Hosted backend infrastructure-as-a-service
22 companies in this space
Important Developer Trends for January 2021
| Rank | Trend | Score | Change | Components | Recent scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
Serverless
Serverless and functions-as-a-service are central deployment and runtime models for hosted backend platforms, affecting architecture, cost, scaling, and developer workflow.
|
68.4 | — |
Strategic 82 Adoption 36 · Attention 65 · Momentum 43 |
68 · 76 · 69 · 75 · 74 · 63 · 71 · 68 |
| #2 |
Real-time
Real-time data synchronization, event delivery, and streaming are core capabilities for many modern application backends and materially influence platform selection.
|
65.3 | +1 |
Strategic 72 Adoption 55 · Attention 60 · Momentum 43 |
69 · 73 · 66 · 65 · 80 · 68 · 67 · 65 |
| #3 |
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is foundational to application deployment, scaling, networking, and operations across hosted backend infrastructure.
|
59.1 | +1 |
Strategic 82 Adoption 27 · Attention 20 · Momentum 29 |
63 · 53 · 59 · 69 · 57 · 62 · 64 · 59 |
| #4 |
Observability
Observability and distributed tracing are durable, high-impact capabilities for hosted backend platforms because they determine how developers diagnose performance, reliability, and production failures.
|
55.6 | +5 |
Strategic 80 Adoption 18 · Attention 10 · Momentum 50 |
52 · 53 · 53 · 58 · 54 · 59 · 48 · 56 |
| #5 |
Developer Experience
Developer experience directly shapes platform adoption, retention, and developer productivity across hosted backend infrastructure.
|
52.9 | -3 |
Strategic 73 Adoption 9 · Attention 40 · Momentum 25 |
54 · 72 · 55 · 62 · 66 · 68 · 68 · 53 |
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Summary
| Company | Total Posts | Avg/Month |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | 3,627 | 16.8 |
| Webflow | 1,555 | 8.6 |
| Netlify | 1,164 | 8.1 |
| Google Cloud | 2,796 | 8.0 |
| Supabase | 501 | 6.0 |
| DigitalOcean | 848 | 4.7 |
| Vercel | 628 | 4.4 |
| Convex | 257 | 3.6 |
| Replit | 466 | 3.5 |
| PlanetScale | 350 | 3.2 |
| Firebase | 616 | 3.2 |
| Upsun | 451 | 3.1 |
| Vultr | 479 | 3.1 |
| Inngest | 197 | 2.7 |
| Railway | 214 | 2.5 |
| Render | 225 | 2.1 |
| Harper | 246 | 2.1 |
| Directus | 145 | 1.7 |
| Koyeb | 142 | 1.7 |
| DBOS | 67 | 1.4 |
| Nhost | 86 | 0.8 |
| Azion | 98 | 0.5 |
Current Subscribers
| Company | Subscribers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | 1,450,000 | |
| Firebase | 418,000 | |
| Webflow | 222,000 | |
| Cloudflare | 131,000 | |
| Replit | 127,000 | |
| Vercel | 116,000 | |
| Supabase | 81,000 | |
| DigitalOcean | 60,300 | |
| PlanetScale | 41,400 | |
| Cloudflare | 35,700 | |
| Netlify | 13,900 | |
| Convex | 13,200 | |
| Directus | 8,500 | |
| Vultr | 3,490 | |
| Upsun | 3,020 | |
| Azion | 908 | |
| Inngest | 718 | |
| Nhost | 686 | |
| Harper | 596 | |
| DBOS | 571 |
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Companies in Hosted backend infrastructure-as-a-service
Random Space| Company | Stage | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Azion | A | 2011 |
| Cloudflare | Public | 2009 |
| Convex | B | 2021 |
| DBOS | seed | 2023 |
| DigitalOcean | Public | 2012 |
| Directus | A | 2020 |
| Firebase | acquired | 2011 |
| Google Cloud | Public | 1998 |
| Harper | seed | 2017 |
| Inngest | seed | 2021 |
| Koyeb | acquired | 2020 |
| Netlify | D | 2015 |
| Nhost | seed | 2018 |
| PlanetScale | C | 2018 |
| Railway | B | 2020 |
| Render | C | 2018 |
| Replit | D | 2016 |
| Supabase | F | 2020 |
| Upsun | D | 2015 |
| Vercel | F | 2015 |
| Vultr | D | 2014 |
| Webflow | C | 2012 |