Hosted backend infrastructure-as-a-service
22 companies in this space
Important Developer Trends for 2023
25 trends awaiting strategic relevance scoring. Activity metrics update automatically; strategic scores require a separate review.
| 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.
|
86.8 | +10 |
Strategic 78 Adoption 100 · Attention 100 · Momentum 100 |
49 · 52 · 52 · 52 · 55 · 55 · 61 · 87 |
| #2 |
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is foundational to application deployment, scaling, networking, and operations across hosted backend infrastructure.
|
86.4 | — |
Strategic 82 Adoption 100 · Attention 100 · Momentum 45 |
60 · 76 · 77 · 78 · 86 · 84 · 87 · 86 |
| #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.
|
86.4 | — |
Strategic 82 Adoption 100 · Attention 100 · Momentum 44 |
75 · 78 · 81 · 82 · 83 · 88 · 86 · 86 |
| #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.
|
86.2 | -3 |
Strategic 80 Adoption 100 · Attention 100 · Momentum 63 |
48 · 62 · 62 · 58 · 72 · 84 · 88 · 86 |
| #5 |
Vector Search
Vector search is a durable building block for AI-enabled applications, affecting database, storage, API, and managed-service choices for hosted backends.
|
83.2 | +3 |
Strategic 72 Adoption 100 · Attention 100 · Momentum 100 |
54 · 57 · 57 · 50 · 61 · 71 · 78 · 83 |
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Summary
| Company | Total Posts | Avg/Month |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | 3,709 | 17.2 |
| Webflow | 1,622 | 9.0 |
| Google Cloud | 2,825 | 8.1 |
| Netlify | 1,166 | 8.1 |
| Supabase | 517 | 6.2 |
| DigitalOcean | 865 | 4.8 |
| Vercel | 642 | 4.5 |
| Convex | 259 | 3.6 |
| Replit | 471 | 3.6 |
| PlanetScale | 367 | 3.4 |
| Upsun | 484 | 3.4 |
| Firebase | 621 | 3.2 |
| Vultr | 499 | 3.2 |
| Inngest | 207 | 2.9 |
| Railway | 234 | 2.8 |
| Render | 256 | 2.4 |
| Harper | 249 | 2.1 |
| DBOS | 84 | 1.8 |
| Directus | 145 | 1.7 |
| Koyeb | 142 | 1.7 |
| Nhost | 86 | 0.8 |
| Azion | 106 | 0.6 |
Current Subscribers
| Company | Subscribers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | 1,460,000 | |
| Firebase | 418,000 | |
| Webflow | 222,000 | |
| Cloudflare | 134,000 | |
| Replit | 129,000 | |
| Vercel | 116,000 | |
| Supabase | 82,100 | |
| DigitalOcean | 60,400 | |
| PlanetScale | 43,200 | |
| Cloudflare | 40,600 | |
| Netlify | 14,300 | |
| Convex | 13,900 | |
| Directus | 8,520 | |
| Vultr | 3,510 | |
| Upsun | 3,010 | |
| Azion | 1,010 | |
| Inngest | 826 | |
| Nhost | 686 | |
| Harper | 597 | |
| DBOS | 590 |
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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 | G | 2020 |
| Upsun | D | 2015 |
| Vercel | F | 2015 |
| Vultr | D | 2014 |
| Webflow | C | 2012 |