PARC6502

Backend as a Service

Supabase - ~52K stars

• Designed explicitly as an open source firebase alternative
• Typescript based
• Docker support

Appwrite - ~32K stars

• Written in JavaScript and PHP
• Docker based
• Realtime support across all services

bmaupin

See also:

• Free backend hosting
• https://free-for.dev/#/?id=dbaas

Service	Type	Storage	Limitations
Amazon DynamoDB	⚠️ Proprietary NoSQL	25 GB	⚠️ Payment method required
Amazon RDS	⚠️ Proprietary RDBMS		⚠️ Only free for 1 year
Azure SQL Database	MS SQL Server		⚠️ Only free for 1 year
👉 Clever Cloud	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis	256 MB (PostgreSQL)	Max 5 connections (PostgreSQL)

bmaupin

ⓘ This list is not meant to be exhaustive and is not guaranteed to be maintained. See the comments for updates and alternative options.

(Items in bold indicate possible concerns)

	Keycloak	WSO2 Identity Server	Gluu	CAS	OpenAM	Shibboleth IdP
OpenID Connect/OAuth support	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Multi-factor authentication	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Admin UI	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
OpenJDK support	yes	yes	partial²	yes

bmaupin

See also:

• Free database hosting
• https://free-for.dev/#/?id=iaas
• https://free-for.dev/#/?id=paas

Service	Type	RAM	Storage	Limitations
👉 Adaptable	PaaS	256 MB	Non-persistent? (1 GB database storage available)
AWS EC2	IaaS	1 GB		⚠️ Only free for 1 year