Appwrite
Databases Free tier (card may be required)
Documentation: appwrite.io ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Appwrite is a self-hosted or cloud backend platform that gives you a database, user login, file storage, and serverless functions behind one simple API. The free cloud plan includes 750,000 function executions, 75,000 monthly active users, 2 GB of storage, and 5 GB of bandwidth per month, plus 500,000 database reads and 250,000 writes monthly. Projects pause after one week of inactivity, so it is best for active projects and prototypes.
Details
Free tier, but a card may be required to sign up.
Auth: Free tier (card may be required)
Rate limit: Free: 500,000 database reads and 250,000 writes per month; 750,000 function executions; 75,000 monthly users; projects pause after 1 week idle.
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: full-stack apps rapid prototyping self-hosting
Setup
- Create a free account at appwrite.io or self-host with Docker.
- Create a project and note your project ID.
- Generate an API key from the project settings.
- Create a database and a collection for your data.
- Send requests with the X-Appwrite-Project and X-Appwrite-Key headers.
curl https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1/databases/{db_id}/collections/{col_id}/documents -H "X-Appwrite-Project: YOUR_PROJECT_ID" -H "X-Appwrite-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"Use cases
- Store and query app data without running your own database server.
- Add email, social, and anonymous user login to a project in minutes.
- Run small backend tasks with serverless functions instead of a server.