What are the best indie alternatives to Firebase?

5 curated indie and bootstrapped alternatives to Firebase: Supabase, PocketBase, Appwrite, Convex, Nhost. All are smaller, founder-led tools that compete with Firebase on price, openness or developer experience.

How much does Firebase cost?

Firebase has a freemium pricing model starting at Pay as you go.

What category does Firebase fall under?

Firebase is listed in Database & Backend. See all database & backend tools in our directory.

Database & Backend5 alternativesFreemium · Pay as you go

Alternatives to Firebase

Firebase ships everything to launch fast — but it's Google. These alternatives are open or indie.

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Pricing

Pay as you go

Freemium

Top indie alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Firebase.

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Supabase

Open-source Firebase.

Postgres-based, open source alternative.

$25/mo (Pro)OSS

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PocketBase

Single-file backend.

Tiny indie SQLite-based BaaS.

OSSOSSBootstrapped

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Appwrite

Open-source BaaS.

Self-hostable Firebase alternative.

$15/mo (Pro)OSS

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Convex

Reactive backend.

Indie team, great DX for full-stack JS.

$25/mo (Pro)

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Nhost

Hasura + Postgres BaaS.

Open source backend platform.

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