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5+ Best Free Firebase Alternatives for 2025

Taufik Nurhidayat
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Since Firebase became popular among developers, many alternatives to the service have emerged.

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Since Firebase became popular among developers, many alternatives to the service have emerged. You can find services that are very similar, and even designed to resemble Firebase, available as both open-source and closed-source options.

What is Firebase?

Firebase is a Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) from Google that aims to simplify application development for developers. With the various services available in Firebase, developers can focus more on their applications rather than their backend.

The main features of Firebase include a NoSQL database, real-time queries, scalable hosting, data storage, file storage, REST APIs, authentication, machine learning, and analytics.

Firebase Alternatives

Currently, there are various backend-as-a-service options available that you can use as alternatives to Firebase.

1. Parse

Parse is an MBaaS platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2013 and shut down in 2017, after which it was made an open-source platform. It is a great choice if you are looking for an alternative to Firebase.

Since Parse is an open-source platform, you can download it from GitHub and host it on any cloud that supports NodeJS, such as Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, Amazon AWS, etc. You can also try it with Back4App; although slightly different, Parse is at the core of their service.

Parse also has a large and long-standing community. It started in 2011 on GitHub and has gained 35K stars.

Key Features

  1. Spreadsheet-like database
  2. Create/Expose GraphQL APIs
  3. Create/Expose REST APIs
  4. Real-time notifications
  5. Push notifications
  6. Social Logins
  7. Email notifications
  8. File system

Pricing

Free (requires self-hosting)

2. Supabase

Supabase combines open-source tools to create an excellent Firebase alternative. Although it is quite new, having started in 2020, Supabase is very popular, and its community is growing rapidly. As proof, Supabase has gained 38K stars on GitHub at the time of this article’s creation.

Supabase supports many frameworks such as Angular, Flutter, React, Svelte, Vue, and others. An added value of Supabase is its comprehensive documentation and large community support. You can use your own hosting or Supabase’s cloud to run this tool.

Pricing

  1. Free (limited to 2 projects)
  2. Pro - starting from $25/month
  3. Enterprise - price to be negotiated

Key Features

  1. Database
  2. Authentication
  3. Storage
  4. Edge Functions
  5. Instant API
  6. Real-Time API

3. Hasura

If you are a GraphQL user, then Hasura might be one of the best alternatives to Firebase. With GraphQL, Hasura’s API is 10x faster.

Hasura supports several database options such as Postgres, SQL Server, Aurora, and BigQuery. Other databases like MySQL and MongoDB are still in the planning stages. You can run Hasura with your own hosting or Hasura’s cloud service.

Hasura is trusted by major brands like Walmart, Atlassian, and Netlify.

Pricing

  1. Hasura CE - Free
  2. Hasura EE - commercial license
  3. Free Tier Cloud
  4. Standard Cloud - starting from $99/month/project
  5. Enterprise Cloud - Price to be negotiated

Key Features

  1. GraphQL API
  2. Caching
  3. Monitoring
  4. Security
  5. CLI

4. Backendless

Another Firebase alternative is Backendless. Backendless is a visual application development platform that has been operating since 2012.

With Backendless, you can create API logic visually, meaning without coding, and the APIs are created automatically.

Key Features

  1. Backendless Database
  2. Caching
  3. Codeless
  4. User Management
  5. Real-time Data
  6. Geo-Location
  7. Security

Pricing

  1. Springboard - Free
  2. Cloud 9 - $25/month
  3. Cloud 99 - $99/month
  4. Cloud Enterprise - $900/month

5. Appwrite

The next Firebase alternative is Appwrite, which is an open-source backend-as-a-service platform that can be used as a backend for Flutter, Mobile, and Web development. Although relatively new, Appwrite has gained 25k stars on GitHub.

To run Appwrite, you need your own hosting, such as Digital Ocean or other hosting providers.

Pricing

Free with self-hosting

Key Features

  1. Database
  2. Auth & Users
  3. Storage
  4. Functions
  5. GEO & Localization
  6. Console
  7. Privacy & Security

Other Alternatives

If you are not satisfied with the best Firebase alternatives we have mentioned, you can try the following platforms:

  • AWS Amplify
  • Kuzzle
  • Game Sparks
  • NHost
  • FireHose