Firebase Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Firebase is Supabase, which is open source with a free version. Other popular alternatives are PocketBase, TrailBase, Appwrite and Directus. You're spoiled for choice with Backend as a Service like Firebase: we list more than 100 alternatives for self-hosting, Mac, Linux, Windows and Android.

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  1. PushBots icon
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    PushBots: Painless Push Messaging.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  2. The AI-native backend. Idea in, API out. Model reality as it is, in graphs. Your agents compose typed JSON queries programmatically. No SQL, no joins, no ORMs.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. Concile icon
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    Concile is a backend you run yourself. You write plain TypeScript functions, your frontend calls them, and every screen showing that data updates by itself when it changes. No polling, no websocket code, no cache to clear.

    4 Concile alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  4. RexOne icon
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    Battle-hardened Rails 8 API foundation with Devise JWT, IAM/RBAC, Stripe subscriptions, Solid Queue workers, Action Cable WebSockets, DeepSeek AI, Monitoring Dashboards and client telemetry.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Docker
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  5. Supero icon
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    Supero helps teams build and deploy enterprise software with databases, APIs, authentication, role-based access, workflows, audit trails, and integrations, all in one platform.

    5 Supero alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  6. Powabase icon
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    Powabase is the all-in-one development platform for AI apps. Comes with RAG, agents, drag & drop workflows. Fine-tuned for AI coding agents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Hyperlambda is an open-source, AST-oriented language at the core of Magic Cloud, a self-hosted platform for creating AI agents, backend APIs, automations, and database tools from natural-language instructions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
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  8. Open-source Node.js platform running in-memory database, cache, app logic, and messaging in a unified runtime, offering declarative GraphQL schemas, auto-generated REST APIs, custom JavaScript extensions, real-time protocols, rapid global deployment, and free tier.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Gemmein icon
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    Gemmein is the backend for AI products, currently in public beta. It covers sign-in, private rule-based data, server-side AI tools, credits, payments, relays, custom compute and a customer inbox, so a solo developer can charge for an AI feature without building the business...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • Apple Swift
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  10. MoonDB icon
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    Agent first DBaaS you can use as MCP. Describe your app. MoonDB ships the schema, REST API, auth, file storage, AI endpoints.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. Mavibase icon
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    Mavibase is a TypeScript-native, open-source backend platform designed for production workloads. We deliver database management, authentication, and real-time capabilities as a unified system eliminating vendor lock-in and unnecessary complexity.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  12. Rawbbit  icon
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    Rawbbit is a self-hosted, open-source event tracking and raw-storage pipeline for game analytics.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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