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Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Appbase

The streaming NoSQL database service.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Appbase launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Appwrite® - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime and more - appwrite/appwrite

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build relevant search with NoCode, JS components or REST API

    2020 · reactivesearch.io · its alternatives →

  3. 3AD
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    Search stack for building modern apps

    2019 · reactivesearch.io · its alternatives →

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    A versatile stack for incrementally adopting AI for your site search — Author pipelines, build UIs, analyze performance and scale securely.

    2014 · appbase.io · its alternatives →

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    Build like a team of hundreds

    2023 · cloud.appwrite.io · its alternatives →

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    Appwrite 2.0 brings a new engine, a rebuilt Console, five database types, an S3 API, an OAuth 2.1 server, and organization-level Domains and Firewall.

    2025 · appwrite.io · its alternatives →

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    Discover Firebase, Google’s mobile and web app development platform that helps developers build apps and games that users will love.

    2012 · firebase.com · its alternatives →

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    Firebase▲804

    App success made simple by google

    2016 · firebase.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey there HN! We’re Joe and Stopa, and today we’re open sourcing InstantDB, a client-side database that makes it easy to build real-time and collaborative apps like Notion and Figma. Building modern apps these days involves a lot of schleps. For a basic CRUD app you need to spin up servers, wire up endpoints, integrate auth, add permissions, and then marshal data from the backend to the frontend and back again. If you want to deliver a buttery smooth user experience, you’ll need to add optimistic updates and rollbacks. We do these steps over and over for every feature we build, which can…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    8base▲211

    Bring powerful apps to market fast - 8base GraphQL Backend

    2020 · 8base.com · its alternatives →

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    Store, sync and query app data at global scale

    2017 · firebase.google.com · its alternatives →

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    InstantDB▲320

    Complete backend with auth and storage in one prompt

    Apr 2026 · instantdb.com · its alternatives →

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    Appwrite® - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime and more - Release Version 0.12.0 · appwrite/appwrite

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    An open source Firebase alternative

    2020 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    Backend as a Service, reimagined by Appwrite

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    React Native library to backtrace your testing steps

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Announcing Appwrite 0.14 with 11 Cloud Function Runtimes! 🥳

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fully managed Node.js serverless application platform

    2018 · cloud.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast, easy open source dashboards for everyone

    2020 · metabase.com · its alternatives →

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    A developer-focused database PaaS (platform as a service)

    2022 · sevalla.com · its alternatives →

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    We just launched Outerbase Studio, the open-source version of our core database offering. It works in your browser or as a desktop app and supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. What it does: • Connects to MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases. • Spin up local databases directly through the UI, even if you don’t have one running. • Manage and query your data in a lightweight, intuitive interface. • Completely open source. Why we built it: We wanted to share the core Outerbase experience with the developer community as a free, open-source tool. It’s simple, fast, and removes the barriers…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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