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Stop wasting days comparing Firebase vs Supabase vs Appwrite. Answer a few questions about your stack, budget, and scale — and get a personalized backend-as-a-service recommendation with real pricing estimates in 60 seconds.
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60-Second Platform Match
Answer questions about your tech stack, team size, and compliance needs. Our engine cross-references 12+ BaaS platforms — from Firebase to Appwrite to PocketBase — and ranks your top matches by fit score.
Real-World Cost Simulator
Stop guessing what you'll pay at scale. Input your expected users, API calls, and storage — get projected monthly costs across every major serverless backend platform, including hidden fees most pricing pages won't show.
Side-by-Side Feature Matrix
Compare authentication, realtime databases, file storage, edge functions, and self-hosting options across every platform. Filter by what matters to you — no more juggling browser tabs.
Vendor Lock-In Score
Every platform gets a transparent lock-in rating based on data portability, open-source status, multi-cloud support, and migration complexity. Know your exit strategy before you commit.
Migration Playbooks
Already stuck on the wrong platform? Step-by-step guides for moving from Firebase to Supabase, Appwrite, or any open-source backend alternative — with estimated timelines and risk assessments.
Community Trust Scores
Real aggregated ratings from developer surveys, GitHub stars, Stack Overflow activity, and Discord community size. See which backend API builders developers actually love, not just market.
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For solo developers exploring backend options
- 60-second platform quiz
- Top 3 platform recommendations
- Basic feature comparison matrix
- Community trust scores
- Up to 2 cost estimates per month
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For startups choosing their production backend
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- Unlimited cost simulations
- Full side-by-side matrix (12+ platforms)
- Vendor lock-in deep reports
- Migration playbooks with timelines
- Compliance checker (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2)
- Export comparison as PDF
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For engineering teams making shared decisions
- Everything in Pro
- Up to 10 team members
- Shared comparison workspaces
- Custom scoring weights
- Priority migration support
- Private Slack channel
- Invoice billing
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We spent two weeks comparing backends in spreadsheets before finding BackendBench. It confirmed Supabase was our best fit in 5 minutes — and the cost simulator predicted our actual bill within $8/month. Wish we'd found it sooner.
Marcus Chen
CTO at Launchpad Labs
I was about to go all-in on Firebase until the vendor lock-in score made me reconsider. Switched to Appwrite self-hosted and saved $340/month at 10K users. The migration playbook made it painless.
Priya Sharma
Solo Founder, NoteFlow
The side-by-side feature matrix is what every BaaS comparison blog post wishes it was. We used the Team plan to get our whole backend squad aligned on PocketBase vs Supabase — decision made in one meeting instead of three.
Jake Morrison
Lead Engineer at Stackbrew
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Learn & explore
Firebase vs Supabase vs Appwrite in 2026: The Honest Comparison
A deep-dive comparison of the three most popular BaaS platforms covering pricing, features, self-hosting, and real-world performance at scale.
The True Cost of Firebase at Scale: What Pricing Pages Won't Tell You
We modeled Firebase costs for apps with 10K, 100K, and 1M users. Here's what you'll actually pay — and where open-source alternatives save you thousands.
How to Migrate from Firebase to Supabase: A Step-by-Step Guide
Complete migration playbook covering auth, Firestore to PostgreSQL, storage, and Cloud Functions — with timelines, gotchas, and rollback plans.
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