restdb.io

Hands-on guide to building and operating apps with restdb.io’s cloud database
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Open your browser, define your data, and ship an app the same day. With restdb.io, you start by sketching collections and fields in a visual designer—text, numbers, checkboxes, dates, files, and images are all first-class. Import a CSV or JSON to bootstrap content, set reference fields to link collections, and restdb.io instantly provides secure endpoints for create, read, update, and delete. Paste the generated API calls into your React, Vue, Svelte, or serverless functions, or use the built-in admin UI to add records and upload media. Configure roles and access rules so teammates, clients, or automated systems only see what they should. This makes it ideal for MVPs, admin panels, and content backends without standing up servers.

When you need answers, shape them directly through queries. Filter, sort, and paginate with URL parameters; store reusable views for dashboards; and apply full-text search to quickly find records. Reference fields let you fetch related data without complex joins, while aggregation endpoints help you compute KPIs like totals, averages, and trend lines. Save these views to feed charts in a product analytics page or weekly business reports. For ad‑hoc inquiries, hit the API from a notebook or BI tool, export to CSV for stakeholders, or schedule a script to publish a cleaned dataset to a public page.

Automate the busywork next. Use webhooks and triggers to run actions on insert, update, or delete—send notifications, validate input, resize images, or sync to another service. Keep operations healthy with request logs, performance metrics, and alerting when latency or error rates spike. Set up daily backups with one‑click restore, and clone a database to a staging environment to test schema changes safely. Replicate data to another region for faster reads or redundancy. With role-based permissions and audit trails, you can invite editors to manage content while engineers focus on features.

Moving data in or out is straightforward. Migrate from spreadsheets by importing multiple sheets as collections and mapping headers to fields. Convert an existing structure by creating references that mirror relationships from a relational system, then progressively shift clients to the new API. For incremental adoption, mirror records to restdb.io while your legacy app runs, validate parity with automated checks, and cut over when ready. If you’re building a customer portal, a marketing CMS, an IoT telemetry store, or a mobile sync layer, restdb.io gives you a reliable data core with a UI your team can actually use and an API your code can trust.

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Features

  • Visual schema builder with references
  • Instant REST endpoints for all collections
  • Built-in storage for files and images
  • Query filters, sorting, pagination, and full-text search
  • Saved views and aggregation endpoints
  • Role-based permissions and access rules
  • Webhooks, triggers, and serverless-friendly automation
  • Request logs, performance metrics, and alerts
  • Daily backups and one-click restore
  • Database cloning for staging environments
  • Data replication across regions
  • CSV/JSON import and export
  • Audit trails and activity history
  • SDK snippets and code examples

How It’s Used

  • Spin up a low-code CMS for blog posts, pages, and media
  • Build an internal tool for inventory or CRM with role-limited access
  • Power a contact form backend with spam checks and file uploads
  • Run analytics by saving query views and exporting weekly reports
  • Automate workflows via webhooks to email, chat, or billing systems
  • Prototype an MVP with instant endpoints and a ready admin UI
  • Sync IoT telemetry and chart device metrics
  • Migrate spreadsheets into collections and enforce data validation
  • Mirror a legacy database and phase in a modern API
  • Create a customer portal that reads related records securely

Plans & Pricing

Development

Free

3 Devs/Editors/Users
2.500 records
Max 1 API-call/sec
Hosted web pages w/
1 custom secure domain (limited)
100MB media storage
1MB file size
Codehooks & Jobs
No MongoDB option
Limited support

Standard

$19.00 per month

5 Devs/Editors/Users
100.000 records
Max 10 API-calls/sec
Hosted web pages w/
1 custom secure domain
20GB media storage
15MB file size
Codehooks & Jobs
External MongoDB optionBest effort support

Premium

$79.00 per month

50 Devs/Editors/Users
5M records
Max 20 API-calls/sec
Hosted web pages w/
5 custom secure domains
50GB media storage
50MB file size
Codehooks & Jobs
External MongoDB optionPrioritized support

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