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Alternatives to Xata

The tools Specifiction weighs against Xata, from its list of databases and backend, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.

  1. 01 Aiven for PostgreSQL

    The free tier is positioned for learning and prototypes, while Developer is for test and personal projects.

    From $5/mo Free plan Open source Web · API · Self-hosted
    9.3 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Amazon DynamoDB

    DynamoDB may suit teams building cloud applications that need automatic scaling, multi-Region operation, or managed NoSQL storage.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Firestore

    Firestore suits developers building AI, web, or mobile applications who need a managed document database with real-time and offline client support.

    Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    9.0 Visit Specs
  4. 04 Azure SQL Database

    Azure SQL Database suits application teams seeking a managed relational database with T-SQL access and integrations across Azure services.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.9 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Railway

    Railway suits developers and teams that need to deploy services from repositories or container images and manage infrastructure across environments.

    From $5/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.8 Visit Specs
  6. 06 TiDB Cloud

    TiDB Cloud suits teams seeking a managed MySQL-compatible distributed SQL database for transactional and analytical workloads.

    Free plan Open source Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.6 Visit Specs
  7. 07 Convex
    From $25/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.5 Visit Specs
  8. 08 CockroachDB Cloud

    CockroachDB Cloud suits teams building relational applications that need managed operations, horizontal scaling, or deployments across cloud providers and regions.

    From $0.06/mo Free plan Web · Linux · API
    8.4 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Appwrite Realtime
    Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.3 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Google Cloud SQL

    Cloud SQL suits teams that need managed relational databases and integrations across Google Cloud or other listed tools.

    From $0.04/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.2 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Nhost
    From $25/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.2 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Turso
    From $4.99/mo Free plan Web · Linux · iOS · Android
    8.2 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Amazon Aurora
    Free plan API
    8.1 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Cloudflare Stream

    It suits video publishers, educators, live-event operators, and teams distributing user-generated or AI-generated media across platforms.

    From $1/mo Web · macOS · iOS · Android
    8.1 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Google Cloud Spanner

    It suits teams needing a distributed database with multi-model features, strong transactions, analytics, and regional or multi-region deployment.

    Free trial Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  16. 16 Neon

    Neon suits teams building relational applications that want managed PostgreSQL, workload-based compute, and database branching.

    From $0.11/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.1 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Amazon RDS
    Free plan Web · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

    It suits teams building flexible-schema, latency-sensitive, elastic, high-throughput, or highly available applications.

    Free plan API · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  19. 19 Backendless
    From $15/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android
    8.0 Visit Specs
  20. 20 SurrealDB
    From $0.19/mo Free plan Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  21. 21 Supabase

    Supabase suits developers and teams building backends around Postgres who need authentication, storage, realtime features, or server-side functions.

    From $25/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    7.9 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Hasura

    Hasura suits developers building APIs over multiple supported databases, whether using cloud hosting, Docker deployment, or on-premises Enterprise Edition.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.8 Visit Specs
  23. 23 DigitalOcean Managed Databases
    From $15/mo Web · API
    7.7 Visit Specs
  24. 24 PocketBase
    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.7 Visit Specs
  25. 25 Directus

    Directus suits teams managing localized content through web APIs and needing custom permissions, previews, webhooks, or transformed assets.

    From $499/mo Free plan Web
    7.6 Visit Specs
  26. 26 PlanetScale
    From $5/mo Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.6 Visit Specs
  27. 27 Parse Platform
    Web · Linux · iOS · Android
    7.4 Visit Specs
  28. 28 YugabyteDB Anywhere

    YBA is for teams managing YugabyteDB deployments across on-premises infrastructure, cloud providers, or Kubernetes.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.4 Visit Specs
  29. 29 Firebase Test Lab
    Web
    6.0 Visit Specs
  30. 30 AWS Amplify Hosting
    Web
    5.9 Visit Specs

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