Stuck on Firebase? Here are some alternatives

The Backend-As-A-Service (BaaS) market is becoming increasingly popular for businesses that don’t have the funds to invest in backend infrastructure or maintain the costs of hiring backend engineers. These companies provide backend solutions to complex tasks that would otherwise take a developer a lot of time to implement by providing the underlying code solutions to tasks like user authentication, push notifications and integrating of realtime databases etc. Top of this market is Google owned Firebase.

Firebase gained traction ever since it was acquired by Google in 2014. It has a myriad of services and the list of the services it provides keeps on growing. It’s ease of use and quick integration makes it ideal for even for beginner developers. It easily integrates with Android, iOS, Web and Unity.

While Firebase offers an increasingly sophisticated array of services, it is not always the easiest or most affordable option depending on your project. Below I have listed a number of other Firebase alternatives that are mostly open-source and each wanting a chunk of the BaaS market.

It is also open source and hosted on GitHub.

Nhost is a Google Firebase alternative but with SQL, GraphQL and no vendor lock-in. It is a Backend-as-a-Service built with open source tools to provide developers the general building blocks required to build fantastic digital apps and products.

I’ll be adding more companies that offer BaaS solutions to this list with time. You now have a wide range of choices to choose from when performing backend functions for your desired application. The choice is yours.

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