Appwrite alternatives

At a glance

We list 15 other databases tools as alternatives to Appwrite: Aiven, CockroachDB, Convex, MongoDB Atlas, MotherDuck, Neon, Pinecone, PlanetScale, PocketBase, Redis Cloud, SingleStore, Supabase, Turso, Upstash and Xata.
Aiven, Convex, MongoDB Atlas, MotherDuck, Neon, Pinecone, Redis Cloud, SingleStore, Supabase, Turso and Upstash have a free plan.
Convex works with Stripe, as Appwrite does.

From each tool's own website and from published reviews. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.

15 alternatives

Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.

Aiven
Your AI-ready open source data platform
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure; ISO 27001 or HIPAA.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Developer, $5 per month, for PostgreSQL (as of October 23, 2026)
Free trial
30 days
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
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CockroachDB
Run business-critical applications in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid, with global scale and resilience
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Terraform, Kafka or Django; ISO 27001, HIPAA or SSO.
Plans
Standard: $0.092, Mission Critical: $0.162 (as of October 20, 2026)
Free trial
30 days
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Distributed SQL, PostgreSQL compatibility, Multi-region deployments
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, SSO
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Convex
The reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Resend, Twilio or WorkOS; HIPAA or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Professional, $25 per developer per month (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
Stripe
Main features
Reactive database, Real-time sync, File storage
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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MongoDB Atlas
Cloud document database with built-in resilience, scalability and enterprise-grade security
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with AWS, Google Cloud or Azure; SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Dedicated, $0.08 per hour for M10, from $56 (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Document database, Multi-cloud clusters, Auto-scaling
Security and compliance
SSO
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MotherDuck
Fast, serverless analytics powered by DuckDB with dedicated compute for every user and every agent.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Hex, dbt or Fivetran; HIPAA or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Business, $250 per org per month plus usage (as of October 28, 2026)
Free trial
7 days
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Hypertenancy, Agent data pipelines, Agent-built visualizations
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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Neon
The backend for apps and agents: serverless, branchable Postgres with auth, functions and storage
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Vercel, Prisma or Drizzle; ISO 27001 or HIPAA.
Free plan
Yes
Plans
Free: $0, Launch: $0.106, Scale: $0.222 (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Serverless Postgres, Database branching, Autoscaling
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
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Pinecone
Pinecone is a fully managed vector database built for AI.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Claude Code, Cursor or Datadog; ISO 27001, HIPAA or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Builder, $20 per month, flat (as of October 28, 2026)
Free trial
3 weeks
Platforms
Terminal
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Managed vector database, Automatic indexing, Pinecone Assistant
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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PlanetScale
Cloud hosting for Vitess, Neki and Postgres databases
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Cloudflare, GitHub Actions or Terraform; HIPAA or SSO.
Paid plans from
Metal, $50 per month, starting price (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Managed Postgres, Vitess for MySQL, Neki sharded Postgres
Security and compliance
SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO
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PocketBase
Open Source backend in 1 file with realtime database, authentication, file storage and admin dashboard
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Google, GitHub or Facebook.
Platforms
Linux, Windows, macOS
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Realtime database, File storage, Admin dashboard
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Redis Cloud
Fully-managed Redis with faster commands, more data structures, and real-time performance at scale.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: HIPAA or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Plans
Free: $0 (as of October 28, 2026)
Platforms
AWS, Azure, GCP
Main features
Redis Query Engine, Active-Active multi-region, Vector search
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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SingleStore
The real-time database for AI, apps and analytics.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Kafka, Amazon S3 or Apache Iceberg; ISO 27001, HIPAA or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Plans
Standard: $0.99/hr, Enterprise: $1.49/hr (as of October 28, 2026)
Free trial
Yes
Platforms
Azure, Google Cloud
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Real-time HTAP engine, Vector and full-text search, Fast data ingestion
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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Supabase
Postgres development platform with auth, instant APIs, realtime, functions, storage and vectors
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Vercel, Prisma or Clerk.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Pro, $25 per month, plus compute and usage (as of October 14, 2026)
Platforms
Web, CLI, API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Postgres database, Authentication, Instant APIs
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Turso
SQLite-based database architecture for a database per user, agent and tenant
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Drizzle, Prisma or Vercel; HIPAA or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Plans
Free: $0 (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
SQLite-compatible databases, Database per tenant, Embedded replicas
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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Upstash
Serverless data platform, one platform for all your data needs
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with Cloudflare Workers, Prometheus or Datadog; ISO 27001, HIPAA or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Pay as You Go, $0.2 per 100K commands (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Serverless Redis, Vector database, QStash messaging
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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Xata
The branch native Postgres platform
No reviews yet
Choose it over Appwrite for: integration with GitHub or Vercel; HIPAA or SSO.
Plans
Xata Cloud: $0.012 (as of October 23, 2026)
Free trial
14 days
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Appwrite
None in common
Main features
Instant Provisioning, Branching, Scale-to-Zero
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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At a glance

We list 15 other databases tools as alternatives to Appwrite: Aiven, CockroachDB, Convex, MongoDB Atlas, MotherDuck, Neon, Pinecone, PlanetScale, PocketBase, Redis Cloud, SingleStore, Supabase, Turso, Upstash and Xata.

Aiven, Convex, MongoDB Atlas, MotherDuck, Neon, Pinecone, Redis Cloud, SingleStore, Supabase, Turso and Upstash have a free plan.

Convex works with Stripe, as Appwrite does.

From each tool's own website and from published reviews. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.