When asked for the best backend as a service, 6 AI assistants named 6 brands between them this month. Firebase was named most often, followed by Supabase and AWS Amplify. 2 brands were named by every assistant that answered: Firebase, Supabase.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firebase | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Supabase | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| AWS Amplify | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | 4 of 6 |
| Appwrite | · | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
| Back4app | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | · | · | 2 of 6 |
| Xano | · | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | · | 2 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 3 brands, in this order: Firebase, AWS Amplify, Supabase.
Choosing the best Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) for a small business depends on several factors such as the specific needs of the business, technical requirements, budget, and team expertise.
Perplexity
Named 5 brands, in this order: Supabase, Firebase, Appwrite, Xano, Back4app.
For a small business, the best backend as a service is usually Supabase if you want a strong default choice that balances speed, SQL/Postgres support, predictable pricing, and low lock-in.
Claude
Named 4 brands, in this order: Firebase, Supabase, AWS Amplify, Appwrite.
Here are the top options to consider:
Grok
Named 2 brands, in this order: Supabase, Firebase.
The "best" Backend as a Service (BaaS) for a small business depends on your specific needs (e.g., app type, team technical skill, budget, and whether you want SQL or NoSQL).
DeepSeek
Named 5 brands, in this order: Supabase, Firebase, AWS Amplify, Appwrite, Xano.
The "best" BaaS depends heavily on your app type, team skills, and budget.
Cohere
Named 3 brands, in this order: Firebase, AWS Amplify, Supabase.
Choosing the best Backend as a Service (BaaS) for a small business depends on your specific needs, such as budget, technical expertise, scalability, and the features you require.
The questions asked
- What is the best backend as a service for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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See the GEO suiteHow this was measured
Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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