Here’s the Deal
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When comparing Skygear vs Back4App, the Slant community recommends Back4App for most people. In the question“What are the best self-hosted BaaS (backend-as-a-service) providers?” Back4App is ranked 1st while Skygear is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Back4App is:
The platform is reliable allow to scale up the applications running on it.
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Pros
Pro Raw data is exportable
Pro Supports User authentication
Pro Supports Cloudcode
Pro Rich SDK support
Skygear has SDKs for iOS, Android, JavaScript.
Pro Scalable Backend
Pro Open source
Back4app is an open source BAAS and Backend generator.
Pro Smooth migration from Parse
Back4App offers a smooth migration for all former Parse users who wish to migrate their data now that Parse has announced that it will stop soon.
Cons
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Con Uses MongoDB for the backend, which is not considered very safe by many
Back4App uses MongoDB as the database where data is stored. Mongo has been known to have issues with data corruption and data loss.