Hosted backend infrastructure-as-a-service
22 companies in this space
Important Developer Trends for August 17 to 23, 2026
| Rank | Trend | Score | Change | Components | Recent scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
LLM
LLM capabilities are increasingly central to application development, influencing demand for AI-ready compute, managed data services, deployment patterns, observability, and integrated backend APIs.
|
65.9 | +3 |
Strategic 78 Adoption 55 · Attention 35 · Momentum 58 |
74 · 53 · 68 · 72 · 69 · 65 · 62 · 66 |
| #2 |
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.
|
65.1 | +1 |
Strategic 80 Adoption 55 · Attention 30 · Momentum 33 |
62 · 55 · 64 · 75 · 66 · 74 · 69 · 65 |
| #3 |
AI Agents
AI agents create sustained demand for hosted compute, data stores, workflow execution, integrations, observability, and scalable application deployment.
|
60.4 | -2 |
Strategic 78 Adoption 36 · Attention 35 · Momentum 22 |
77 · 61 · 74 · 62 · 78 · 78 · 81 · 60 |
| #4 |
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is foundational to application deployment, scaling, networking, and operations across hosted backend infrastructure.
|
60.2 | +8 |
Strategic 82 Adoption 27 · Attention 20 · Momentum 50 |
58 · 61 · 56 · 68 · 58 · 56 · 49 · 60 |
| #5 |
Serverless
Serverless and functions-as-a-service are central deployment and runtime models for hosted backend platforms, affecting architecture, cost, scaling, and developer workflow.
|
56.8 | +2 |
Strategic 82 Adoption 18 · Attention 10 · Momentum 50 |
54 · 59 · 67 · 65 · 68 · 65 · 55 · 57 |
Filter Companies
Summary
| Company | Total Posts | Avg/Month |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | 3,624 | 16.8 |
| Webflow | 1,523 | 8.5 |
| Netlify | 1,163 | 8.1 |
| Google Cloud | 2,794 | 8.0 |
| Supabase | 501 | 6.0 |
| DigitalOcean | 847 | 4.7 |
| Vercel | 627 | 4.4 |
| Convex | 257 | 3.6 |
| Replit | 465 | 3.5 |
| PlanetScale | 348 | 3.2 |
| Firebase | 615 | 3.2 |
| Upsun | 450 | 3.1 |
| Vultr | 478 | 3.1 |
| Inngest | 197 | 2.7 |
| Railway | 213 | 2.5 |
| Render | 224 | 2.1 |
| Harper | 246 | 2.1 |
| Directus | 145 | 1.7 |
| Koyeb | 142 | 1.7 |
| DBOS | 67 | 1.4 |
| Nhost | 86 | 0.8 |
| Azion | 95 | 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 | 80,900 | |
| DigitalOcean | 60,300 | |
| PlanetScale | 41,300 | |
| Cloudflare | 35,200 | |
| Netlify | 13,900 | |
| Convex | 13,100 | |
| Directus | 8,490 | |
| Vultr | 3,490 | |
| Upsun | 3,020 | |
| Azion | 906 | |
| Inngest | 719 | |
| Nhost | 686 | |
| Harper | 597 | |
| DBOS | 570 |
Showing Hacker News posts with 50+ points since 2022
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 |