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- Backendless is a visual app-development platform that pairs a no-code/low-code UI Builder for web and mobile frontends with a backend-as-a-service: a real-time relational database, user management with social logins, file storage, messaging, geolocation and codeless server logic.
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- Apps can run on Backendless Cloud, a self-hosted Backendless Pro instance or a fully Managed deployment.
- Best for
- Individuals, small businesses and mid-to-large enterprises that want frontend and backend in one platform to cut third-party dependencies, including no-code makers who need a real database and codeless backend logic.
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- Teams that need data control or on-premise hosting can use Backendless Pro or Managed Backendless.
- Pricing
- Backendless Cloud has a $0/month Free plan (50 API requests/min, 20 database tables, 1 GB file storage) and a Scale plan from $15+/month (unlimited API requests, 100 database tables, 10 GB file storage), billed either as daily charges based on peak requests per minute or as a fixed price by tier
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- Main limitation
- Frontend-led projects that don't need a backend or codeless runtime, where the platform is likely overbuilt.
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- Also a poor fit for anyone who cannot accept inactivity pruning of accounts and apps, or the terms' disclaimer of responsibility for data deletion or storage failure.
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About
- Backendless is a visual app-development platform that pairs a no-code/low-code UI Builder for web and mobile frontends with a backend-as-a-service: a real-time relational database, user management with social logins, file storage, messaging, geolocation and codeless server logic.
- Apps can run on Backendless Cloud, a self-hosted Backendless Pro instance or a fully Managed deployment.
What it helps with
- Reducing the number of third-party tools and dependencies needed to ship an app
- Avoiding hand-written backend code for database, user management and business logic
- Building responsive web and mobile frontends from one codebase and design
- Keeping data ownership and control, including on-premise or self-hosted deployment
- Adding workflow automation around app data through Make and Zapier
Capabilities
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| Offering | Available | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Visual UI Builder | Yes | No-code frontend builder for web and mobile with codeless UI logic, themes, CSS/LESS extensions, SEO settings and internationalization. |
| Backendless Database | Yes | Real-time relational database with graphical browser, SQL-driven search and relations, visual schema modeler, views and data security. |
| User Management | Yes | Signup, login, logout and password recovery APIs, user properties and relations, social logins and 18+ third-party authentication providers. |
| Codeless and Cloud Code | Yes | Visual logic blocks plus Cloud Code in three forms: API Services, API Events Handlers and Cloud Code Timers. |
| File Storage | Yes | File storage with a permissions interface; limits vary by plan (1 GB Free, 10 GB Scale). |
| Real-Time Data and Pub/Sub | Limited | Cross-platform conditional notifications and SQL-driven conditional delivery; not presented as fully open-ended messaging. |
| Geolocation | Yes | Geo-relations with data objects, geofences and SQL-driven geo search. |
| Self-Hosted Deployment (Pro) | Yes | Free single-server license with core features; FlowRunner and Visualizations require an upgrade, and clustering needs a minimum of three nodes. |
| Managed Hosting | Yes | Premium paid subscription with 24x7x365 monitoring by Backendless DevOps engineers; price undisclosed. |
| Make and Zapier Integrations | Yes | Make connector (categorized as beta in the 2023 announcement) with user, database and file-storage triggers, plus a Zapier integration. |
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