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Best Back4App alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Back4App in backend as a service, ranked by entry price. Back4App starts at $0/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Free alternatives: Appwrite, Convex, Firebase (Google), Nhost, PocketBase, Supabase, Xano.
- Closest by price: Appwrite ($0/mo), Convex ($0/mo), Firebase (Google) ($0/mo).
Back4App alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appwrite | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | self-hosted deployments | appwrite.io |
| 2 | Convex | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | TypeScript-first teams | convex.dev |
| 3 | Firebase (Google) | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | mobile apps | firebase.google.com |
| 4 | Nhost | $0/mo | Yes | — | GraphQL-first apps | nhost.io |
| 5 | PocketBase STALE · 2026-09-27 | $0/mo | Yes | — | solo developers | pocketbase.io |
| 6 | Supabase | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | startups | supabase.com |
| 7 | Xano | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | no-code/low-code builders | xano.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 1 of 7 rows above is marked. Compare any two directly on the Backend As A Service index.