Appwrite
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What is Appwrite
Appwrite is an open-source backend platform that provides common application services such as authentication, databases, file storage, serverless functions, and messaging via APIs and SDKs. It is used by developers building web and mobile applications who want to avoid maintaining these backend components from scratch. Appwrite can be self-hosted or consumed as a managed cloud service, with an emphasis on developer-oriented tooling and multi-language client support.
Broad backend feature coverage
Appwrite bundles core backend building blocks including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, and real-time capabilities in one platform. This reduces the number of separate services teams need to integrate for typical app backends. It supports common app patterns such as user management, file uploads, and event-driven processing.
Self-hosting and deployment control
Appwrite supports self-hosted deployments, which can help organizations meet data residency, network isolation, or compliance requirements. Teams can run it in their own infrastructure and control upgrades, scaling, and operational policies. This is useful when managed-only services are not acceptable for security or governance reasons.
Developer SDK and API access
Appwrite exposes functionality through APIs and provides SDKs for multiple languages and platforms, enabling consistent access from web, mobile, and server environments. This can speed up application development by standardizing how clients interact with backend services. The platform also includes administrative tooling for managing projects and resources.
Operational overhead when self-hosted
Running Appwrite on-premises or in a private cloud requires teams to manage infrastructure, monitoring, backups, and upgrades. High availability and scaling are the customer’s responsibility in self-hosted scenarios. This can offset some of the time saved versus building backend services from scratch.
Not a full low-code platform
Appwrite focuses on backend services and APIs rather than end-to-end visual app composition. Organizations seeking extensive drag-and-drop UI building, workflow automation, or business process modeling will typically need additional tools. As a result, it may not fit teams prioritizing citizen development over developer-led implementation.
Ecosystem and integrations vary
Compared with long-established enterprise application platforms, Appwrite’s out-of-the-box connectors and prebuilt integrations can be more limited depending on the target systems. Teams may need to build custom integrations using functions or external middleware. This can increase implementation effort for complex enterprise environments.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Unlimited sites; 5 GB bandwidth; 2 GB storage; 750K executions/month; 75K monthly active users; Community support; Shared resources across projects; 1 Database, 1 Bucket, 2 Functions per project. |
| Pro | From $25 per month | Dedicated resources per project; 2 TB bandwidth; 150 GB storage; 3.5M executions/month; 200K monthly active users; Organization roles; Email support; Daily backups (7 days); Unlimited Databases/Buckets/Functions; Additional resources available (see notes). |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Everything in Pro plus: uptime SLAs; designated success manager; 24/7 support option; private Slack channel; volume discounts; log drains; 90-day log retention; advanced observability; BYO cloud; SOC-2, HIPAA, BAA; SSO; activity logs; custom roles. |
Additional pay-as-you-go / add-on costs listed on official pricing page:
- Additional API bandwidth: $15 per 100 GB / month (Pro)
- Additional storage: $2.8 per 100 GB (Pro)
- Additional projects: $15 each (Pro)
- Additional users: $3 per 1,000 users (Pro)
- Additional reads: $0.060 per 100k reads (Pro)
- Additional writes: $0.10 per 100k writes (Pro)
- Additional GB-hours: $0.06 per GB-hour (Pro)
- Additional executions: $2 per 1M (Pro)
- Additional connections: $5 per 1,000 (Pro)
- Additional screenshots: $0.004 per screenshot (Pro)
- Additional image transformations: $5 per 1,000 origin images (Pro)
Notes: Pricing page also states Appwrite Self-Hosted is open-source and free to use (no limits) and that each Appwrite Cloud account can have one organization and 2 projects on the Free plan (see docs).
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Appwrite
2019
Open Source
https://appwrite.io/
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