If you need a service that lets you make secure frontend database queries without having to make API calls, Supabase is worth a look. It's an open-source Firebase alternative that lets you build production apps with a Postgres database, user authentication and instant APIs. Supabase supports frameworks like Next.js, Svelte and Flutter, and offers features like real-time subscriptions, large file storage and vector embeddings for machine learning model integration. Its free tier has unlimited API requests, so it's a good choice for developers.
Another good option is ROQ, which offers a full data and API layer for building multi-tenant, multi-role SaaS apps. ROQ offers secure database queries, authentication, authorization and monetization abilities through features like managed Postgres deployment, secure frontend DB queries and Stripe integration for payments. That makes it a good choice for developers who want to quickly build secure, scalable SaaS apps with complex data models.
If you want to query data with natural language processing, Defog could be a good choice. It uses fine-tuned AI models to query data on your own servers, which means your data stays private but query results are still accurate. Defog integrates with big SQL databases and data warehouses and offers a customizable interface for visualizing data and asking follow-up questions. It's good for companies that want to automate data queries and analysis.
Finally, ROQ offers an embedded analytics framework that lets you add analytics to apps with SQL and frontend components. It offers SQL-to-API for automatic exposure of SQL queries as API endpoints, zero-config deployments and a built-in cache layer for fast response times. Latitude supports a variety of databases and local CSV files, and it's a low-cost, scalable option for adding analytics layers to improve user experiences.