# built.io Backend Reviews **Vendor:** built.io **Category:** [Mobile Backend-as-a-Service (mBaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-backend-as-a-service-mbaas) **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 20 ## About built.io Backend The leading mobile Backend-as-a-Service (mBaaS) with an industry-first pluggable architecture, Built.io Backend accelerates mobile, web and IoT app development by enabling the use of best-of-breed microservices on top of a proven enterprise-grade tech stack. ## built.io Backend Reviews ### 1. Very user friendly **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Trisha D. | AMTS Software Engineer, Internet, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Very easy to use and not at all time intensive especially if you're only using basic features. Doesn't take a lot of effort to understand built.io. I built an entire feature in less than a day. Another great thing about built.io is that all of your data can be synced with ease cross all your platforms. Any help you ever need can be routed through built.io's amazing customer service! **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** For non basic feature implementation the process maybe be a bit more time intensive. Built.io doesn't lend way for more complex functionality. This is especially true since, the tutorials are lacking when it comes to more intricate features. There is ton's of documentation available, however, it is difficult to navigate through **Recommendations to others considering built.io Backend:** I believe for larger scale companies and features, Salesforce is a better route to take. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** This option is wonderful for us since we only use basic built.io functionality. ### 2. Use the built.io for couple project jobs, very good experience **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Easy to start. Cool dashboard design which shows the data flow very clearly. Very easy and straight forward to Implement the messages and notifications cross the different Social medias. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** No really found so far. Will continue to add more features in current project, like file upload and transfer. Only one thing, I am using web browser based built.io right now. Can have standalone (off-line) built.io, which I can use or continue to work on project when I do not have Ethernet connection? **Recommendations to others considering built.io Backend:** Very to start. If like to implement similar project in short term and you do not have much experience in other Apps. Try this first. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** The project, which used to set some notifications cross different platforms when some thing happen. Easy and good to use this to achieve the job in short term. ### 3. Good product for building mobile apps. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** I like the out of the box integrations with many software and apps. The simple workflows with drag and drop options are easy to use. It has a clean and simple UI to navigate various features and functions. Love the dashboard design of the project page and everything looks colorful and updated. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** The system feels a little slow at peak hours and takes the website a few seconds to load. Other than that not much else so for. **Recommendations to others considering built.io Backend:** Try it out, it's one of many solutions in the space and definitely there to compete and innovate. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed a quick and easy mobile app solution to build mobile apps. Everything felt fast and easy. ### 4. This is really quick idea to app - great for working prototypes as well **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Krishna G. | Solution Engineer, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** I love that built.io comes with so many plugins/packages that it becomes easy to start building the app. Otherwise I would have to search for the packages, libraries and just the environment setup would take a lot of time. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** I think 3rd party app integration capabilities could be expanded a little further (maybe alreayd in the roadmap). Heroku CLI, toolkit support would be greatly beneficial as well, because you're already supporting AWS (which heroku is hosted on anyway) **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** Me and my friends have used built.io backend quite a bit to build working mobile prototypes interfacing with Salesforce API. It's really valuable to have the idea up and running quickly as opposed to getting stuck on the ### 5. its offering save my time. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** younggeun k. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 15, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** its offering definitely save my time. no more access with many authentications. just use mobile and see the recored which i made before. and it help me track it as well. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** Some information which is not fit to my Role & Responsibility is not effective a bit. When company implement its offerings, please consider to specify each departments needs and demands properly. **Recommendations to others considering built.io Backend:** it's easy to use and increase productivity. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** In fact, accessibility and tracking my opportunity is my focus area. from this view, it gives me the way that i can easily access my record and track them whenever i need. ### 6. Great simple integration tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 15, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Lots of out of the box connectors. Simple workflow to connect processes across different applications. Much easier to use than traditional, complicated workflow tools. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** Workflow not as advanced as I'd like. Lacking certain enterprise features. **Recommendations to others considering built.io Backend:** It's a great solution if you have relatively basic workflow requirements - would def recommend. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're experimented with simple automations between systems. Nothing enterprise-grade. ### 7. Great Cloud Solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** This product is very user-friendly compared to competing products. The seamless integration across all other cloud-based products is very easy to set up and makes data synchronization a breeze. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** The training and tutorials are the most in depth. Makes for more complex features of the solution a bit harder to get down. **Recommendations to others considering built.io Backend:** Make sure you ask all the questions up front on customization and features. The training and tutorials aren't the most helpful. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** This helps us customize small things for our clients and I have seen a lot of success from everyone on the team. ### 8. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Haitham Hasan, M. | Sr. Sales Comp Operations Analyst, Internet, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Great customer service for this cloud-based and easy-to-use solution. It sends notes to the team members when a new opportunity is created to retrieve the data. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** Almost nothing. The only thing is that the team needs more training and technical help. **Recommendations to others considering built.io Backend:** I highly recommend it **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** accelerates digital transformation through iPaaS and mBaaS ### 9. Built.io backend - easy to use flow designer **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Human Resources | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** We can easily use built.io to build a interactive flow integration step by step, it provides powerful integration endpoint like salesforce and marketo to enrich our business. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** pricing model and should include more enterprise integration points. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** As I said earlier, easy to use user interface and enterprise integration endpoints. ### 10. Aggregation as a service **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 15, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** The product helps you to aggregate a handful of different tasks you're going to do anyway. If you need something to help you spin up fast, this would be a good option. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** If you need more control over each step or have a specific amount of customization you'd like to use, there are other piece-meal options available **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** You can automate workflows, but it requires migration of the technology stack ### 11. Best step forward in Digital Transformation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aamir A. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Works like a charm, love the integration and API options. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** Needs more work on the user interface. Faced a few issues looking for options. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** Better Resource management ### 12. Great product **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** The hybrid infrastructure - it is both on-prem and cloud hosted. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** The product could be simplified. Initially very complicated to use. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** You're able to see the analytics behind your usage - great for the finance team to understand cost drivers to help forecast. ### 13. Built IO **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 15, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** - Push notifications, - User authentication, - Social media integration, - Uploads, - Cool dashboard, - Strong analytics **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** Some features and functionality that other vendors offer. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps you create enterprise apps in record time, seriously. ### 14. Didn’t make an impact **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Liked the it was an all in one stop shop stack for backend mobile **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** Uber Interface left something to be desired **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows companies to build and maintain mobile backend end stack ### 15. Built.io backend use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Very seamless and effective backbone enabled **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** Nothing at this moment. So far I had a good experience. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** can provide effective solution for providing automated answers to common visitor questions ### 16. Easy to use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Very easy to use. It is easy to connect services. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** No problems found so far. Have to try some more features. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** Integrating systems with Salesforce. ### 17. good ui **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2018 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** highly intuitive and easy to use. build world class capabilities **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** none. it does es not consume complex integrations easily **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** complexity ### 18. Good solution **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 05, 2016 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** This solution is an ideal option for those companies that want to create system within a short timeframe. It is very convenient to use especially when your features stick to its basic functionality. Everything is very easy to use and can be understood without long investigations. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** As every standardized solution, this one also has typical disadvantages. The most obvious one is lack of flexibility, which results in longer implementation of non-standard features. You save time for most features, but you have to invest extra efforts in some minor features **Recommendations to others considering built.io Backend:** This solution is easy to try. If you are building simple similar systems, I would recommend to try this an option. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** We create a lot of typical simple solutions which are customized for end clients. Short time to market is our main priority. This system is a great option for us. ### 19. This Product enable me to build my app in record time! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eric N. | Co Founder, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 20, 2015 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Built.io allows you to focus on making your app and designing a unique product, while not worrying about writing server-side code and allows you to implement features like push notifications much easier. It also allows all of your data to be synced across different platforms in real time. The team is extremely friendly and helpful if you have any questions or trouble. Also nice to know Built.io is specialized for enterprise (which was our business) so its nice to know our data is safe in their hands. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** Built.io lacks sufficient tutorials or sample code for some features. This makes it difficult to implement some more advanced features without the proper direction. **Recommendations to others considering built.io Backend:** Don't be afraid to reach out to the awesome team at Built.io for help and support! **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** We were solving the aspect of allowing shipping companies to communicate with drivers in real time. Built.io allowed our web application to efficiently communicate with the mobile application. Built.io allowed us to prototype efficiently and bring our strategy to market extremely fast. Not having to learn some of the complicated backend stuff allowed us to focus on creating the best user experience possible. ### 20. Built.io enabled me to focus on what is important, while taking care of all the hard work for me. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ryan C. | Director, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2015 **What do you like best about built.io Backend?** Built.io was very easy to get up and running quickly. It took days to create a fully functioning backend for my mobile application, whereas it could have taken weeks if I were to built this from the ground up. I like that they are enterprise focused because, as a builder of an enterprise application, I know they have my primary concerns in mind (e.g. scalability, security, etc). I had a very positive experience with their customer support team as well. **What do you dislike about built.io Backend?** In the beginning it was tough at times to look through there documentation, but they have been been adding to the documentation since I started using them to provide useful tutorials to users. There support team was also very responsive to my questions. **What problems is built.io Backend solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am solving the problem of antiquated software in the outdated freight industry. I have realized the benefits of modern technological solutions like built.io and mobile applications to help solve this problem. ## built.io Backend Discussions - [What is built.io Backend used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-built-io-backend-used-for) - [View built.io Backend pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/built-io-backend/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-14+07%3A29%3A39+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=305047d0-1de8-43c1-b156-bd4209290b29&secure%5Btoken%5D=1441391913a9ae34b9edeb97591757002205491dede4577f16fbd3af9cef0e17&format=llm_user) ## Top built.io Backend Alternatives - [Salesforce Heroku](https://www.g2.com/products/salesforce-heroku/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (143 reviews) - [AWS Amplify](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-amplify/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (94 reviews) - [Parse](https://www.g2.com/products/parse/reviews) - 3.7/5.0 (41 reviews)