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24 alternatives to LSQ.io

The future is here. Microservices as a platform.

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

1. 1
   Microcosm▲72

   A modern forum platform

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   MemSQL Community Edition▲89

   A database so scalable everyone can use it

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Regular.io▲68

   SaaS Integration as a Service

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   a16z Podcast: How Microservices Change the Future▲63

   Incremental change may be good theory...

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Scaphold 2.0▲207

   GraphQL backend as a service

   2017 · kamaldadoriyachickmaker.in.net · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Reindex▲161

   GraphQL backend as a service

   2016 · reindex.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The New Builders - 8: The Third Way In The Monolith Vs. Microservices Debate▲68

   Monoliths and microservices

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Mumbly Hour - Life in Incognito Mode▲55

   Google IO and the future of intelligent assistants

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Stellar▲143

   Decentralized protocol for real-world currencies

   2014 · stellar.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Frame.io▲151

    Cloud-based collaboration for everything

    2015 · frame.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Rhombus▲86

    Conversational Commerce as a Service

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Finally.io▲81

    IFTTT for cloud infrastructure

    2014 · finally.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Servant▲94

    A simple cloud database for everyone

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sandstorm.io▲101

    A better way to run a personal server

    2015 · sandstorm.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Go Micro – A distributed systems development framework▲115

    I can't tell if HN is the right kind of place for this stuff anymore since people are so advanced in their use but I thought it was interesting to leverage my existing Go microservices framework and turn it into the core of what would provide tools for an agent cli or whatever beyond that. Extensibility is key. Thought I'd share and get a conversation going.

    2020 · go-micro.dev · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Apitronics▲75

    Nest for Farming

    2014 · apitronics.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Orchestrate▲120

    Making databases simple again

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Enterprise Should Suck Less- 15: Easing the pain of IoT Developers ▲61

    Interview about IoT platform & Thing Query Language for devs

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Project Maelstrom▲88

    An Internet Powered By You; Not A Central Server

    2014 · bittorrent.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Yett▲78

    The first platform for Stellar gateways

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Lightweight Microservices Architecture for the Internet of Things▲94

    Open Source Lightweight Microservices Architecture for the Internet of Things. For developers. - lelylan/lelylan

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Sense▲67

    Cloud platform for data science and big data analytics

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    micro-analytics▲89

    Public analytics as a Node.js microservice 📈

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Backbase▲69

    Customer Experience Platform for Enterprise

    2014 · backbase.com · its alternatives →

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