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    2021-10-17

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  • The 2024 Web Hosting Report
    Backend as a Service (BaaS) goes back to early 2010’s with companies like Parse and Firebase. These products integrated everything a backend provides to a webapp in a single, integrated package that makes it easier to get started and enables you to offload some of the devops maintenance work to someone else. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago
  • How to set up a Parse Server backend with Typescript
    Parse Server is a great way to quickly spin up a backend for your project. Parse is a Node based utility that sits on top of ExpressJS. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago
  • Free online DB for production app
    You can try https://parseplatform.org/, it is self-hosted if you need. And also there are a number of cloud services with compatible API, like https://www.back4app.com/ It has dart-friendly generated API client, much simpler than firebase and is built on top of postgresql and mongodb. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Supabase Series B
    Not to crash the party or anything. Supabase is great and all but in terms of feature completeness and getting actual products built, it doesn't come close to Parse[0]. Same with Appwrite. Both of these are very popular but they either lack essential features or have them behind a subscription wall. For example, the OSS version of Supabase (last I checked) doesn't include the edge functions which are really... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
  • Parse Server or AppWrite
    I was regular user of Parse and after it became open-source I have built around 5-6 projects using Parse, two of them is with Flutter, but that's 1-2 years ago, and back then their Flutter SDK was a bit weak and unofficial, but currently Flutter SDK became official and I am about to start a new project, now I am considering another option AppWrite. Anyone used both and let me know how AppWrite compares to Parse?... Source: over 1 year ago
  • Analytics solution
    Firebase is probably the easiest choice. If you don't want Google in the mix, there's no reason you can't fire up a virtual machine in the cloud that collects statistics for $6/month. If you've never done backend work it'll take a while, though. There's also Parse, AppWrite, Vapor, etc, to make it easier. Source: over 1 year ago
  • AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud For SaaS Startups
    I had a nice experience in the past with parse, and plan on taking a look at supabase in one of my next projects. There are other alternatives too. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Which solution do you use for your android app's backend?
    Self-hosted Parse Server (https://parseplatform.org/). It's perfect for more complex databases and User management. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Supabase (YC S20) raises $80M Series B
    And there are still some sites that host it for you for free (limited), but you can always self host it yourself... https://parseplatform.org. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago
  • Is Firebase For Manga App?
    For production, a good alternative is Parse (an open source back end). For hosting, you can check back4app. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Usage or cost limit: does anyone know if it is planned to let users set them up?
    Thanks for the reply. The best bet so far look like keeping on going on with Parse then. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Anyone tried AceBase?
    Downside of acebase is that you cant use OR operators for every filter chains are logically AND. If you haven't heard of Parse it might interest you but the cloud hosted is more expensive. As opposite of you, I might play supabase somethiles. Source: about 2 years ago
  • Why is subscene blocked ?
    They have blocked http://parseplatform.org/ which is just a site of an open source backend that is used to deploy mobile apps. Source: about 2 years ago
  • I need a firebase alternative!
    Or maybe Parse (https://parseplatform.org/), the somewhat forgotten OG of PaaS. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Show HN: Caffeine, minimum viable back end for prototyping
    If you mean https://parseplatform.org/ then it looks to be still around. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
  • Who can relate?
    I was talking about https://parseplatform.org/. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Help in understanding the use of docker/kubernetes?
    There's BaaS also you can use like Firebase from Google, again like you said, depends on your code and use cases. I'm playing with parse platform for a project I'm working on, but it's just for me, nothing production. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Announcing a new Appwrite Release - a step closer to becoming a complete OSS Firebase Alternative
    I would look out for two major competitors. Parse Platform and Superbase . I think a lot of people are getting sick of firebases prices so there's a lot of competition to be the next one. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Alternative to Firebase Storage?
    Parse works also and itself hosted. It can also do cloud functions if you want to swap everything over. Https://parseplatform.org/. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Best Open source Baas
    I found a decent amount, but the two more promising are Parse Project and Appwrite. Source: almost 3 years ago

External sources with reviews and comparisons of Parse

What is AWS Amplify? - AWS Amplify Alternatives
It is well-known for making the development process quick, easy, and simple. Using Parse, you may complete a day's worth of work in a few hours.
2023 Firebase Alternatives: Top 10 Open-Source & Free
Community Support – If Firebase comes with the backing of Google, then Parse is also tested and trusted by Facebook. Yes, Facebook is the parent company of Parse. Therefore, it has a big community. You can find resources and solutions regarding Parse on GitHub, Stack Overflow and several other programming forums.
12 Best Open-source Database Backend Server and Google Firebase Alternatives
Parse server is an open-source database backend solution which speed up application building. It features database, user management, authentication, file upload and push notification.I used Parse for a few times, and I was satisfied with the speed and productivity it offers, especially in terms of developer tools as it comes with dozens of SDKs, libraries and sample code to speed up the production process.Parse...
10 Best Open Source Firebase Alternatives
You can download the Parse Server framework and deploy it on any server. Its repositories include the dashboard, SDK JavaScript, Android, and iOS. To host the Parse Server, you can either do it on-premises or self-hosted by downloading and installing it on a server such as Alibaba, AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure among others.
Top 5 Firebase Open Source Alternatives for 2021
The Parse platform has attracted many new developers because it allows the most straightforward backed development services. When you use Parse as a backend service, you can develop your application’s backend without having to code boilerplate functionality. Using Parse makes the whole development process very easy as you only have to code the frontend. Here are some features of Parse.

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