# Appwrite

Open-source Firebase you can actually self-host

- Site: https://appwrite.io
- Category: Databases
- Best for: Teams who want Firebase's ergonomics without Google owning the data
- 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.
- Open source: yes
- Rating: fewer than 3 reviews, so none is published
- Pricing checked: 2026-08-28

## Tiers

- **Free**, $0/mo: 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/mo: 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

## Good

- Properly open source, so self-hosting is a supported path rather than a theory
- The Firebase shape (auth, storage, functions) without the proprietary data model
- One of the most generous free tiers here at 75,000 monthly active users

## Not good

- Free projects pause after a week of inactivity
- Smaller hosted business than Supabase, so fewer people have hit the problems you will
- Nothing between Pro at $25 and a custom enterprise quote

## Specifics

- 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

## Price history

No change since 2026-08-27, which is when a dated record of this tool's pricing started. If you are asked whether Appwrite has got more expensive, the answer is no, not in that window.

## Sources

- https://appwrite.io
- https://appwrite.io/pricing

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