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8Base is set up so that any one can use it right out of the box. I have some team members who are not technically inclined but they were able to use it without much technical instruction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
While to app builder in intuitive there really should be more templates that you can use right out of the box. This would benefit those who do not have the best technical skills Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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8base is a strong platform for full-stack services integrating backend and frontend, allowing the users to develop fast, scalable, and amazing products.
Comparing this with other platforms 8base is at another level as low code platform for all the things that include between frontend and backend that allows you to create a full product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
8base is a complete product and doesn't have anything that I dislike, the team is continuing to work on improving the service, and platform.
The support service is really good, and you don't have any to worry about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
As a backend developer who likes to jump right in w/o reading the docs (yes, I'm that guy) - I was pleasantly surprised I could set up a production-ready backend within 15 minutes!!
I just defined a couple of DB tables, clicked a couple of buttons, and voila -> backend deployed, APIs automatically working (including pagination, filtering, etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Not much, really. Some old habits die hard because I like seeing a lot of code and everything explicitly defined (in code). But the entire purpose of 8base is to write less code and be more productive.
Plus, everything that is automatically generated can be customized, so I have nothing to worry about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The ease with which data models can be created and interacted with.
The API explorer is helpful for quickly building and testing CRUD operations.
How there is always a way to build an idea with the tools of the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The data views could have an option to double click on a field with a referenced relation and either take you to it, or show a popup with the information of the foreign, referenced element.
The logs could be separated per function, as in, whenever I click a function name on the platform, I see a log of its executions and the console.log/console.errors that belong to that function specifically. Other than that, any improvement that would make the logs more helpful for debugging would be greatly appreciated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
1) a truly unique platform, which has no analogues at the moment
2) convenient development tools
3) technical support that is ready to help - up to direct contact with the developers of the platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
1) sometimes (quite often, actually) there are various bugs during deployments, due to which the work can stop before they are fixed - the platform is definitely not completely stable
2) even if deployments are made without errors, they take a VERY long time - sometimes it can take up to 20 minutes
3) the absence of a public changelog - the development team working with the platform may not be aware of breaking changes at all, if any
4) closed source code - perhaps 8base would be more suitable for the model that, for example, Hasura uses
5) not very good documentation, which practically does not reflect real cases of using the platform - a lot of knowledge about it (including knowledge about various "pitfalls") is kept in the minds of developers, and is obtained through the experience of using the platform, and not from the docs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
8base does its job in terms of being a good BAAS.
You can set up your DB schema & business logic fast and troubleless.
Roles and permissions management is also done well.
With their platform, it's easy to manage any backend-related task.
I'd also like to appreciate the fact that you can self host the product when your product needs it.
Whenever we would face an issue, 8base engineers were quick to help us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
8base is lambda based, which brings lambda-related issues.
It won't be easy to handle a huge load, even though it is possible with extra effort.
Out-of-the-box logs are tough to work with, but self-hosted solution helps (AWS cloudwatch)
They have their own gql transform engine which sometimes may be of an issue and without gql-to-sql transparency it can be tough to optimize certain requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The most interesting functionality for 8base is the queries and mutations it creates when a table schema is created, which makes time efficient. Also the ability to use the UI to make changes in the tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is some stuff that can be improved as for example, the queries that can be used in the tables are quiet limited and very slow sometimes for bulk operations. Another thing that does not make a lot of sense is that relations between tables are created in weird ways that sometimes make it impossible to do certain mutations. Another thing is that the changes made on the tables directly are soft, they are not really 100% reflected on the database and that creates a mix of data that does not make sense at all. Also documentation is tremendously outdated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is very easy to use. You can start integrating and making aplications very easy. Also, the documentation is very good to get started. I love the 8base web platform that allows you to see your data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It would be great if there are more tutorials in youtube or any other platform. So it would be easy to become an expert in 8base. Also, it would be helpfull to have more code examples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Have been following the evolution of the low-code platform for several years. The 8base team keeps introducing new features and productivity tools for developers that make the experience of building on the platform a snap. Historically known for its focus on backend-as-a-service, 8base now expanded its offering to the front-end with a React-based UI component library. I like their intent adherence to standards such as GraphQL and dedication to developer experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Albeit its track record and good reputation, 8base is still a small company and hasn't broken yet into mainstream brand awareness. This moderate growth in visibility limits its broader adoption among developers who use the platform in companies ranging from startups to large enterprises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I think 8base is very nice for creating projects rapidly. I really like the graphql features it has, and the easy way it has to enhance the backend with the custom functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I think one of the downsides is the documentation, it is something hard to find what you want to do, so it leads sometimes to delays in the development process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Super easy backend solution. I like the GUI for managing the DB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Well, for the frontend; it does the eaisy things easier but the hard things harder
Backend: would be nice to have some further development such as integration with zapier and such. Feels a bit dead in terms of updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
