---
name: Back4App
domain: back4app.com
kind: product
relation: dependency
segment: Web Application and Frontend Hosting Platform
descGrounded: 0.56
---

# Back4App

A backend-as-a-service platform providing managed databases, authentication, cloud functions, file storage, and web deployment for app developers.

**Route:** surfaced by the Web Application and Frontend Hosting Platform lane's de-branded queries → dependency to vercel.com.

**Why it's on the map:** The anchor (Vercel) is a frontend and full-stack deployment platform; Vercel apps commonly use a third-party backend like Back4App for database, auth, and server-side logic, and the anchor would not replace that backend—it would stop working without it.

**Receipts** (verbatim from its page this run):

> Launch your backend in minutes with no infrastructure hassles

> Deploy scalable, production-ready MongoDB databases in a matter of seconds

> Secure your apps with robust authentication, ACLs, and role-based access control

**Edges:**

- discusses [[dev-to]]
- competitor [[blink-new]]
- competitor [[instantly-ai]]
- competitor [[nextjs-tw]]
- competitor [[github-com]]
