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24 alternatives to Apps Script DB – Use Google Apps Script as a Simple Database

A key-value database by Google Apps Script. Contribute to maple3142/apps-script-db development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Apps Script DB – Use Google Apps Script as a Simple Database launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Stein▲400

    Use Google Sheets as your no-setup database

    2019 · steinhq.com · its alternatives →

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    Sheetsu Web Client. Contribute to sheetdb/sheetsu-web-client development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sheetsu▲537

    Turn Google Spreadsheet into API

    2015 · sheetdb.io · its alternatives →

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    Use Google Sheets as your no-setup data store. Build fast and get a familiar interface for managing the data, with the open source Stein. What

    2019 · steinhq.com · its alternatives →

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    Use your Google Sheets as a JSON API. Connect Google Spreadsheets with your CRM or any other tool using JSON API and RESTful requests.

    2015 · sheetsu.com · its alternatives →

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    Write GSuite add-ons and Google web apps locally in VS Code

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    No-code app building platform powered by Google Cloud

    2020 · about.appsheet.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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    Hello everyone! At a company I worked for, we needed to develop an MVP (basically a web page) and apply certain business logic to a Google Drive spreadsheet that was frequently updated by the Sales team. In this case, we had two options: Develop a backend to replace the current spreadsheet and have the sales team use it as a new "backoffice" - This would take a very long time, and if the hypothesis we were testing was wrong, it would be time wasted. Create the web page and use Google's SDK to extract data from the spreadsheet. We chose to go with the second option because it was quicker.…

    2024 · zerosheets.com · its alternatives →

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    Sheetson▲229

    Google Sheet as a database with RESTful API

    2019 · sheetson.com · its alternatives →

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    SheetBest▲276

    Turn a SpreadSheet (Google or Excel) into a REST API

    2019 · sheetbest.com · its alternatives →

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    Google Spreadsheet as a Database. Contribute to joway/sheetsql development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Instantly Use Your Spreadsheets as an API and Database

    2020 · apispreadsheets.com · its alternatives →

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    Turn a Google Spreadsheet into a JSON API

    2020 · sheetdb.io · its alternatives →

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    SheetDB▲147

    Turn a Google Spreadsheet into a RESTful API

    2019 · sheetdb.io · its alternatives →

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    Create Apps Script-native Webhooks for Google Sheets

    2022 · workspace.google.com · its alternatives →

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    KeyVal▲87

    Free and simple key-value database

    2021 · keyval.org · its alternatives →

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    Turn a Google Spreadsheet into a JSON API

    2023 · sheetdb.io · its alternatives →

  20. 20SD

    Hey HN! Charles here from Prequel (https://prequel.co). We just launched the ability to sync data from your own app/db/data warehouse to any of your customer’s Google Sheets, CSV, or Excel – and I wanted to share a bit more about how we built the Google Sheets integration. If you’re curious, see here for a quick GIF demo of our Google Sheets destination: https://storage.googleapis.com/hn_asset/Prequel_GoogleSheets.... Quick background on us: we make it easy to integrate with and sync data to data warehouses. Problem is, there are plenty of folks who…

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    NocommandLine - A GUI for Google App Engine, Cloud Run & Datastore Emulator. Makes it super simple to run, deploy, view logs of your GAE/Cloud Run Apps.

    2021 · nocommandline.com · its alternatives →

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    Easiest way to Merge Google Docs (Template) & Sheets (Data)

    2022 · nathrupjyoti.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Use Google Sheets as your no-setup database. Contribute to SteinHQ/Stein development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Transforms Google Sheets into a database for developers.

    Dec 2025 · sheetsandbox.com · its alternatives →

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