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Ask HN: Good Parse alternatives?

13 points by Nemant 11y ago

Any recommendations on Parse alternatives? Firebase is very limited (just data) and I can't find anything that would match Parse in terms of ease of use and features.

sathley 11y ago
check out http://appacitive.com http://appacitive.com
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Startups411 11y ago
This seems to be a meaty thread on the topic https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10991729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10991729
alc90 11y ago
Also if you're interested in a mBaaS - Kinvey is pretty similar with Parse
EuAndreh 11y ago
I'd suggest using PouchDB[0] if on a web client, and Cloudant [1] as the backend. Spin up a simple heroku app using Superlogin[2] and you have full Auth, an offline database, sync and now the possibility of conflicts resolution. If developing on mobile clients just use Cloudant Sync for iOS[3] or Android[4]. [0]: http://pouchdb.com/ http://pouchdb.com/ [1]: https://cloudant.com/ https://cloudant.com/ [2]: https://github.com/colinskow/superlogin https://github.com/colinskow/superlogin [3]: https://github.com/cloudant/CDTDatastore https://github.com/cloudant/CDTDatastore [4]: https://github.com/cloudant/sync-android https://github.com/cloudant/sync-android
wirddin 11y ago
Twitter's Fabric : https://get.fabric.io/ https://get.fabric.io/
bkovacev 11y ago
Firebase? https://www.firebase.com/ https://www.firebase.com/
- Nemant 11y ago
  Just provides a DB, not much more after that (push notifications, "cloud code", etc)
tuyguntn 11y ago
Apache Usergrid[0] (used by Globo.com, Apigee and others) Kinto (Mozilla Services) [0] - http://usergrid.apache.org/ http://usergrid.apache.org/ [1] - https://github.com/Kinto/kinto/ https://github.com/Kinto/kinto/
marknadal 11y ago
GUN[0] does realtime state synchronization, is offline-first, and is a graph database (key/value, relational, document, etc). It does NOT have other features of Parse though, like a web client, built in permissions, etc. [0] https://github.com/amark/gun https://github.com/amark/gun
gorkemcetin 11y ago
Firebase: Only DB, no push. Deployd: Open source BaaS (no push). Countly: Push and analytics (also open source). Usergrid: Last time I checked, didnt have push. Kinvey: BaaS but quite complex to understand. Backendless: Completely free, thus reminds me of Parse.
- jeffreyawest 11y ago
  Usergrid now has push for Apple, Google and Windows and scales to >10k/s which is probably more than most apps need, but good to have when you need it. We are finalizing our 2.1.0 Apache release right now. Disclaimer: I've been leading Usergrid development for the last year.
manidoraisamy 11y ago
You might want to look at app engine as well. Google just published an article on running Parse on app engine - https://medium.com/google-cloud/deploying-parse-server-to-google-app-engine-6bc0b7451d50 https://medium.com/google-cloud/deploying-parse-server-to-go...

13 points by Nemant 11y ago

Any recommendations on Parse alternatives? Firebase is very limited (just data) and I can't find anything that would match Parse in terms of ease of use and features.

sathley 11y ago

check out http://appacitive.com http://appacitive.com

deleted 11y ago

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Startups411 11y ago

This seems to be a meaty thread on the topic https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10991729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10991729

alc90 11y ago

Also if you're interested in a mBaaS - Kinvey is pretty similar with Parse

EuAndreh 11y ago

I'd suggest using PouchDB[0] if on a web client, and Cloudant [1] as the backend. Spin up a simple heroku app using Superlogin[2] and you have full Auth, an offline database, sync and now the possibility of conflicts resolution. If developing on mobile clients just use Cloudant Sync for iOS[3] or Android[4]. [0]: http://pouchdb.com/ http://pouchdb.com/ [1]: https://cloudant.com/ https://cloudant.com/ [2]: https://github.com/colinskow/superlogin https://github.com/colinskow/superlogin [3]: https://github.com/cloudant/CDTDatastore https://github.com/cloudant/CDTDatastore [4]: https://github.com/cloudant/sync-android https://github.com/cloudant/sync-android

wirddin 11y ago

Twitter's Fabric : https://get.fabric.io/ https://get.fabric.io/

bkovacev 11y ago

Firebase? https://www.firebase.com/ https://www.firebase.com/

Nemant 11y ago
Just provides a DB, not much more after that (push notifications, "cloud code", etc)

tuyguntn 11y ago

Apache Usergrid[0] (used by Globo.com, Apigee and others) Kinto (Mozilla Services) [0] - http://usergrid.apache.org/ http://usergrid.apache.org/ [1] - https://github.com/Kinto/kinto/ https://github.com/Kinto/kinto/

marknadal 11y ago

GUN[0] does realtime state synchronization, is offline-first, and is a graph database (key/value, relational, document, etc). It does NOT have other features of Parse though, like a web client, built in permissions, etc. [0] https://github.com/amark/gun https://github.com/amark/gun

gorkemcetin 11y ago

Firebase: Only DB, no push. Deployd: Open source BaaS (no push). Countly: Push and analytics (also open source). Usergrid: Last time I checked, didnt have push. Kinvey: BaaS but quite complex to understand. Backendless: Completely free, thus reminds me of Parse.

jeffreyawest 11y ago
Usergrid now has push for Apple, Google and Windows and scales to >10k/s which is probably more than most apps need, but good to have when you need it. We are finalizing our 2.1.0 Apache release right now. Disclaimer: I've been leading Usergrid development for the last year.

manidoraisamy 11y ago

You might want to look at app engine as well. Google just published an article on running Parse on app engine - https://medium.com/google-cloud/deploying-parse-server-to-google-app-engine-6bc0b7451d50 https://medium.com/google-cloud/deploying-parse-server-to-go...