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24 alternatives to Rapid.io

Globally distributed realtime APIs

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rapid.io launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Rapid - Real-time Database Service▲184

   Build real-time apps without maintaining the infrastructure

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Now API▲197

   Instant serverless Node.JS deployments with an API.

   2016 · vercel.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pushpin▲79

   Building and scaling realtime APIs made easy

   2015 · pushpin.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Telepat.io Cloud▲128

   Open source, real time API platform

   2016 · telepat.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Deepstream.io▲112

   A scalable server for realtime web apps

   2015 · deepstream.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   apiJuice▲223

   Create a hosted API for anything in seconds

   2025 · apijuice.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Portal▲164

   Self-host open source apps in seconds

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   CodeShare.io▲94

   Realtime code sharing for developers

   2014 · codeshare.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Nitrous.io▲112

   Lightning fast cloud development environments

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    API Point▲90

    Automate all your routine dev work for free with API

    2022 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Frame.io▲151

    Cloud-based collaboration for everything

    2015 · frame.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    KORE.io▲88

    A fast SPDY capable web server for web development in C

    2015 · kore.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    BitScoop▲124

    Create software better, faster, smarter.

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Stolos.io▲74

    Remote environments that work with developers' local tools.

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Proto.io▲135

    Fast, fully-interactive, high-fidelity mobile prototypes

    2014 · proto.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Timekit▲97

    A comprehensive scheduling API (pre-launch)

    2014 · timekit.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Netbeast API▲113

    An IoT development platform

    2016 · netbeast.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Swagger▲78

    The World's Most Popular Framework for APIs.

    2014 · swagger.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Changelog - #189: JSON API with Yehuda Katz▲66

    Yehuda's start as a programmer and the spec for building API

    2016 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

20. 20IB
    I built inthing.io, realtime streams with a Python / REST API▲8

    2016 · willmcgugan.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    SocketCluster▲93

    A scalable realtime engine for Node.js

    2015 · socketcluster.io · its alternatives →

22. 22QG
    Quickly generate REST API (for Postgres db)▲70

    2019 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Moon▲15

    A minimal, blazing fast user interface library.

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Mumbly Hour - Life in Incognito Mode▲55

    Google IO and the future of intelligent assistants

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →