Hosting and backend

Paid tools

• Alternatives to HerokuHeroku is a hosted platform that runs an app from a git push, billed by dyno.
• Alternatives to FirebaseFirebase is Google's hosted backend for auth, databases, storage, and app functions.
• Alternatives to Auth0Auth0 is a hosted login service for apps, with social sign-in and single sign-on.
• Alternatives to AlgoliaAlgolia is a hosted search API priced by records and queries.

Projects in this category

Star counts are from GitHub. Each project links to a comparison page.

• Supabase111,568 stars
• Coolify62,993 stars
• Pocketbase61,416 stars
• Meilisearch59,571 stars
• Appwrite57,690 stars
• Dokploy37,792 stars
• Keycloak37,355 stars
• Dokku32,186 stars
• Typesense26,873 stars
• Authentik25,963 stars
• Parse Server21,398 stars
• ZITADEL15,315 stars
• Caprover15,185 stars
• Logto14,683 stars
• Kratos13,922 stars
• OpenSearch13,873 stars

Other categories

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• Tables and databases
• Project tracking
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• Design and whiteboards
• Customer support
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• Analytics
• Monitoring and status
• Files and passwords
• Meetings and scheduling
• Forms, email, and automation
• Sites, content, and commerce
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