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As someone who is in the process of learning about app development, Back4App has been user-friendly. I appreciate the many resources available to develop my skills as an app developer, such as the guides with clear examples. The ability to practice for free in the development stage has been extremely helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
So far, only the limitations on free usage, but I completely understand why they have them! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Back4app is a really great service for when you quickly want to get started with a prototype for an app/site that needs a backend/database. The parse database is very flexible so you can work out your data structure as you go. Support for live queries (real time updates) is great for things like chat, but I believe this requires the paid subscription nowadays. First level subscription is 25$ per month, which is quite ok. Free tier gives you enough for getting started with low amount of queries and data storage (1gb).
The cloud code is also a really nice feature, so you can have code running on their server. I've used it for example to relay calls to an external API and back, and schedule tasks.
Support is willing to answer your questions in good time, and they are quite good in helping out.
A relatively new feature is also the possibility to run docker containers, pretty sweet!
All in all back4app is my go-to solution for very quickly starting a prototype combined with a quasar frontend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
This time around they requested me to write a review here in return for unlocking one of my apps that went past the limits of the free tier (and I can't fix that untill they unlock it for me) . Nonetheless this review is honest.
Maybe they should warn a little bit earlier before you hit the limits. It is not always clear either which limit it is you are hitting, if it is the amount of requests or the storage limit.
Removing stored files is a little bit tricky, because there is no easy way to see files stored in the database.
Their built in AI that tries to help out with errors does not always solve it well. I've had some problems where errors came up that were not caused by my code, but by something going wrong in the deployment. I'm hoping those were caused by that the support for docker containers was still a bit in beta.
Sometimes the docs can be a little bit confusing, with information being spread to different places, but it is nice that they have a bunch of docs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Very good platform that has a wide variety of features that your app needs,
Very good and quick support team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The prices for the plans are not very customizable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The back4app library is great to access and create data in the database. Saves a lot of time and hassle required to make a backend for mobile apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There are no downsides to using this app as you can configure and customize your implementation in any way you like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Great documentation.
Easy to use
Quick an easy response time on the support
Willing to help students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Could have more video documentation of basic implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Back4app is easy to use with a team. You can easily create and edit tables, providing an good overview for a collaborative project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I haven't noticed any downsides of Back4app yet, but I will come back to this review if I do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Easy to connect to Applications and if Help is needed, the B4A-Support-Team is just great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The free plan is not enough for development. But the B4A-Support-Team helps out after contacting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The tool allows you to evaluate solutions that require customer validation. Ideal for developing MVP and POC. Structuring tables is much easier. The documentation is vast and AI Agent helps us considerably. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I would like it to be possible to rename tables and columns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
