Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to SimpleDB
Let you store data without touching the database
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SimpleDB launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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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2019 · easydb.io · its alternatives →
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InstantDB▲320Complete backend with auth and storage in one prompt
Apr 2026 · instantdb.com · its alternatives →
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ZeroDB▲119An open-source, end-to-end encrypted database protocol
2015 · zerodb.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · textdb.dev · its alternatives →
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SimpleID▲150Add decentralized auth and storage to your app in 10 minutes
2019 · simpleid.xyz · its alternatives →
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Simple online database service in the cloud with NoSQL, REST API, low code javascript hooks, MongoDB support and more. Perfect for API automation, custom development, enterprise, backoffice, serverless backends, database driven websites. It provides easy collaboration and data management with secure
2016 · restdb.io · its alternatives →
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This is a simple graph database in SQLite, inspired by "SQLite as a document database" - dpapathanasiou/simple-graph
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · dropbase.io · its alternatives →
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Pantry is a free, API based JSON storage solution for small projects. We help developers build projects quickly
2020 · getpantry.cloud · its alternatives →
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Api Spreadsheets▲158Instantly Use Your Spreadsheets as an API and Database
2020 · apispreadsheets.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, we're Eric and Dean, creators of SchemafreeSQL. Its roots go back to an on-line Web App Development Environment we developed back in 1999. It was comprised of an IDE, Web Server, Object Store, Virtual File System, Template System, and polyglot (Java, JavaScript, and Python). Of course, we named it “.OS”. Then we ended up dropping it. But that's a story for another time. It was the ease of use of the Object Store from .OS that we really missed, which brings us back to SchemafreeSQL. It provides an enhanced API to your SQL Database which allows it to function as a Schemaless…
2022 · schemafreesql.com · its alternatives →
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JustBackend▲112A lightweight database replacement for agile projects
2024 · justbackend.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · app.swaggerhub.com · its alternatives →
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"Mongita is to MongoDB as SQLite is to SQL". Contribute to scottrogowski/mongita development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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