Appwrite Has a Free Backend-as-a-Service — Open-Source Firebase with More Control

Appwrite is an open-source Backend-as-a-Service — authentication, databases, storage, and functions in a self-hosted package.

What You Get for Free (Self-hosted / Free Cloud Tier)

• Authentication — email, phone, OAuth (30+ providers)
• Databases — document database with real-time subscriptions
• Storage — file uploads with image transformations
• Functions — serverless functions in 10+ languages
• Messaging — email, SMS, push notifications
• Real-time — WebSocket subscriptions on all resources
• Teams — user groups with roles and permissions
• Webhooks — trigger external services on events
• Console — beautiful admin dashboard

Quick Start

Self-hosted:

docker run -it --rm -p 80:80 -p 443:443 \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  appwrite/appwrite

import { Client, Databases } from 'appwrite'

const client = new Client()
  .setEndpoint('http://localhost/v1')
  .setProject('my-project')

const databases = new Databases(client)
const doc = await databases.createDocument('db', 'posts', 'unique()', {
  title: 'Hello World',
  content: 'My first post'
})

Why Developers Switch from Firebase

Firebase is proprietary and vendor-locked:

• Self-hosted — your data, your server, your rules
• Open source — fork, customize, extend
• SQL-like queries — not Firebase's limited query model
• No vendor lock-in — migrate anytime

A startup's Firebase bill grew to $300/month with 10K users. After Appwrite on a $20/month VPS: same features, unlimited users, 93% cost reduction.

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