Appwrite review
Open sourceFree tierOpen-source Firebase you can actually self-host
Databases, auth, file storage and functions with the shape of Firebase and none of the lock-in, because the whole thing is open source and runs on your own hardware if you want it to.
Entry price
Free, then $25/mo
Free: Free plan: 2 GB storage, 5 GB bandwidth, 750K executions, 75,000 monthly active users, 2 projects. Paused after a week idle.
Our Appwrite verdict
Appwrite costs free, then $25/mo. Nobody has reviewed it here yet, so this page is about what it costs and what it does, not how well it does it.
Teams who want Firebase's ergonomics without Google owning the data. There is a free tier: Free plan: 2 GB storage, 5 GB bandwidth, 750K executions, 75,000 monthly active users, 2 projects. Paused after a week idle..
- Who it is not for
- Free projects pause after a week of inactivity
- What this is based on
- Based on pricing read from Appwrite's own page on 2026-08-28, and what the product says it does. No reviews yet, so no score.
Pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual /mo | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Same as monthly | 5 GB bandwidth, 2 GB storage, 750K executions, 75K monthly active users, 1 database and 2 functions per project, 2 projects, paused after a week idle |
| Pro | $25 | Same as monthly | 2 TB bandwidth, 150 GB storage, 3.5M executions, 200,000 monthly active users, unlimited databases and functions, 7 days of daily backups, email support |
Appwrite price history
Every price changeAppwrite's pricing has not moved since we started tracking it on 2026-08-27. We read it off Appwrite's own pricing page on every update, and this section fills in when something changes.
Read from Appwrite's own pricing page, dated on the day we read it. We only claim a change happened between two dates we actually looked, never on a date we did not.
Engine
Its own document API, MariaDB underneath
Free tier
2 GB, 75K monthly active users
Self-host
Yes, the whole stack
Auth and storage built in
Yes
Scales to zero
Free plan pauses when idle
Portability
Own API, but self-hosting means you never have to leave
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