Charles F.
CF
Charles F.
Strategy Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Flexible, Agile BaaS Tool"
5/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

I like the flexible of Backendless. It can handle all things related to backend development, including database, business logic, and notifications. It's nice to learn one tool that meets so many needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

I wish authentication was easier. Also, documentation for those using no-code platforms could be more built out similar to how the documentation is built out for the major coding languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Thank you for the positive review, Charles! We are actively working on Backendless University, an educational site that will consolidate all of our resources to make it easier to navigate our documentation, videos, and articles. Hopefully that will make learning and building easier!

Daniele R.
DR
Daniele R.
Business Project Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I found what I was looking for and I have the impression there is much more to discover as well"
4/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

The best is that you have to worry only about programming and potentialy you can be live after 5 minutes you have done the registration of the backendless account Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

The free version can be more easy to get after 30 days of trial.

27.08.2022: for my mvp there is much more than i need. I'm very happy.

There is a thing that could be better. I would like to have a more mature function to syncrhonize (merge) different app, I would like to see the detailsof the difference like git or subversion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Hi Daniel, thank you for the review! The functionality that you mentioned is available as part of our app-to-app deployment system. You can read about it at the article linked below (labeled "See how Backendless Improved") and if you have any questions, feel free to post them on our support forum and our team will be happy to assist you!

See how Backendless improved
Dave B.
DB
Dave B.
CEO/Owner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I have no coding abilities so I have to rely on a no code product."
5/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

They have tons of training videos.

The best part is the way you can build your logic with the drag and drop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

At times it appears you lose connectivity with the server so can lose some of your work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Hi Dave, thank you for the review! We're glad our platform has helped you build without coding. Regarding the connectivity issue, this is not something we've heard before so perhaps it's an issue with your ISP. If you continue to see the issue, please share it on our support forum and we'll certainly look into it.

See how Backendless improved
Jim A.
JA
Jim A.
Mobile app developer-in-training
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Backendless for a software engineer"
5/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

Graphical 'language'.

Excellent backend support: DB, file system, cloud coding.

Very good online support.

The feel of a company/system evolving in the right way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

Lack of tools to inspect/debug a software program as a whole.

Need more documentation and/or an index that points to existing written and video documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Thanks for the positive review, Jim! We are currently working on a new searchable educational area of our site, Backendless University, where we plan to consolidate all of our videos and "how to" blog articles. Hopefully this will help!

Rafael B.
RB
Rafael B.
Reservas, RM e Marketing
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A handful solution for no-code citizens to develop complex apps and APIs"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

Backendless makes it easy and accessible for anyone with no code knowledge to create complex apps and APIs. They have explanatory videos of all the features and possibilities, which makes learning a lot easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

Tue UI builder could be more friendly and intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Thank you for the positive review, Rafael!

Eugene B.
EB
Eugene B.
Solutions Analyst
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Backendless got me back into coding!"
5/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

The comprehensiveness of their videos, support and foresight in their solution. They clearly though through what the no-code world needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

Nothing. I can literally not fault them on anything. It's an incredible system that offers features exactly when you are looking for it and where. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Thank you for the positive review, Eugene! We're thrilled to hear you're enjoying the platform!

Aaron S.
AS
Aaron S.
Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A brief review of BackEndless"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

BackEndless abstracts away all the boilerplate code that is required to get up and running with a back end for a mobile app, and lets you focus on the business logic for the app. Back end relational data, onboarding and authentication/authorization, file storage, etc. have all been taken care of. In addition to the great functionality, the backendless platform has some great bite sized training videos in the form of "missions" that guide you through implementing various bits of functionality and getting up to speed with the platform. There is an active forum, where you can ask questions when you get stuck, and APIs for popular mobile platforms. If you're looking for an alternative to FireBase, this would be a good option to take a look at. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

The only problem that I ran into with BackEndless was the lack of support for an IP range for the back end. I ran into a case where I needed to call into another API to enable some key functionality, but the API required a whitelist of IP's that it would allow connections from. 95% of the time I don't think this would have been an issue, and was a peculiarity of my particular app, but I thought it bears mentioning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Thank you for the kind review and feedback, Aaron! While there will be some rare edge cases that a development platform like ours may not be able to facilitate, we're glad you have been able to use our platform successfully with a Xamarin Forms frontend.

Jairus L.
JL
Jairus L.
Maintenance and Graveyard Clerk
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Power In One Manageable Spot"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

It may be called Backendless, but the backend is where I spend most of my time, even in the tutorial. I love how much that I can do and visually see the connections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

The tutorial needs to update a couple of missions. Plus, it sometimes didn't register that I finished a mission, leaving me trying to "get it right" for hours, when it turned out right all along. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Thank you for the review, Jairus! If there are issues with some of the Missions, please let our team know on our Slack channel or support forum and we'll take a look! The last thing we want is for users to feel like their efforts to learn the platform are not properly rewarded.

See how Backendless improved
HM
Horea M.
Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best codeless ever"
5/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

Basically, you can build the most complicated applications without knowing how to write code. Everything is intuitive and logical. I tried other platforms to build my applications but they are limited or very expensive, but most of all it is not possible to let you build and charge you only after you put the application in production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

I hate that there is still no way to build an Android or IOS application directly. And I don't like it when the server crashes. It is true that it has been falling less and less lately Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Thanks for the kind review, Horea! You can see in the link below the steps you can take to wrap your Backendless app in a native Flutter shell so that you can publish to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. This is the easiest way to get your apps onto Android and iOS, aside from publishing to the Backendless Viewer app. I hope that helps!

See how Backendless improved
Mario G.
MG
Mario G.
Founder and CEO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"No more boundaries for platforms development"
5/5
What do you like best about Backendless?

You can integrate WEB and Mobile in a very simple way all the tools are there. The codeless option to program it's great if you know to code or not it's the same and that's very helpful. Mark Piller the CEO of the company it's on call 24/7 he helps me with questions during the weekend! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Backendless?

There was a malfunction during the coding process and a loss of a day because the automatic save or the backup was not working properly the support team help me with the problem and everything was back to normal. For 2 years just this only problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christopher Fanchi of Backendless

Thank you for the kind review, Mario!