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Kinvey Blog
kinvey.com · Company blog · on HN since 2011
Kinvey, a backend-as-a-service startup, posts about its mobile backend product, plus tutorials on Node.js, MongoDB, iOS, and metrics.
What HN saysHN commenters list it among backend-as-a-service competitors alongside Parse and others; a Kinvey developer also describes its user-based pricing.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Kinvey.com, now with 100% more Orange12 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
- 2App cost estimator3 people · first shared 2014
- 3A Brief History of Open-Source Code2 people · 6 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Surviving AWS Failures with a Node.js and MongoDB Stack1 people · 34 points · first shared 2012 · 28 comments on HN
- 5How to Set Up Metric Collection Using Graphite and Statsd on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS1 people · 30 points · first shared 2012 · 22 comments on HN
- 6How to Code Four iOS 6 Features into Your App Today1 people · 30 points · first shared 2012 · 9 comments on HN
- 7Why Is Microsoft Competing With Backend as a Service Startups?1 people · 22 points · first shared 2012 · 10 comments on HN
- 8Connecting Your Web Frontend to Your Mobile Backend with Backbone.js1 people · 16 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
- 9Surviving AWS Failures with a Node.js and MongoDB Stack1 people · 9 points · first shared 2012 · 3 comments on HN
- 10Caching Your Mobile App's Stored Data, Online or Offline1 people · 8 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 11Graphite on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Part II: gunicorn, nginx and supervisord1 people · 7 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 12A Multi-Tool Mashup for Accelerating HTML5 Development1 people · 6 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 13App Ecosystem Weekly: US DOJ Policing Android App Piracy, HTML5 Adoption1 people · 6 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 14How Long Does it Take to Build a Mobile App?1 people · 5 points · first shared 2013 · 2 comments on HN
- 15Breaking Backend as a Service Myths1 people · 5 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
michaelmior · 2014-07-11
There are many startups which do this (or at least similar) already. It's often referred to as "backend as a service" (BaaS). Some links below, but you'll find many more via Google.
http://www.kinvey.com/
https://backendless.com/
https://www.parse.com/
http://www.baasbox.com/
Myztiq · 2014-02-12
Disclaimer: I work for Kinvey on their development team.
Kinvey[1] is another BaaS platform with a pricing model based on users instead of API calls. We also have quite a few integrations, including the ability to run code on a pre-save/post-save on a different server if you so desired.
At the end of the day, there are a bunch of decent choices out there, it all depends on what features and pricing fit your needs.
1: http://kinvey.com
darkgaro · 2013-04-26
Appcelerator Cloud
http://www.appcelerator.com/platform/appcelerator-cloudservices/
App42
http://api.shephertz.com/
Kumulos
http://www.kumulos.com/
Kinvey
http://www.kinvey.com/
Apstrata
http://www.apstrata.com/
Buddy
http://buddy.com/
Stackmob
https://www.stackmob.com/
Proxomo
http://www.proxomo.com/
Iknode
http://iknode.com/
Kii
http://www.kii.com/en/technology
CloudMine
https://cloudmine.me/
Applicasa
http://www.applicasa.com/
MobDB
https://www.mobdb.net/
Windows Azure Mobile
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile/
FeedHenry
http://www.feedhenry.com/
-- My favorite ones are in the order of preference following :
Appcelerator (currently using it )
App42 ( tried it )
Stackmob (tried it )
Kumulos
jonathanjaeger · 2012-05-23
How are they different from Kinvey (Techstars company at http://www.kinvey.com)? I'm not a developer, so I'm judging solely on the tagline and design I saw in the first 30 seconds of being on both sites.
kevinpfab · 2012-04-10
Just to name a couple similar companies off the top of my head:
http://parse.com
http://kinvey.com
http://cloudmine.me
http://proxomo.com
aespinoza · 2012-02-22
Have you looked at Backend as a Service providers? What a BaaS platform provides is a way to avoid writing a lot of the server-side code. Which might be what you are looking for.
We are currently in beta testing right now. You might want to check it out:
* iKnode (http://iknode.com)
If you like an invite, just signup here: http://iknode.com/register/
If what iKnode offer doesn't match what you are looking for, don't dismiss the idea of a Backend as a Service just yet. Try the following as well:
* Parse (http://parse.com)
* Kinvey (http://kinvey.com)
* Stackmob (http://stackmob.com)
Among others...
EDIT: Fixed the Kinvey Link.
jallmann · 2011-09-21
> Don’t get stuck with building a platform stack with Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings from Heroku, CloudFoundry and OpenShift – we’ll give you out-of-the-box features that offer a much easier and richer user experience.
That's a useless pitch, it tells me nothing about the product, which simply generates an API for you. (I had to go to the website to figure that out -- http://www.kinvey.com/) I can't imagine this as a one-size-fits-all solution, except for the simplest of CRUD apps.
also: http://xkcd.com/927/
pajop · 2016-01-29
has anyone here tried http://www.kinvey.com/ ?
cgshaw · 2013-04-25
Check out Kinvey — http://www.kinvey.com/
loumf · 2016-01-13
What features do you need?
You might want to look at this:
http://www.kinvey.com/blog/3652/the-evolving-enterprise-backend-as-a-s…
(the infographic on the blog)
If you need to spin-up notifications support quickly, Parse is pretty good. You can roll your own, but Parse is free until you get big.
FryHigh · 2015-07-16
There are so many websites that do the same.
http://www.kinvey.com/app-cost-estimator
https://www.otreva.com/calculator/
http://howmuchtomakeanapp.com
SideburnsOfDoom · 2015-04-21
You could pay for a NewRelic account, or invest the time in getting statsd+graphite or Riemann infrastructure set up. There are other systems too; it's a growth area.
"Monitoring-First Programming" to me means that monitoring and capturing errors in production is very valuable indeed. It's not a reason to abandon regular testing activities, but it is basically the same kind of thing as testing.
Links:
http://newrelic.com/
http://www.kinvey.com/blog/89/how-to-set-up-metric-collection-using-gr…
http://riemann.io/
niutech · 2014-10-22
Some good Firebase alternatives:
https://parse.com/ - freemium
http://backendless.com/ - freemium
http://www.kinvey.com/ - freemium
http://deployd.com/ - open source
http://firehose.io/ - open source
http://www.baasbox.com/ - open source
https://www.meteor.com/ - open source
idea_shot · 2014-07-11
Check out Mobile Identity Connect -> http://www.kinvey.com/blog/3856/mobile-identity-for-the-enterprise-kin… and http://devcenter.kinvey.com/ios/guides/auth-link-for-ldap
andreasley · 2014-05-30
Here are a few alternatives that I've discovered – after I've written my own version, of course...
http://www.kinvey.com/app-cost-estimator
http://howmuchtomakeanapp.com
http://freeappestimate.com
chrisseaton · 2014-02-12
I don't understand your cost estimator.
http://www.kinvey.com/app-cost-estimator
When I fill in stuff it tells me it would cost the same and take the same time to DIY as to use Kinvey... so why would I use Kinvey?
jmacd · 2013-07-17
We want to make it as easy as possible to make an app multi-user and realtime.
The BaaS/etc ecosystem is large and the differences between products can certainly be confusing. Checkout this cool graphic from the team at Kinvey: http://www.kinvey.com/blog/2608/backend-as-a-service-welcomes-vendor-3…
GoInstant is different in one very important way; we are built for real-time, multi-user, data-intensive applications. We call these Multiplayer Apps.
Basically it's a way to make your app as interactive as Google Docs, etc., we manage all the servers and scaling while providing a very straightforward client-side API.
nathanbarry · 2013-02-01
I think Kinvey does it really well: http://www.kinvey.com/how-to-make-an-app-android
macspoofing · 2012-12-08
Looks nice, but what's the difference between Notifyr and:
• http://www.buddy.com/ • http://js.dotcloud.com/ • https://cloudmine.me/ • http://backlift.github.com/docs/ • http://www.meteor.com/main • https://parse.com/about/index • http://derbyjs.com/ • http://www.kinvey.com/ • http://www.stackmob.com/ • http://www.appcelerator.com/cloud • http://pusher.com/ • http://www.firebase.com/ • http://www.pubnub.com/ • https://www.getbridge.com/ • https://www.tambur.io/
KellyRice · 2012-04-18
Results will by on Kinvey's blog tomorrow: http://www.kinvey.com/blog - thx for participating!
kinvey · 2012-06-20
My name is Eli and I run client services at Kinvey (they wisely don't trust me with my own HN account just yet...). While I can't promise that we'll never change any aspect of our pricing (since, as almost all growing companies, we'll almost certainly make at least a few tweaks over time), what I can promise is that we will never lose our commitment to what we've dubbed "success pricing" -- i.e. pricing that is not only compelling compared to the alternatives out there, but a model that directly aligns with a developer's growth goals. That is, our pricing will kick in and increase only when a developer directly benefits, and we feel strongly that this is the most fair and mutually beneficial way to go about pricing any such service (https://console.kinvey.com/#pricing).
Feel free to reach out directly with any additional questions / concerns -- all of my contact info can be found here: http://kinvey.com/eli-lederman