The Power of Serverless
for Front-End Developers

Services

Data Storage

Just because you've gone JAMstack doesn't mean you can't get data from a database or otherwise store and retrieve data.

8base

Data storage, GraphQL access to that data, and easy Lambda deployment.

Airtable

Part spreadsheet, part database, and entirely flexible.

AWS AppSync

Fully managed database agnostic GraphQL API service with first-class support for real-time and offline.

Check out projects like Conference App in a Box which use AppSync to make comments real-time.

FaunaDB is a serverless cloud database (for OLTP ) that gives you ubiquitous, low latency access to app data, without sacrificing data correctness and scale. With native support for GraphQL, FaunaDB offers a flexible data model spanning relational, document and graph models.

FaunaDB is priced based on your usage, and offers a free tier.

Firebase Cloud Firestore

Cloud Firestore is a flexible, scalable database for mobile, web, and server development from Firebase and Google Cloud Platform.

Firestore is newer and Google encourages you more to use it over Firebase’s original realtime database. Comparison .

Firebase Realtime Database

Perhaps Firebase Realtime Database’s most useful and iconic feature is the realtime data storage feature. Once you connect, you can not only push data to the realtime database, but watch and respond to data changes in near realtime.

Hasura

Hasura is an open source engine that connects to your databases & microservices and auto-generates a production-ready GraphQL backend.

Hoodie

A fast, simple and self-hosted backend as a service for your (web) apps, Open Source and free. No need to write server-side code or database schemas. Makes building offline-capable software a breeze.

JSONbin.io

JSONbin.io is a free JSON storage and JSON hosting service. It is an ideal solution for storing JSON data for small-scale web apps, mobile apps, or websites.

There is also JSONbin.org , which is very similar.

MongoDB

MongoDB Atlas is the cloud database. MongoDB Realm is the serverless platform.

n:point

JSON storage bins that won’t break your app. Set up a lightweight JSON endpoint in seconds, then add a schema to edit your data safely at any time.

Para

Para is a flexible and cost-effective backend service that stores, indexes and caches your objects.

Realm Database

An open source alternative to SQLite and Core Data.

Sheetsu

Sheetsu helps you connect Google Sheets to anything - Web, Mobile, IoT or any service’s API.

Google Sheets has an API directly , but it’s not particularly easy to use. Sheetsu makes it less sheety. Get it. That’s not their tagline I just wrote that. Also look at Tabletop.js for an open source library to help with the Google Docs API.

Supabase Database

Open Source SQL Database – without the hassle. The Open Source Firebase Alternative.

Create a backend in less than 2 minutes. Start your project with a Postgres Database, Authentication, instant APIs, Realtime subscriptions and Storage.

Every Supabase project is a dedicated PostgreSQL database. PostgreSQL is one of the worlds most scalable databases.