Hosted backend infrastructure-as-a-service
21 companies in this space
Important Developer Trends for August 2026
| Rank | Trend | Score | Change | Components | Recent scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
AI Agents
AI agents create sustained demand for hosted compute, data stores, workflow execution, integrations, observability, and scalable application deployment.
|
86.1 | — |
Strategic 78 Adoption 100 · Attention 100 · Momentum 85 |
85 · 80 · 85 · 85 · 84 · 84 · 84 · 86 |
| #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.
|
80.1 | +1 |
Strategic 80 Adoption 67 · Attention 100 · Momentum 75 |
80 · 88 · 82 · 87 · 87 · 86 · 82 · 80 |
| #3 |
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.
|
77.3 | +1 |
Strategic 78 Adoption 67 · Attention 100 · Momentum 44 |
86 · 84 · 84 · 85 · 84 · 84 · 82 · 77 |
| #4 |
Real-time
Real-time data synchronization, event delivery, and streaming are core capabilities for many modern application backends and materially influence platform selection.
|
75.9 | +1 |
Strategic 72 Adoption 76 · Attention 100 · Momentum 50 |
81 · 81 · 80 · 80 · 82 · 80 · 80 · 76 |
| #5 |
MCP
MCP is increasingly relevant as hosted backend platforms add AI-agent integrations, secure access to application data, and developer tooling for agent-driven workflows.
|
75.7 | +1 |
Strategic 61 Adoption 95 · Attention 100 · Momentum 100 |
73 · 74 · 75 · 75 · 75 · 74 · 70 · 76 |
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Summary
| Company | Total Posts | Avg/Month |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | 3,617 | 16.7 |
| Webflow | 1,516 | 8.4 |
| Netlify | 1,161 | 8.1 |
| Google Cloud | 2,789 | 8.0 |
| Supabase | 498 | 5.9 |
| DigitalOcean | 844 | 4.7 |
| Vercel | 621 | 4.3 |
| Convex | 256 | 3.6 |
| Replit | 464 | 3.5 |
| Firebase | 613 | 3.2 |
| PlanetScale | 344 | 3.2 |
| Upsun | 437 | 3.0 |
| Inngest | 191 | 2.7 |
| Railway | 212 | 2.5 |
| Harper | 244 | 2.0 |
| Render | 219 | 2.0 |
| Directus | 145 | 1.7 |
| Koyeb | 142 | 1.7 |
| DBOS | 66 | 1.4 |
| Nhost | 86 | 0.8 |
| Azion | 90 | 0.5 |
Current Subscribers
| Company | Subscribers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | 1,440,000 | |
| Firebase | 418,000 | |
| Webflow | 222,000 | |
| Cloudflare | 130,000 | |
| Replit | 126,000 | |
| Vercel | 115,000 | |
| Supabase | 80,300 | |
| DigitalOcean | 60,200 | |
| PlanetScale | 40,800 | |
| Cloudflare | 34,000 | |
| Netlify | 13,700 | |
| Convex | 13,000 | |
| Directus | 8,470 | |
| Upsun | 3,020 | |
| Azion | 901 | |
| Inngest | 707 | |
| Nhost | 685 | |
| Harper | 596 | |
| DBOS | 547 |
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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 |
| Webflow | C | 2012 |