 on presence but #7 on sentiment. The brand appears relatively often, but competitors may be getting more favorable language when they appear.
Where Hasura is losing
Prompts where competitors are visible and Hasura is not.
These prompt-level losses are the first prompts to track and repair.
Where Hasura is winning2
Which BaaS platforms expose direct SQL access to the underlying database while still supporting the platform's security and realtime features?
Avg # 1.0 · 1 platform
Which BaaS platforms handle GraphQL subscriptions and live queries at scale with thousands of concurrent connected clients?
Avg # 1.5 · 2 platforms
Where Hasura is losing5
Which BaaS platforms include file storage and CDN capabilities with image transformation, access control, and resumable uploads built in?
Competitors on 5 platforms
Track this promptWhich BaaS platforms support self-hosting on your own infrastructure, and how does the ops burden compare to their managed cloud version?
Competitors on 5 platforms
Track this promptWhich BaaS platforms offer a complete local development experience — running auth, database, and storage emulators entirely offline?
Competitors on 5 platforms
Track this promptWhich BaaS platforms handle complex business logic beyond CRUD well — with good support for custom functions or server-side code?
Competitors on 4 platforms
Track this promptWhich BaaS platforms support outbound webhooks so you can trigger external services when a database record changes?
Competitors on 4 platforms
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Overview
Hasura is a San Francisco–based developer tooling company founded in 2017 by Rajoshi Ghosh and Tanmai Gopal. Its core product, the open-source Hasura GraphQL Engine, auto-generates instant, production-ready GraphQL APIs over new or existing databases. The current flagship platform, Hasura DDN (Data Delivery Network), extends this with a globally distributed, metadata-driven API layer that federates multiple data sources into a unified supergraph, supporting multi-team and multi-repo CI/CD collaboration. A 40+ connector library spans PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, SQL Server, BigQuery, and many others. Customers include Philips Healthcare, Atlassian, Siemens, Airbus, and General Mills. In 2025–2026, Hasura launched PromptQL, an AI-oriented data access layer for LLM and AI agent applications. The company reached unicorn status ($1B valuation) with its $100M Series C in 2022.
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.
Key Facts
- Founded
- 2017
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA, USA / Bangalore, India
- Founders
- Rajoshi Ghosh, Tanmai Gopal
- Employees
- 101-250
- Funding
- $136.5M
- Valuation
- $1B
- Status
- Private
Target users
Key Capabilities10
- Instant auto-generated GraphQL and Relay APIs from existing databases without hand-writing resolvers
- Metadata-driven API platform with declarative domain modelling and built-in governance
- Hasura DDN (Data Delivery Network): global edge-deployed, zero cold-start, autoscaling API layer
- Federated supergraph composition enabling multi-team, multi-repo API collaboration
- Real-time GraphQL subscriptions and live queries over database events
- Fine-grained, field- and entity-level role-based access control (RBAC)
- Native Data Connector (NDC) open specification with 40+ database and API connectors
- Event triggers and webhooks on database changes for event-driven architectures
- Immutable builds, breaking-change detection, and schema registry for CI/CD-native development
- PromptQL: AI/LLM data access layer for grounded, deterministic natural-language queries over business data
Key Use Cases7
- Rapidly building production-ready GraphQL APIs on existing relational or NoSQL databases
- Modernizing legacy API architectures by federating multiple data sources into a unified supergraph
- Real-time application backends requiring live data subscriptions
- Enterprise data mesh and supergraph federation across multiple teams and microservices
- Accelerating digital transformation and API-first initiatives in regulated industries (healthcare, finance)
- AI agent and LLM data grounding via structured, governed data access (PromptQL)
- Rapid prototyping and MVP delivery with instant API scaffolding
Hasura customer outcomes
50% reduction in team size per project; ~1 year vs. 2–4 years to production
Hasura enabled Philips to take a new clinical platform from concept to production in under one year versus an estimated 2–4 years via traditional development, while also reducing team size per project.
3x faster time-to-market
HMH achieved a 3x improvement in time-to-market for new application features after adopting Hasura as its API platform.
30 days from first commit to production launch
Leonardo.Ai used Hasura to go from first code commit to a production-ready API in just 30 days, accelerating their initial launch.
40% reduction in API development effort
ISOS reduced API development effort by 40% by adopting Hasura to modernize its API architecture, abstracting backend complexity and enabling engineers to focus on business logic.
50% reduction in development time
Pulley cut overall development time by 50% after integrating Hasura into their stack, accelerating feature delivery for their equity management platform.
8x faster development velocity
Lumanu reported an 8x improvement in development velocity after adopting Hasura, representing a major acceleration in their engineering throughput.
Recent Trend
How AI describes Hasura3
| | Nhost | Hasura Event Triggers | Powered by Hasura, Nhost provides native Event Triggers that listen to PostgreSQL database mutations and automatically dispatch secure webhooks to serverless functions or external URLs.
Which BaaS platforms support outbound webhooks so you can trigger external services when a database record changes?
Nhost Nhost is a specialized, open-source BaaS built around PostgreSQL and Hasura , making it a favorite for GraphQL-first applications.
Which BaaS platforms integrate well with third-party auth providers — letting you use an existing identity provider alongside built-in auth?
Underlying Database: PostgreSQL (managed with Hasura) momen.app * Direct SQL Access: Direct database access is fully supported.
Which BaaS platforms expose direct SQL access to the underlying database while still supporting the platform's security and realtime features?
Most cited sources8
8See Hasura scale to 1 million active GraphQL subscriptions/live queries
hasura.io·Blog Post
7graphql-engine/architecture/live-queries.md at master · hasura/graphql-engine
github.com·Documentation
- 3
Types of Realtime GraphQL Subscriptions
hasura.io·Blog Post
- 3
GraphQL Subscriptions for realtime data | GraphQL Tutorial
hasura.io·Blog Post
- 1
Row Level Security with Postgres (via Hasura AuthZ)
hasura.io·Blog Post
- 1
Support PostgreSQL Database Roles and Row Security Policies
github.com·Discussion
Alternatives in Backend-as-a-Service & Realtime6
Hasura occupies a distinct niche as the leading metadata-driven GraphQL and API federation platform, differentiating itself from traditional BaaS providers through its database-agnostic connector model, open-source engine, and enterprise-grade supergraph federation (DDN).
- Rather than bundling storage, auth, and compute like Firebase or Supabase, Hasura focuses exclusively on the data access and API layer, positioning itself as a universal data delivery network capable of sitting in front of any existing database or microservice.
- Its v3 DDN architecture emphasizes federated multi-team API composition—a capability rarely matched in the BaaS segment.
- In 2025–2026, Hasura has additionally pivoted toward AI data access with its PromptQL subsidiary, targeting AI agent and LLM use cases.
Reviews
Praised
- Instant GraphQL API generation with zero boilerplate
- Powerful built-in real-time subscriptions
- Fine-grained role-based access control
- Strong multi-database connector ecosystem
- Rapid time-to-production for new projects
- Active and helpful developer community
- Metadata-driven governance and schema registry
- Open-source core with enterprise hosted option
Criticized
- Steep GraphQL learning curve for REST-experienced teams
- Vendor lock-in risk, especially post-v2 deprecation
- Complex or opaque pricing at scale
- Advanced business logic requires custom Actions/Remote Schemas
- Insecure defaults requiring careful RBAC hardening
- Debugging complex federated queries is difficult
- v2-to-DDN migration burden for existing customers
- Limited customisation for non-standard query patterns
On G2, Hasura holds a 4.7/5 rating from 26 reviews, with 80% five-star and 19% four-star ratings and no reviews below four stars. Developer community sentiment visible on social media and GitHub is strongly positive, with users consistently praising the speed of API setup, built-in N+1 batching, and real-time subscription capabilities. Enterprise practitioners highlight productivity gains and the metadata-driven governance approach as standout differentiators. Criticism tends to focus on the GraphQL learning curve, lock-in concerns as the platform matures, and the complexity of handling advanced custom business logic.
Pricing
Hasura DDN offers three tiers. DDN Free ($0/month) supports one supergraph developer with unlimited models and API requests, a global edge network, and 15-minute observability retention—including SOC2 Type 2 and GDPR compliance. DDN Base starts at $5/active model/month (an 'active model' being any model or command accessed more than 1,000 times/month); it adds unlimited developers, 30-day observability, schema registry, and optional dedicated VPC and HIPAA compliance. DDN Advanced starts at $30/active model/month and adds federated multi-team collaboration, independent subgraph development, and multi-repo CI/CD. Private DDN (dedicated infrastructure) is available with Base and Advanced plans for advanced security and compliance. Optional connector hosting is available at $0.075/vCPU-hour and $0.0075/GiB-hour across all plans. Enterprise support plans with SLAs are available separately.
Limitations
- Hasura is primarily GraphQL-centric, which introduces a learning curve for teams unfamiliar with GraphQL; REST-preferred teams may find the paradigm shift significant.
- Advanced business logic beyond CRUD often requires custom Actions or Remote Schemas, adding complexity.
- Heavy reliance on Hasura's proprietary DDN metadata layer can raise vendor lock-in concerns, especially with the deprecation of v2 (now legacy) in favour of v3/DDN.
- The platform is insecure out of the box and requires careful RBAC configuration to harden.
- Enterprise pricing (DDN Base at $5/active model/month, DDN Advanced at $30/active model/month) can scale unpredictably for large schemas.
- GraphQL Engine v2 has been marked legacy with an explicit EOL timeline, potentially forcing migrations for existing users.
- Debugging complex multi-source queries can be challenging due to the number of components involved.
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Prompt-Level Results
| Prompt | Bing Copilot | Gemini Search | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Google AI Mode | Grok |
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Capability1/5 cited (20%) | ||||||
Which BaaS platforms handle GraphQL subscriptions and live queries at scale with thousands of concurrent connected clients? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited | Your brand was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms include file storage and CDN capabilities with image transformation, access control, and resumable uploads built in? | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which realtime BaaS platforms handle conflict resolution when multiple clients write simultaneously — do any support CRDT-style merging? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
What BaaS platforms can handle complex transactional workloads, and which ones require dropping to a custom backend for serious transaction logic? | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms support background jobs and scheduled tasks natively — async queues and cron jobs without external tooling? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Developer Experience0/5 cited (0%) | ||||||
Which BaaS platforms handle complex business logic beyond CRUD well — with good support for custom functions or server-side code? | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms are best suited for frontend developers who need to own the full stack without deep backend knowledge? | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms generate and maintain type-safe client SDKs automatically from your schema — typed queries and mutations included? | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms offer a complete local development experience — running auth, database, and storage emulators entirely offline? | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms have a solid database migration workflow for team settings — not just manual schema coordination? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Integrations & Ecosystem1/5 cited (20%) | ||||||
Which BaaS platforms work well alongside any frontend framework and deployment platform without being tightly coupled to specific client libraries? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms expose direct SQL access to the underlying database while still supporting the platform's security and realtime features? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Your brand was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms integrate well with third-party auth providers — letting you use an existing identity provider alongside built-in auth? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms support outbound webhooks so you can trigger external services when a database record changes? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms have the best data export and portability story so you're not locked in if you need to migrate to a custom backend? | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Performance & Reliability1/5 cited (20%) | ||||||
How does read/write latency compare between BaaS-hosted databases and direct managed relational databases — which platforms close the gap best? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms handle database connection pooling under heavy load well — avoiding connection exhaustion in production? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms can sustain thousands of concurrent WebSocket connections for realtime features at scale? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which managed BaaS platforms have strong enough uptime guarantees and track records to build a business-critical production app on? | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms support multi-region deployments so the backend runs close to users for lower latency? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Setup & First Run1/5 cited (20%) | ||||||
Which BaaS platforms offer the best row-level security implementation — can users only access their own data with declarative rules rather than custom code? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
For a startup building a real-time collaborative app, which BaaS platforms get you a working prototype fastest — covering auth, data, and live sync? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms support self-hosting on your own infrastructure, and how does the ops burden compare to their managed cloud version? | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
Which BaaS platforms let a solo developer spin up a working backend with auth, database, and file storage for a mobile app in a day or less? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
What's the recommended approach for migrating from a NoSQL BaaS to a relational backend-as-a-service platform — what tools or platforms help with this? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited |
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| # | Brand | PresencePres. | Share of VoiceSoV | DocsDocs | BlogBlog | MentionsMent. | Avg PosPos | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appwrite | 36.7% | 37.0% | 14.0% | 21.3% | 56.7% | #4.8 | +0.55 |
| 2 | Supabase | 26.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 3.3% | 72.0% | #2.7 | +0.58 |
| 3 | Back4App | 12.7% | 8.2% | 0.0% | 8.7% | 8.7% | #3.0 | +0.32 |
| 4 | Firebase | 10.7% | 10.5% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 62.0% | #4.6 | +0.72 |
| 5 | Convex | 7.3% | 7.8% | 5.3% | 0.7% | 28.7% | #5.5 | +0.72 |
| 6 | Hasura | 3.3% | 3.5% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 15.3% | #3.0 | +0.44 |
| 7 | Nhost | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 13.3% | #5.7 | +0.87 |
| 8 | PocketBase | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 22.0% | #6.3 | +0.73 |
| 9 | 8base | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
| 10 | Amplication | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
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