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, Windows, Web-based, 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
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    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  File Based Storage
    2.  Web-Database
    3.  Import from SqlServer
    4.  Embeddable
    5.  In-process file-based
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    SQLite VS Realm

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    • 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
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    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.

    118 Firebase alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Firebase screenshot 1

    Firebase Features

    1.  Self Destructing Messages
    2.  Backend
    3.  Web-Database
    4.  NoSQL database
    5.  REST API
    6.  Messages in cloud
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    Firebase VS Realm

    Is Firebase a good alternative to Realm?
     

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

    • Firebase is Freemium and ProprietaryRealm is Free and Open Source
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    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
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    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online

    Supabase Features

    1.  OAUTH
    2.  REST API
    3.  Server Authentication
    4.  Web-Database
    5.  Real-time traffic
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  5. PocketBase icon
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    PocketBase

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    Open Source realtime backend in 1 file.

    20 PocketBase alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    PocketBase Features

    1.  Backend
    2.  File Storage
    Single record update form
    Logs dashboard
    +1
    Collection rules
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  6. Meteor icon
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    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...

    70 Meteor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Meteor Features

    1.  Persistent Storage
    2.  Backend
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    Meteor VS Realm

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  7. RxDB icon
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    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...

    31 RxDB alternatives
    RxDB screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted

    RxDB Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Support for Javascript
    4.  NoSQL database
    5.  Observables
    6.  Serverless
    7.  Allows subscriptions
    8.  Real-time sync
    9.  React
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  9. SignalDB icon
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    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.

    11 SignalDB alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • React

    SignalDB Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Support for Typescript
    3.  MongoDB
    4.  Replication
    5.  Synchronization
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    SignalDB VS Realm

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  10. Etebase icon
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    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.

    91 Etebase alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    Etebase Features

    1.  End-to-End Encryption
    2.  Backend
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    Etebase VS Realm

    Is Etebase a good alternative to Realm?
     

    • Etebase is the most popular SaaS alternative to Realm.

    • Etebase is Free and Open SourceRealm is also Free and Open Source
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    BoltDB

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    Bolt is a pure Go key/value store inspired by Howard Chu's LMDB project. The goal of the project is to provide a simple, fast, and reliable database for projects that don't require a full database server such as Postgres or MySQL.

    52 BoltDB alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    Discontinued

    The last version (1.3.1) is from July 2017.

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    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.

    51 InstantDB alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Client-side
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    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.

    6 ObjectBox alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted

    ObjectBox Features

    1.  Object storage
    2.  Object-oriented Language
    3.  C++
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  14. NubeSync

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    Mobile app offline data storage and server sync SDK.

    8 NubeSync alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    NubeSync Features

    1.  Backend
    2.  Synchronization
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