Backenly
Backenly is an open-source autonomous backend platform for coding agents. Agents build PostgreSQL databases, REST APIs, authentication, storage, realtime features and functions over MCP; Backenly then monitors the live backend, verifies changes, repairs safe problems and holds risky changes for human approval.
At a Glance
- Prototype builders and early-stage developers
- Startups and AI-native application teams
- Agencies and small product teams
- Companies needing enterprise limits, isolation, SSO and SLA support
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Backenly
Open Source Backend for AI Agents
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Latest News
Backenly launched on Product Hunt as the autonomous backend for AI coding agents.
Backenly finished Product Hunt launch day as the daily #4 Product of the Day.
The project added the Product Hunt #4 Product of the Day badge to the marketing site and README after launch day.
Backenly published a dedicated MCP-server experience documenting client setup, 23 tools, read-only access and approval boundaries.
Products & Services
Hosted autonomous backend platform with one PostgreSQL schema per project, REST APIs, auth, storage, realtime, functions, monitoring, governed changes and a self-healing autonomy loop.
The open-source Backenly platform, licensed under Apache-2.0 and deployable on the customer's infrastructure with PostgreSQL; the same codebase can be used in Cloud or self-hosted deployments.
Remote or local MCP server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Cline, Antigravity and other MCP hosts build and operate a Backenly project through scoped keys and governed tools.
Developer tooling for typed application access, CLI operations, MCP connectivity and agent guidance; the SDK, CLI, MCP server and agent skill are described as MIT-licensed, while the core platform is Apache-2.0.
Market Position
Backenly positions itself against assembly-oriented backend platforms such as Supabase and Firebase. It shares Supabase's open-source, PostgreSQL-based and self-hostable characteristics, but differentiates by having the coding agent build through MCP and by operating a governed, verified and reversible post-deployment autonomy loop. Its safety model holds destructive changes for a person rather than allowing an agent to approve its own risky work.
Leadership
Founders
Adarsh Chiriyamkandath Jose
Co-founder of Backenly and the Product Hunt launch spokesperson; his public profiles describe him as building the autonomous backend platform for coding agents and associate him with Hanyang University.
Lakshmi Sunil Koonath
Co-founder of Backenly; her public LinkedIn profile identifies her as building autonomous backend infrastructure at Backenly and associates her with Hanyang University.
Executive Team
Adarsh Chiriyamkandath Jose
Co-founder
Publicly presented Backenly's Product Hunt launch and describes the product's founding problem and autonomous-backend vision.
Lakshmi Sunil Koonath
Co-founder
Publicly identified as Backenly co-founder and as building autonomous backend infrastructure.
Founding Story
The founders started Backenly around the question: if software is increasingly built by AI agents, why should the backend still depend on humans to keep it alive? They created a platform where agents can build the backend through MCP and where a continuous loop checks, verifies, repairs and, when necessary, seeks approval for changes after deployment.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Backenly monetizes its hosted Backenly Cloud through monthly or annual subscriptions and usage-based overages after included quotas. Self-hosting is free under Apache-2.0; customers provide infrastructure, PostgreSQL and an AI-provider key for model-driven features.
Pricing Tiers
Free forever, no credit card; one live project, 50,000 monthly active users, 512 MB PostgreSQL, 1 GB file storage, 200 AI credits/month, unlimited API requests, self-healing every minute and community support.
The site currently advertises $12.50/month for the first three months under the Product Hunt offer, then $25/month. Includes unlimited projects, 100,000 MAUs, 8 GB PostgreSQL, 100 GB file storage, 3,000 AI credits/month, 2 million function runs/month, event triggers, webhooks, custom domains, five team seats, 30-day restore points and email support.
Custom limits and AI credit pool, OIDC SSO, custom guardrail policies, 90-day logs, dedicated support with a 12-hour SLA, onboarding/migration help and procurement-friendly invoicing.
Target Markets
- Prototype builders and early-stage developers
- Startups and AI-native application teams
- Agencies and small product teams
- Companies needing enterprise limits, isolation, SSO and SLA support
- Teams preferring self-hosted open-source infrastructure
- Building production application backends through Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or another coding agent
- Rapid prototypes and first experiments
- Products with real users operated by small teams and agencies
- AI-native applications whose backend needs autonomous maintenance
- Applications needing PostgreSQL data, authentication, files, realtime updates, functions and webhooks
- Production environments where destructive or risky changes require human approval and auditability