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SurveyJS
Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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Hasura
Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on your DB with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.
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Prisma
Next-generation ORM for Node.js & TypeScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB and CockroachDB
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InfluxDB
Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
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Supabase is by far Firestore's number one competitor. Sure, it is also Firebase's competitor because it has storage bucks and login methods, but it is really Firestore's competitor because it has a client side securable interface similar to Firebase. It is so easy and lovely to use. You may enjoy the flexibility of a schemaless database, but the tradeoffs for relations are incredible. It uses PostgreSQL under the hood. PostgreSQL is faster for handling large sets of data, while mySQL is faster for smaller sets of data. It now even supports secure subscriptions. You must get used to using Policies and Constraints, but frankly Supabase makes writing these a pleasure, seriously. They are also working on a GraphQL Layer, which theoretically would mostly automatically handle the n+1 problem. There is one tiny caveat. PostgreSQL, while made for large datasets, is not made for scalable data. Sure, you can scale vertically with more computing power, but you can't scale (easily) horizontally with more computers / virtual computers. They may one day support this, but it won't be easy. mySQL, can.
Fauna is pretty freaking cool. I admit I have not yet had the pleasure to build anything with it. It is one of those freaky hybrids. You can store data in a key value store, but query it like a graph. The FQL Client API looks like Firebase 9, in that you need to import a lot of functions within functions. You use internal database techniques, like in Supabase, for security. The biggest two problems I see with Fauna are 1) Vendor lock-in 2) Learning Curve---it does not seem as easy to create links etc. as a graph database or sql database.
Hasura gives you several choices of SQL databases to build on, but specializes in postgres. It also has the most advanced GraphQL engine that exists, although it is still missing some required features. You need to combine Hasura with Firebase Auth, auth0, or some other login system, but technically the middleware is there. It suffers the same scalable problems and feature problems as DGraph. You can also use NHost.io to automatically set up an instance of your database with a built in login system and file storage. I have not built anything complex with Hasura yet, but I have read about missing features like nested updates. I think once you get to the complex level, the GraphQL alone won't cut it. Honestly, no GraphQL cuts it... yet.
Dgraph was chewed up, spit out, killed, brought back to life, and now split. A month ago I would not have listed Dgraph at all, even though I love Dgraph. They basically got some VC money, spent the money, fired half the staff, started producing a decent return, and split. One side got the Founder and programmers and forked the open source part (now Outcaste), the other side got the board and VC money, as well as the paying cloud users. They are honestly going to be very different products in a year. I personally am spending a lot of time with both CEOs to give them my ideas, and the compiled feedback I have seen from the community of the users. There is an unofficial discord recently started with over 300 users. You will find both communities, and managing staff active on there. I do not care to take sides, I just believe in the original product's potential. There has been active talk of a second fork as well. Dgraph specializes in GraphQL written in GO for extreme speed, and is arguably better and worse than Hasura at GraphQL. I would say Hasura, Prisma, and Dgraph all are in a fight for the best GraphQL. I wrote the j-dgraph package just so it works like Firebase, querying the GraphQL automatically through JS methods. Dgraph checks ALL my boxes, and I believe in a year one (or even both) will take the #1 and maybe #2 spots on this list. This product is absolutely amazing in every way, so follow me for updates.
6. Planetscale with Prisma These are really two different products. Really you could choose any cloud hosted mySQL database and Plugin Prisma to it, but the Fireship guy tweeted about Planetscale (and they spend a lot of money on Google ads), so I suspect they're legit. I need to spend more time researching this. Technically there is some setup needed for Prisma. Prisma itself is in the top tier of GraphQL, has its own api too like Firebase, but no frontend caching like pure GraphQL with URQL or Apollo. Prisma has subscription capabilities. This may should be your best option... TBD.
Edge database looks pretty freakin awesome. It basically seems to re-write SQL and Graph databases together to create some new-ish programming language. It takes care of all the problems GraphQL has, and seems to be built separately but on top of postgres. It is really something unique, beautiful, and powerful. They don't have a security layer yet or a cloud hosting environment, but both are in the works. However, postgres still suffers from the scalable problems we all know. If you like unique fetching and strong typing, also check out TypeDB. It doesn't make its own list number because there is not cloud version, middleware, etc. However, worth checking out.
Hasura gives you several choices of SQL databases to build on, but specializes in postgres. It also has the most advanced GraphQL engine that exists, although it is still missing some required features. You need to combine Hasura with Firebase Auth, auth0, or some other login system, but technically the middleware is there. It suffers the same scalable problems and feature problems as DGraph. You can also use NHost.io to automatically set up an instance of your database with a built in login system and file storage. I have not built anything complex with Hasura yet, but I have read about missing features like nested updates. I think once you get to the complex level, the GraphQL alone won't cut it. Honestly, no GraphQL cuts it... yet.
5. neo4j neo4j is that 'most popular' graph database everyone knows. They focus too much on the analytical users, and are missing out on the Firebase users. They have advanced querying capabilities with cypher, math functions, and triggers. While they do have basic constraints, they do not have policies. However, you could write your own with triggers. neo4j is really a beast and competes more with sql databases more than you know. However they're missing out. They offer a cloud platform, but expect you to host your own GraphQL. They could make this process easy. They also haven't developed subscriptions, although people keep asking for it. It supports huge amounts of data, but it does not support sharding like DGraph. I have heard DGraph users switched from neo4j due to the inability to support the large datasets. So the enterprise version can scale for high availability, so it sort of scales. Full disclosure: I have not tested any of this, nor am I an expert by any means.
4. Dgraph