Every free backend platform tier that clears our bar in 2026: 8 offers meet the criteria and 1 offer is demoted with a named reason. Our membership test: bundles a database with auth, functions or storage as one product. We could not confirm today's terms for 4 of them: on 1 the page we cite did not answer, and on 3 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.
Open-source BaaS — 75K MAU, 2 GB storage, 750K function executions/month, 5 GB bandwidth, 1 database, 1 bucket and 2 functions per project. Limit of 2 projects. Projects pause after 1 week of inactivity and are deleted after 90 days paused Note — 2026-06-29: Appwrite began deleting Free projects that stay paused for 90 days, with all their resources. Owners get email alerts before anything is deleted. Source ↗
Listed in Databases, and on this page because we labelled it backend_platform. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://appwrite.io/docs, where it says: “Ship faster with Appwrite. Quick starts and deep guides for web and mobile: Authentication, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, and hosting.”. How we use this
Postgres development platform: database, Auth, Storage, Realtime and Edge Functions. The Free plan is $0: unlimited API requests, 50,000 monthly active users, a 500 MB database on a shared CPU with 500 MB RAM, 5 GB egress plus 5 GB cached egress, 1 GB file storage, 500,000 Edge Function invocations, and Realtime with 200 concurrent connections and 2 million messages a month. Free projects are paused after 1 week of inactivity, with a limit of 2 active projects. Pro starts at $25 a month for the first project and includes $10 a month of compute credits, enough for one Micro instance. Best for unlimited usage needs.
Listed in Databases, and on this page because we labelled it backend_platform. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://supabase.com/, where it says: “Build production-grade applications with a Postgres database, Authentication, instant APIs, Realtime, Functions, Storage and Vector embeddings.”. How we use this
Open-source backend with Postgres and Hasura GraphQL, plus Auth, Storage and Functions. The Starter plan is $0 a month: 1 GB database, 1 GB storage and 5 GB egress, with functions, realtime APIs and unlimited users. It is limited to 1 project, and the project is paused after 1 week of inactivity. Pro starts at $25 a month with $15 of compute credits, a 10 GB database, 50 GB storage and 50 GB egress. Best for unlimited usage needs.
Listed in Databases, and on this page because we labelled it backend_platform. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://nhost.io/, where it says: “Nhost is a managed backend platform with Postgres, GraphQL, Auth, Storage, and serverless Functions.”. How we use this
The free plan includes 1 Developer, API/Functions: 1/sec, 500/day, 1 Worker per queue, Worker timeout 30s, 150 MB Database Storage, 1 GB File Storage, 1 Space Chat and Email Support. No Credit Card Required. Note — discovered 2026-08-28: The free tier now has significantly reduced API call limits (1/sec, 500/day). Previously 60/minute. Source ↗
Listed in Databases, and on this page because we labelled it backend_platform. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://codehooks.io/docs, where it says: “Codehooks.io is the complete backend for webhooks and automations. Receive, store, process, and deliver webhooks with a built-in database, queues, cron, and retries behind every endpoint.”. How we use this
Spark plan, no payment method needed: Auth (50K MAU), Firestore (1 GiB stored, 50K reads/day, 20K writes/day, 20K deletes/day), Hosting (10 GB storage, 360 MB/day transfer), and no-cost Analytics, Crashlytics and Cloud Messaging. Cloud Functions and Cloud Storage need the Blaze plan.
Listed in Databases, and on this page because we labelled it backend_platform. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore, where it says: “Use the flexible, scalable NoSQL cloud database from Google Cloud to store and sync data for client and server-side development.”. How we use this
Serverless Postgres with branching — free tier includes 100 CU-hours/month per project, 0.5 GB storage per project, up to 100 projects, 10 branches per project, Neon Auth (60K MAU), auto-scaling up to 2 CU, scale-to-zero, 5 GB of Object Storage, and Functions (10 active capacity-hours, 400 waiting capacity-hours, 1M invocations)
Listed in Databases, and on this page because we labelled it backend_platform. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://neon.com/, where it says: “The backend for apps and agents. Build with Lakebase Postgres, Auth, Functions, Storage, and an AI Gateway: instant, branchable, serverless.”. How we use this
8base is a full-stack low-code development platform built for JavaScript developers built on top of MySQL and GraphQL and serverless backend-as-a-service. It allows you to start building web applications quickly using a UI app builder and scale quickly, The Free tier includes rows: 2,500, Storage: 500, Serverless computing: 1Gb/h, and client app users: 5.
Listed in Databases, and on this page because we labelled it backend_platform. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://www.8base.com/product, where it says: “Serverless graphql backend-as-a-service”. How we use this
Reactive backend — 1M function calls/month, 0.5 GB database + vector storage, 1 GB file storage, real-time sync
Listed in Databases, and on this page because we labelled it backend_platform. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://www.convex.dev/, where it says: “Convex is the reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents.”. How we use this
Open-source backend in a single Go binary — SQLite database, real-time subscriptions, built-in auth (email, OAuth2), file storage (S3-compatible), REST API. Completely free and self-hosted, no vendor lock-in. Single executable, no dependencies. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-16, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Listed in Databases, and on this page because we labelled it backend_platform. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://pocketbase.io/, where it says: “Open Source backend in 1 file with realtime database, authentication, file storage and admin dashboard”. How we use this
| Vendor | Free Tier | Key Limits | Durability | Read / catalogue date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appwrite Cloud | Free | Open-source BaaS — 75K MAU, 2 GB storage, 750K function executions/month, 5 GB bandwidth, 1 database, 1 bucket and 2 fun... read found the page different · 2026-09-21 |
volatile effective 2026-06-29 |
2026-09-21 / 2026-08-23 |
| Supabase | Free | Postgres development platform: database, Auth, Storage, Realtime and Edge Functions. The Free plan is $0: unlimited API ... read found the page different · 2026-09-19 |
watch effective 2026-02-01 |
2026-09-19 / 2026-08-17 |
| Nhost | Free | Open-source backend with Postgres and Hasura GraphQL, plus Auth, Storage and Functions. The Starter plan is $0 a month: ... read found the page different · 2026-09-24 |
stable | 2026-09-24 / 2026-08-25 |
| codehooks.io | Free | The free plan includes 1 Developer, API/Functions: 1/sec, 500/day, 1 Worker per queue, Worker timeout 30s, 150 MB Databa... | volatile discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown |
2026-09-28 |
| Firebase | Spark | Spark plan, no payment method needed: Auth (50K MAU), Firestore (1 GiB stored, 50K reads/day, 20K writes/day, 20K delete... | watch effective 2026-03-19 |
2026-09-22 / 2026-08-25 |
| Neon | Free | Serverless Postgres with branching — free tier includes 100 CU-hours/month per project, 0.5 GB storage per project, up t... | watch effective 2026-03-13 |
2026-09-13 |
| 8base.com | Free | 8base is a full-stack low-code development platform built for JavaScript developers built on top of MySQL and GraphQL an... | stable | 2026-07-15 |
| Convex | Free | Reactive backend — 1M function calls/month, 0.5 GB database + vector storage, 1 GB file storage, real-time sync | stable | 2026-09-19 |
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