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Backendless has dozens of features to help you achieve your app-building goals. Navigate through the categories below to find the feature that will move the needle for your application. If you need it, we’ve got it.

Backendless Core
UI Builder
API Services
Backend Management
Backendless Pro
Build Faster
User Engagement
Backendless Marketplace

Backendless Core

Backendless mBaaS is a complete backend with support for user authentication, data persistence, file storage, messaging and custom business logic. Everything you need to build awesome apps without worrying about servers.
Backendless Database
Manage data with a graphical browser, SQL-driven search and relations. Manage your schema and data security. Backendless data flows seamlessly across platforms.
Caching
Speed up your application's backend by temporarily storing data on our server in a highly-efficient, in-memory cache with the cross-platform data caching API.
Cloud Code
Customize your Backendless application to fit your business needs with three forms of Cloud Code: API Services, API Events Handlers, and Cloud Code Timers.
User Management
Enable user signup and login with the User Registration, Login, Logout and Password Recovery APIs. Manage user properties and relations, and integrate social logins.
Real-Time Data
Keep your data up-to-date, even across platforms. Send and receive conditional notifications based on specific criteria. Work in real-time in the Console and Cloud Code.
Pub/Sub Messaging
Use Publishing and Subscription APIs to deliver messages from person to person or individual to groups. Pub/sub is cross-platform and supports SQL-driven conditional delivery.
Logging
Improve your testing efficiency by managing your log files with a centralized, multi-level logging system with filtering and real-time log review capabilities.
Geolocation
Make your app location-aware with geolocation. Easily establish geo-relations with your data objects, setup geofences, and search geo-data driven by SQL.
Codeless
Visually construct backend logic and APIs with no code required. Build and test Codeless logic right in the Console, then deploy and reuse anywhere.
Security
Enjoy bulletproof security with a multi-tiered system and easy-to-use permissions interface for files, messaging channels, geolocation data, and the database as a whole.

UI Builder

Build your app's frontend with the visual UI Builder. Design mobile and web apps with visual components and codeless logic that seamlessly connect with your Backendless backend for fast and easy real-time app development.
UI Component Toolkit
UI Builder contains all of the basic building blocks for creating web apps ranging from simple MVPs to advanced mobile and web apps and everything in between.
Rapid UI Development Resources
Save time and effort with prebuilt app templates, page templates, custom functions, and landing pages. Monetize your development by selling your own templates on the Marketplace.
Codeless UI Logic
Tap into your Backendless Database for a data-driven user experience, perform simple calculations and logical operations, and guide the user experience with prebuilt and custom APIs.
UI Customization
Customize both the look and functionality of your UI with global Themes, Extensions built from CSS/LESS, SEO settings, third-party libraries, international languages, and more.
App Delivery
Deploy your UI Builder app to the web with a single click, SSL included, deploy to mobile easily with Backendless Viewer and Flutter Shell, and maximize app speed with CDN integration.

API Services

Instantly turns any deployed code or Codeless Logic into an API microservice with its own native SDKs and REST APIs. Provides a secure and ultra-scalable runtime environment for running the services and packaging them for the Marketplace.
Amazon S3 API Service Plugin
Experience the synergy of Amazon's industry-leading storage and Backendless' unmatched capabilities with the Amazon S3 API Service Plugin. Empower your applications and streamline your data management like never before.
Generate API Docs
Automatically generate API documentation for every API service you create, test, host or deploy with Backendless. API docs are fully compatible with many external services.
Codeless
Visually construct backend logic and APIs with no code required. Build and test Codeless logic right in the Console, then deploy and reuse anywhere.
Service Management
Securely test, deploy, run and scale your API services on a highly scalable, serverless platform. Generate API docs and client SDKs for iOS, Android, JS and .NET.
Instant APIs
Write Java and JavaScript / Node.js code and turn it instantly into an API, or create codeless APIs with a graphical builder right within Backendless Console.
CodeRunner
Develop and debug locally then deploy to the cloud your own server-side business logic with CodeRunner, our Cloud Code container for Java and JavaScript/Node.js scripts.

Backend Management

Secure, scalable and ultra fast file storage system supporting static and dynamic (Node.JS) content. Can be used for deployment of web applications, mobile app home pages or as a storage of static content.
Backendless Database
Manage data with a graphical browser, SQL-driven search and relations. Manage your schema and data security. Backendless data flows seamlessly across platforms.
Hive
Hive is an uberfast data storage system that uses key-value pairs to organize stored data. It is capable of processing a large number of requests rapidly and reliably.
User Management
Enable user signup and login with the User Registration, Login, Logout and Password Recovery APIs. Manage user properties and relations, and integrate social logins.

Backendless Pro

External Databases
Get all the benefits of Backendless as an API platform, including real-time capabilities and Cloud Code, without having to sacrifice your legacy database.
Docker Architecture
Deploy Backendless Pro to any server easily, scale your server infrastructure freely, and be protected from server downtime thanks to our Docker architecture.
Limitless Edition
Unleash the full potential of Backendless with Backendless Pro. Pro gives you truly unlimited data retrieval, API calls, cache storage, Cloud Code, and push notifications.

Build Faster

A codeless or low-code backend allows for rapid development and iteration, making it possible to get your application to the testing stage faster and make changes quickly based on user feedback. Backendless gives you the tools reduce or eliminate code writing and produce apps and APIs rapidly.
Team-Driven Development
Add and remove team members, manage team member access permissions, and remove UI elements from visibility for team members with restricted access.
Backendless Navigator
Search and navigate your Backendless application and instantly access articles, tutorials, videos, and documentation, right within the Backendless platform.
Project Templates
Jump-start your development with pre-built templates for Android, iOS, Java, and JavaScript, or create your own template to streamline development even more.
Codeless
Visually construct backend logic and APIs with no code required. Build and test Codeless logic right in the Console, then deploy and reuse anywhere.
Instant APIs
Write Java and JavaScript / Node.js code and turn it instantly into an API, or create codeless APIs with a graphical builder right within Backendless Console.
Code Generation
Generate iOS, Android, or JavaScript code for your client-side with one click. Choose from "starter" projects such as Login and Chat apps, or build your own code generator.

User Engagement

Generate landing pages to bring the users in, customizable push notifications to keep them engaged, and customizable email templates to keep the user base growing. Backendless offers solutions for all stages of the user lifecycle.
Landing Pages
Capture the attention of potential users with beautiful, mobile responsive landing pages. Customize one of our templates then publish with us or on your own domain.
Email Marketing
Welcome new users and provide valuable information by email. Work with customizable templates, A/B test different variants, and segment users to maximize opens.
Push Notifications
Keep users updated with personalized, schedulable push notifications. Build your own templates, target specific users/groups, and customize popups, badges and sounds.

Backendless Marketplace

2FA Login with TOTP
The 2FA TOTP (time-based one-time password) plugin allows you to implement 2FA with 3rd party apps like Google Authenticator & Twilio Authy.
CSV to/from Database
The CSV/Excel plugin provides a complete set of functionality to transfer data between Database tables or collections of data and CSV files.
Login With Apple
The Login with Apple plugin enables applications built with Backendless to provide an authentication option where a user can login with their Apple account.
Image Processor API
The Image Processor API enables applications to modify images stored in Backendless Cloud. These modifications occur on demand (if needed) with additional caching provided out of the box.
PDF Generator API
Connect with PDF Generator API to generate PDFs based on your application's data with little or no code required.
CraftMyPDF API
Connect with CraftMyPDF API to generate PDFs based on your application's data with little or no code required.
Twilio Integration Plugin
Set up 2-factor authentication, phone number authentication, and SMS/MMS capabilities for your app with the deeply integrated Twilio plugin for Backendless.
Clearbit API Service Plugin
With the Clearbit API service plugin for Backendless, you can greatly enrich your customer and prospect data by adding data to people and business entities.
OpenAI API Service Plugin
The OpenAI API Service puts the power of ChatGPT into your hands, enabling you to programmatically interact with the cutting-edge language model.
Amazon S3 API Service Plugin
Experience the synergy of Amazon's industry-leading storage and Backendless' unmatched capabilities with the Amazon S3 API Service Plugin. Empower your applications and streamline your data management like never before.
Stripe Integration Plugin
Integrate our Stripe plugin to enable secure processing of credit card transactions. Update your app with the status of the transaction through an asynchronous callback.
SDK for Amazon Alexa
Develop and deploy custom Alexa skills for Amazon devices with the Backendless SDK. Custom skills can be implemented with Java, JavaScript, or Codeless.
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