8base Alternatives

Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications for mobile and web.

Pusher is a hosted API for quickly, easily and securely adding scalable realtime functionality via WebSockets to web and mobile apps.

Lambda is a cloud service that Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides, which allows developers to run serverless code.

Realtime messaging service

PubNub is a real-time messaging system for web and mobile apps that can handle API for all platforms and push messages to any device anywhere in the world in a fraction of a second without having to worry about proxies, firewalls or mobile drop-offs.

SignalR is a server-side software system designed for writing scalable Internet applications, notably web servers.

JavaScript library for app development using cloud services

Kinvey is a BaaS provider that makes it easy for developers to set up, use and operate a cloud back-end for their mobile apps.

LeanCloud provides solutions for application development, including data storage, user management and message push.

Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash

Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)

Agile deployment platform for Ruby, Node.js, Clojure, Java, Python, and Scala. Setup takes only minutes and deploys are instant through git. Leave tedious server maintenance to Heroku and focus on your code.