Hosted backend infrastructure-as-a-service
22 companies in this space
Important Developer Trends for January 9 to 15, 2023
5 trends awaiting strategic relevance scoring. Activity metrics update automatically; strategic scores require a separate review.
| Rank | Trend | Score | Change | Components | Recent scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
Real-time
Real-time data synchronization, event delivery, and streaming are core capabilities for many modern application backends and materially influence platform selection.
|
69.3 | +1 |
Strategic 72 Adoption 45 · Attention 80 · Momentum 100 |
60 · 53 · 66 · 71 · 52 · 46 · 56 · 69 |
| #2 |
Zero Trust
Zero trust architecture is a durable security priority for application hosting, affecting access control, network exposure, identity integration, and enterprise adoption.
|
65.0 | +7 |
Strategic 72 Adoption 9 · Attention 100 · Momentum 100 |
47 · 48 · 52 · 58 · 46 · 43 · 48 · 65 |
| #3 |
Serverless
Serverless and functions-as-a-service are central deployment and runtime models for hosted backend platforms, affecting architecture, cost, scaling, and developer workflow.
|
61.0 | -2 |
Strategic 82 Adoption 27 · Attention 20 · Momentum 67 |
58 · 63 · 68 · 67 · 55 · 49 · 58 · 61 |
| #4 |
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is foundational to application deployment, scaling, networking, and operations across hosted backend infrastructure.
|
59.4 | +2 |
Strategic 82 Adoption 27 · Attention 15 · Momentum 50 |
49 · 54 · 59 · 49 · 57 · 53 · 49 · 59 |
| #5 |
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.
|
57.9 | -1 |
Strategic 80 Adoption 18 · Attention 25 · Momentum 50 |
48 · 53 · 58 · 58 · 51 · 48 · 51 · 58 |
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Summary
| Company | Total Posts | Avg/Month |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | 3,629 | 16.8 |
| Webflow | 1,555 | 8.6 |
| Netlify | 1,164 | 8.1 |
| Google Cloud | 2,798 | 8.0 |
| Supabase | 501 | 6.0 |
| DigitalOcean | 849 | 4.7 |
| Vercel | 628 | 4.4 |
| Convex | 257 | 3.6 |
| Replit | 466 | 3.5 |
| PlanetScale | 351 | 3.3 |
| Firebase | 617 | 3.2 |
| Upsun | 454 | 3.2 |
| Vultr | 481 | 3.1 |
| Inngest | 197 | 2.7 |
| Railway | 214 | 2.5 |
| Render | 228 | 2.1 |
| Harper | 246 | 2.1 |
| Directus | 145 | 1.7 |
| Koyeb | 142 | 1.7 |
| DBOS | 67 | 1.4 |
| Nhost | 86 | 0.8 |
| Azion | 99 | 0.5 |
Current Subscribers
| Company | Subscribers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | 1,450,000 | |
| Firebase | 418,000 | |
| Webflow | 222,000 | |
| Cloudflare | 132,000 | |
| Replit | 128,000 | |
| Vercel | 116,000 | |
| Supabase | 81,000 | |
| DigitalOcean | 60,300 | |
| PlanetScale | 41,800 | |
| Cloudflare | 36,700 | |
| Netlify | 13,900 | |
| Convex | 13,200 | |
| Directus | 8,500 | |
| Vultr | 3,490 | |
| Upsun | 3,020 | |
| Azion | 954 | |
| Inngest | 723 | |
| Nhost | 686 | |
| Harper | 596 | |
| DBOS | 579 |
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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 |