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Source: https://modelsagree.com/product/nhost (modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0).","best_rank":4,"categories":3,"entries":[{"slug":"best-open-source-firebase-alternative","title":"Best open-source Firebase alternative","rank":4,"of":7,"score":7,"appearances":3,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":3,"Claude":4,"Gemini":4},"reason":"Excellent PostgreSQL-and-GraphQL stack with Hasura, auth, storage, functions, permissions, managed hosting, and full self-hostability","reasons":[{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"Excellent PostgreSQL-and-GraphQL stack with Hasura, auth, storage, functions, permissions, managed hosting, and full self-hostability"},{"model":"Claude","reason":"The strongest GraphQL-native option — Postgres plus Hasura's instant GraphQL API with fine-grained permissions, bundled auth, storage, and serverless functions; great fit for teams already committed to GraphQL"},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"A stellar choice for GraphQL-centric teams that leverages Hasura and PostgreSQL to automatically generate high-performance APIs alongside auth, storage, and serverless functions."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Expand its ecosystem and documentation to match Supabase"},{"model":"Claude","fix":"Grow community and momentum — its ecosystem, plugin surface, and mindshare trail Supabase and Appwrite badly, which makes long-term-bet confidence the real blocker"},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"Improve its local development CLI experience and reduce its dependency on Hasura's proprietary enterprise features for advanced routing."}],"updated":"2026-07-15","rank_history":{"days":["2026-07-07","2026-07-08","2026-07-09","2026-07-10","2026-07-15"],"ranks":[5,4,4,3,null]},"reasoning_shift":[{"model":"ChatGPT","from":"2026-07-09","to":"2026-07-10","added":[{"t":"permissions and managed hosting","q":"permissions, managed hosting"},{"t":"full self-hostability","q":"full self-hostability"},{"t":"expand documentation","q":"Expand its ecosystem and documentation"}],"dropped":[{"t":"coherent developer workflow","q":"a coherent developer workflow"},{"t":"product velocity","q":"product velocity"}]},{"model":"Gemini","from":"2026-07-07","to":"2026-07-08","added":[{"t":"auth included","q":"auth, storage, and serverless functions"},{"t":"improve local development CLI","q":"Improve its local development CLI experience"},{"t":"reduce proprietary Hasura dependency","q":"reduce its dependency on Hasura's proprietary enterprise features for advanced routing"}],"dropped":[{"t":"real-time GraphQL APIs","q":"real-time GraphQL APIs"},{"t":"broaden official client libraries","q":"Broaden the official client libraries and SDKs beyond Javascript and React"},{"t":"native mobile platforms","q":"native mobile platforms"}]},{"model":"Claude","from":"2026-07-07","to":"2026-07-08","added":[{"t":"Appwrite also leads ecosystem","q":"its ecosystem, plugin surface, and mindshare trail Supabase and Appwrite badly"},{"t":"long-term confidence blocker","q":"long-term-bet confidence the real blocker"}],"dropped":[{"t":"smaller team slows features","q":"smaller team, slower feature velocity"}]}],"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-open-source-firebase-alternative.json"},{"slug":"best-open-source-backend-as-a-service-for-self-hosting","title":"Best open-source backend-as-a-service for self-hosting","rank":4,"of":6,"score":4,"appearances":2,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":4,"Claude":4},"reason":"A coherent PostgreSQL-and-GraphQL stack built around Hasura, with authentication, storage, realtime APIs, and serverless functions; 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smaller community than the top three."}],"updated":"2026-07-19","rank_history":{"days":["2026-07-18","2026-07-19"],"ranks":[4,null]},"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-open-source-backend-as-a-service-for-self-hosting.json"},{"slug":"best-open-source-firebase-alternatives-for-self-hosted-applications","title":"Best open-source Firebase alternatives for self-hosted applications","rank":4,"of":5,"score":4,"appearances":2,"modelRanks":{"Claude":4,"Gemini":4},"reason":"Postgres plus Hasura's instant GraphQL, with auth, storage, and serverless functions wired together; strong choice for teams who want a GraphQL-first backend on open, portable Postgres data and a fully self-hostable stack.","reasons":[{"model":"Claude","reason":"Postgres plus Hasura's instant GraphQL, with auth, storage, and serverless functions wired together; strong choice for teams who want a GraphQL-first backend on open, portable Postgres data and a fully self-hostable stack."},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"Combines Hasura GraphQL Engine with PostgreSQL, Auth, Storage, and serverless functions to offer instant auto-generated GraphQL APIs with fine-grained role-based access control. 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