Realm Alternatives

Realm is described as 'Enables any development team, no matter the size, to include difficult-to-build features like two-way data sync and realtime collaboration. Devote more time to what makes your app truly unique and less time to maintaining services' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Realm for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Realm alternative is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Realm are Firebase, Supabase, PocketBase and Meteor.

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  1. SQLite icon

    SQLite

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    SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain.

    70 SQLite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
     

    • SQLite is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Realm.

    • SQLite is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Realm.

    • SQLite is Free and Open SourceRealm is also Free and Open Source
    • SQLite is LightweightRealm is not according to our users
  2. Firebase icon

    Firebase

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    Firebase, provided by Google, is a backend service and application development platform. It uses AI, cloud infrastructure, and cross-platform SDKs for efficient app development. Firebase offers tools and infrastructure for app creation and business growth.

    112 Firebase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Firebase is the most popular Web-based alternative to Realm.

    • Firebase is Freemium and ProprietaryRealm is Free and Open Source
  4. Supabase icon

    Supabase

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    The open source Firebase alternative. Supabase adds realtime and restful APIs to Postgres without a single line of code.

    106 Supabase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Supabase screenshot 1
     
  6. Meteor icon

    Meteor

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    Meteor is a set of new technologies for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time. It is built around Smart Packages: little bundles of code that can run on a client, inside a cloud service, or both, and that can manage their lifetime inside the modern distributed...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. SignalDB icon

    SignalDB

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    SignalDB is a client-side database with a MongoDB-like interface and TypeScript support. It allows easy data management, reactivity and persistence on the client side, with plans for future replication capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • React
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  9. Etebase icon

    Etebase

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    Etebase makes it easy to build end-to-end encrypted applications by taking care of the encryption and its related challenges.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     

    • Etebase is the most popular SaaS alternative to Realm.

    • Etebase is Free and Open SourceRealm is also Free and Open Source
  10. RxDB icon

    RxDB

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    RxDB (short for Reactive Database) is a NoSQL-database for JavaScript Applications like Websites, hybrid Apps, Electron-Apps and NodeJs. Reactive means that you can not only query the current state, but subscribe to all state-changes like the result of a query or even a single...

    32 RxDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    RxDB screenshot 1
     
  11. InstantDB icon

    InstantDB

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    Instant is for building real-time and offline-enabled applications. We make it easy to build collaborative products like Notion or Figma.

    52 InstantDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. SlateDB icon

    SlateDB

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    An embedded database built on object storage. Unlike traditional LSM-tree storage engines, SlateDB writes data to object storage to provide bottomless storage capacity, high durability, and easy replication.

    51 SlateDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  13. ObjectBox icon

    ObjectBox

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    ObjectBox DB is an easy & fast object-oriented mobile database for Android, Linux, soon iOS. It supports relations, JavaRx, Kotlin. It is 10X faster than SQLite. And POJOs are POJOs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
     

  14. NubeSync

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    Mobile app offline data storage and server sync SDK.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
     
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