Technical Profile
Scalability
very high
Performance
high
Learning Curve
easy
Maturity
stable
Languages: PostgreSQL
Architecture: backend-as-service
When to Use
- +Full backend needed
- +Firebase alternative
- +PostgreSQL wanted
When Not to Use
- -Database only
- -Maximum control
Strengths
- All-in-one
- PostgreSQL
- Open source
- Realtime
Weaknesses
- PostgreSQL only
- Less customizable
Operations
Maintenance
low
Monitoring
low
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: self-hosted, managed
Quick Facts
- Category
- Database
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- freemium (free tier)
- Community
- very large
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- stable
- Vendor Lock-in
- low
- Data Portability
- easy
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
startupsmallmediumlarge
Use Cases
- Backend
- Auth
- Storage
- Realtime
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