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Parse.com

AppMachine.com

Platform Type

Solution Type

PaaS

BaaS

SaaS

General

Core Offering	Build custom Mobile Apps with Business Logic without any coding	App Data Hosting, Analytics, Cloud Code	Build Apps only based on Pre-defined modules
Platform Focus	Build Complete Mobile Solution with Smart Backend and API	Provide Backend to Mobile Apps	Build Apps based on Generic Modules
Who can benefit?	Solution Providers, Marketing Agencies, Enterprises	Developers who needs primitive Backend and knows coding	Direct SMB owners who wants out of the box mobile apps
Lock in for App Source Code and Database	No Lockin (Deploy Anywhere)	Data locked to Parse Server	Data + App Control locked to AappMachine platform
Pricing	Free To Try (Freemium)	Free to Onboard (Freemium)	Free To Try (Freemium)

Data + Database

Database Hosting	Free to Host anywhere	Managed	Managed
Database Type	Complete MySQL Driven	Restricted	Fixed Fields based on Module
Data Types	Complete MySQL Driven	Limited	Module based
Data Limit	Unlimited	20GB	Not Available
Custom DB Queries
Importing Existing Data			Limited
File Storage

Backend + Data Management

Back-end Data Management	Dynamic Admin Panel (Fully PHP Based - 100% Customizable)	Primitive Data Browser (Like Excel Sheet)	Module based Basic Data Management
Notification and Scheduler
Allow Code Customization	(PHP + Any client side framework)	JS + Node.JS
Custom Business Logic		Limited
Back End Hosting	Free to host anywhere	Managed	Managed
Background Jobs (Cron)

Data API

Basic CRUD API
Custom API Development
API Development Method	Visual Configuration (Without Coding)	Coding Required	Not Available
3rd Party API	Any API ready		Limited

Mobile App Development

Application Development	Web Based Editor with Dynamic Configuration of UI and Logic	Not Available	Web based module configuration. Limited UI flexibility
Platform Support	iOS, Android	iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, .NET and others	iOS, Android, WP8
Analytics	(Coming Soon)	(basic)	(basic)
Push Notifications			(basic)
Push Notification Segmentation		(Paid)
Native Apps out of the box
Custom UI for Apps		Not Available	Enterprise Users only
3rd Party SDK Integration	Social + Many others	FB, Twitter	General Social Platforms
Mobile App Code	Completely Customizable Native Code Download	Not Applicable	Not Available
App Templates	Custom Templates		Navigation Blocks

Development Workflow

Development Team Management
Real Time Preview of Application
Individual Screen Refresh while previewing app
Back-end Deployment	One Click deployment to remote server
Re-usability	At every stage (field, tables, modules, controls, screens, entire projects)

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