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24 alternatives to BackendBox
General purpose APIs for your backend
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. BackendBox launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Resend▲1,325An entire collection of pre-built components with a much faster development experience.
2023 · resend.com · its alternatives →
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Base API▲277API for authentication, email sending, images and more!
2019 · base-api.io · its alternatives →
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JustBackend▲112A lightweight database replacement for agile projects
2024 · justbackend.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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ob1 by Outerbase▲280Generate APIs, databases, and your backend with a prompt.
2023 · its alternatives →
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BindBox▲6Create backends graphically and deploy instantly as an API.
2020 · bindbox.io · its alternatives →
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Hello API▲187Turn your boring API docs into an interactive playground
2024 · helloapi.co · its alternatives →
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Hi all, I'm currently validating an idea for a new BaaS solution which will allow you to build and host a web app backend without writing a single line of code. The app is called BackendLab and the landing page is here: https://www.backendlab.app/ The idea is that it allows you to define your database models by specifying what fields to include and BackendLab automatically creates a CRUD API which you can start using straight away. We've just launched the public beta and are looking for early adopters (free of charge, just looking for some feedback on the tool) Looking forward…
2018 · its alternatives →
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8base▲211Bring powerful apps to market fast - 8base GraphQL Backend
2020 · 8base.com · its alternatives →
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Lorem Ipsum backends for your next no-code app, by @Draftbit
2020 · example-data.draftbit.com · its alternatives →
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An extensible, personal API with custom integrations - danfang/me-api
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · developertoolbox.app · its alternatives →
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