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Databases & backend tools: the tech stack of 67 real products

Databases, backend platforms, ORMs and data tooling for developers.

What sets them apart

Picks at least twice as common here as among products overall, in decisions at least 10 of them show.

KyselyDatabase Access & ORMs6.8×as often as overall8 of the databases & backend tools that show database access & ORMs (50%)DuckDBDatabase5.7×as often as overall9 of the databases & backend tools that show database (18%)ClickHouseDatabase4.7×as often as overall10 of the databases & backend tools that show database (20%)FastifyBackend Framework3.8×as often as overall8 of the databases & backend tools that show backend framework (28%)Better AuthAuthentication3.4×as often as overall7 of the databases & backend tools that show authentication (64%)SvelteFrontend Framework3.4×as often as overall7 of the databases & backend tools that show frontend framework (14%)

The typical stack

The leading pick where at least 8 of them show the decision and the leader has at least a quarter of it.

DecisionMost common pickShareAt default usage
DatabasePostgreSQL36 of 51 · 71%—
Frontend FrameworkReact42 of 50 · 84%—
HostingCloudflare12 of 34 · 35%$12/mo · Workers Paid
Backend FrameworkExpress14 of 29 · 48%—
LLM APIOpenAI API19 of 23 · 83%$10/mo · GPT-6 Luna
Transactional EmailResend10 of 23 · 43%$20/mo · Pro 50k
File StorageAmazon S315 of 17 · 88%$11/mo · S3 Standard (US East)
Database Access & ORMsDrizzle ORM10 of 16 · 63%—
Product AnalyticsPostHog14 of 16 · 88%$0/mo · Pay-as-you-go
Web AnalyticsPlausible Analytics5 of 14 · 36%$19/mo · Starter 100k
AI SDK & Agent FrameworkAI SDK8 of 13 · 62%—
PaymentsStripe11 of 13 · 85%fees on revenue · $410 on $10,000/mo
Error MonitoringSentry11 of 12 · 92%$29/mo · Team
AuthenticationBetter Auth7 of 11 · 64%$0/mo · Self-hosted (open source)
Background Jobs & CronBullMQ4 of 9 · 44%—

Monthly bills add up to about $101 at the calculators' default usage, list prices; fees on revenue (Stripe) come on top. Set your own usage →

What they chose, decision by decision

Among the databases & backend tools that show each choice, from makers' products and open-source code alike.

Database51 products
PostgreSQL36 · 71%MySQL16 · 31%SQLite14 · 27%ClickHouse10 · 20%
Frontend Framework50 products
React42 · 84%Next.js21 · 42%React Router12 · 24%Vue.js9 · 18%
Hosting34 products
Cloudflare12 · 35%GitHub Pages9 · 26%Netlify5 · 15%Amazon Web Services5 · 15%
Backend Framework29 products
Express14 · 48%Hono10 · 34%Fastify8 · 28%FastAPI5 · 17%
LLM API23 products
OpenAI API19 · 83%Claude13 · 57%Gemini API9 · 39%Grok API3 · 13%
Transactional Email23 products
Resend10 · 43%Nodemailer6 · 26%Postmark5 · 22%Amazon SES4 · 17%
File Storage17 products
Amazon S315 · 88%Vercel Blob2 · 12%MinIO2 · 12%
Database Access & ORMs16 products
Drizzle ORM10 · 63%Kysely8 · 50%SQLAlchemy3 · 19%Prisma2 · 13%
Product Analytics16 products
PostHog14 · 88%Mixpanel2 · 13%
Web Analytics14 products
Plausible Analytics5 · 36%Umami3 · 21%Vercel Web Analytics3 · 21%Cloudflare Web Analytics2 · 14%
AI SDK & Agent Framework13 products
AI SDK8 · 62%OpenAI Agents SDK4 · 31%LangChain3 · 23%LlamaIndex3 · 23%
Payments13 products
Stripe11 · 85%Polar2 · 15%Lemon Squeezy1 · 8%Dodo Payments1 · 8%
Error Monitoring12 products
Sentry11 · 92%Rollbar1 · 8%
Authentication11 products
Better Auth7 · 64%Auth.js2 · 18%Clerk1 · 9%Auth01 · 9%
Background Jobs & Cron9 products
BullMQ4 · 44%Celery2 · 22%RabbitMQ2 · 22%Temporal1 · 11%

Small samples, fewer than 8 products: Vector Database (pgvector 3, LanceDB 3) · Image & Video Hosting (sharp 5) · Lifecycle Email (Loops 3) · LLM Observability & Evals (LangSmith 2, Langfuse 1)

Databases & backend tools we track

42 makers' products and 25 open-source projects. Makers' products first.

SublayBackend and SDKs for social features — posts, comments, votes, follows, chat and notifications. Formerly Replyke.+1
IncertoThe AI Copilot for Databases
Sheet NinjaShip vibe-coded apps. Your data stays in Google Sheets.
NeoBaseAI Powered Database Assistant
OneNodeSimplest backend for AI coding - Open source
QuoriniDesign and run serverless cloud API in minutes
FuegoA desktop application for managing Firestore databases
OuterbaseWeb interface for viewing, editing, querying and charting data in Postgres, MySQL and other relational databases, with an AI agent that turns natural language into SQL.
valvYour database, safe for agents to query
monitorReal-time monitoring, slowlog analysis, and audit trails for Valkey and Redis+18
doryAI-native SQL client for humans and agents. Query, explore, visualize, and open agent database work as editable SQL workspaces.+14
hatchet🪓 An orchestration engine for background tasks, AI agents, and durable workflows+7
quirrelThe Task Queueing Solution for Serverless.+2
soketiNext-gen, Pusher-compatible, open-source WebSockets server. Simple, fast, and resilient. 📣
hypequeryhypequery - The TypeScript analytics layer for ClickHouse
nocodb🔥 🔥 🔥 A Free & Self-hostable Airtable Alternative+20
lunoraType-safe, real-time backend framework on your own Cloudflare account — Workers, Durable Objects, D1, R2, Queues. Convex-style DX, Vite-first.+19
workflowWorkflow SDK: Build durable, reliable, and observable apps and AI Agents in TypeScript+16
publicThe database IDE for VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf. 80+ databases: Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Snowflake, and more. AI queries, ER diagrams, SQL notebooks.+15
hash🚀 The open-source, multi-tenant platform for self-building knowledge graphs and simulation+13
conarAI-powered tool for working with Postgres, MySQL, MSSQL and Clickhouse.+11
cosmoThe open-source solution to building, maintaining, and collaborating on GraphQL Federation at Scale. The alternative to Apollo Studio and GraphOS.+8
Datus-agentThe Future of Data Engineering — A CLI SQL client for the modern data stack, enabling AI-native context engineering for data.+8
cube📊 Cube Core is open-source semantic layer for AI, BI and embedded analytics+6
iasqlCloud Infrastructure as data in PostgreSQL+5
web3.storageDEPRECATED ⁂ The simple file storage service for IPFS & Filecoin+4
bkndLightweight Firebase/Supabase alternative built to run anywhere — incl. Next.js, React Router, Astro, Cloudflare, Bun, Node, AWS Lambda & more.+3
tinybaseA reactive data store & sync engine.+3
rivetRivet Actors are the primitive for stateful workloads. Built for AI agents, collaborative apps, and durable execution.+2
evoluTypeScript library and local-first platform+1
felderaThe Feldera Incremental Computation Engine+1
keyvSimple key-value storage with support for multiple backends
ponderThe backend framework for crypto apps
activitypodsBrings together two game-changing technologies, ActivityPub and Solid Pods, and empowers developers to create truly decentralized applications
duck-uiThe fully open-source DuckDB workbench that runs in your browser. SQL editor, notebooks, charts, AI assistant. No install, no signup, no backend — your data never leaves the tab.
dragonflyA modern replacement for Redis and Memcached
storjOngoing Storj v3 development. Decentralized cloud object storage that is affordable, easy to use, private, and secure.
classic-jazzA new kind of database that's distributed across your frontend, containers, serverless functions and its own storage cloud.+4
medplumMedplum is a healthcare platform that helps you quickly develop high-quality compliant applications.+4
mono99% of Queries in Zero Milliseconds+3
velaPostgres Platform with full stack (auth, APIs, functions), instant cloning, branching and separation of compute and storage. Built for self-hosting.+1
ZizkaDBAudit trail database for AI agents. Tamper-evident, checksum-backed decision logs with session replay and time-travel debugging to support EU AI Act Article 12 record-keeping. Drift detection, MCP, Py+1
graphql-mesh🕸️ GraphQL Federation Framework for any API services such as REST, OpenAPI, Swagger, SOAP, gRPC and more...
crystal🔮 Graphile's Crystal Monorepo; home to Grafast, PostGraphile, pg-introspection, pg-sql2 and much more!
feathersThe API and real-time application framework
quiltQuilt is a Scientific Data Management Platform on AWS that helps teams and AI find, trust, and reuse data through deeply versioned, context-rich data packages.
serenedbThe First Real-Time Search Analytics Database
golemGolem Cloud is the agent-native platform for building AI agents and distributed applications that never lose state, never duplicate work, and never require you to build infrastructure.
sqlitA user friendly TUI for SQL databases. Written in python. Supports SQL server, Mysql, PostreSQL, SQLite, Turso and more.
malloyMalloy is a modern open source language for describing data relationships and transformations.
see基于开源组件（Inception & SQLAdvisor & SOAR）的SQL审核&SQL优化的Web平台
marmotA distributed SQLite server with MySQL wire compatible interface
sockethubA multi-protocol gateway for the Web using ActivityStream messages.