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Dokku is a free and open-source project that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications. With Dokku developers can setup their own PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) in a matter of minutes. Dokku provides extra plugins which can be used to manage database, and tools needed for your application. If you need to server your application over HTTPS, Dokku got you covered as well, with the help of Let's Encrypts free TLS certificates.

Heroku is a platform as a service (PaaS) built especially for applications developers. When Heroku first launched in 2007 it was a platform dedicated to deploy and host Ruby applications. Today the offering has broadened and allows developers to launch applications for most languages, frameworks and technologies in a matter of minutes with the help of Heroku Buildpacks. There are currently over 5,400 Heroku Buildpacks in the Heroku Elements Marketplace, that can be used by developers to speed up deployment and saftley host their applications online.

With DigitalOcean App Platform you can build, deploy, and scale apps quickly using a simple, fully managed solution. Deploy code by simply pointing to a GitHub repo and let App Platform do the heavy lifting of managing the infrastructure, app runtimes and dependencies. 

PostGraphile (previously known as PostGraphQL) is a free an open-source software project that lets you spin up GraphQL APIs on top of an existing PostgreSQL database, instantly. PostGraphile automatically detects tables, columns, indexes, relationships, views, types, functions and comments in your database. Based on that information it generates a GraphQL server and API which is automatically updated when changes are made to the database or its data.

Prisma is a free and open source modern database access layer for TypeScript and Node.js. The software aims to make database access easier with an auto-generated and type-safe query builder that's tailored to your database schema. Prisma is a new take on the traditional ORMs and SQL query builders found in many frameworks and development solutions today. By providing a single access layer that works across databases and technologies Prisma creates what they believe to be the feature of database access and management. Prisma ships with the Prisma Client, a tool that makes it easy to reason about your database queries, so that you can focus on your data and application rather than complex SQL queries or ORM models. With Prisma you can create your own GraphQL or REST API that can access different types of databases including PostgreSQL, MongoDB and MySQL.

Firebase is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for hosting and develop mobile and web applications. With Firebase developers can move quickly and integrate with third-party software with less friction. Firebase provides an API that can packe your application into a single SDK that works cross-platform for iOS, Android, JavaScript and C++. The Firebase platform is owned by Google and to-date over 1.5 million applications has been shipped on the platform.