[Series 1: Understanding BaaS] Comparing Major BaaS Platforms

2025: Where Platform Engineering Meets BaaS — From Fast Development to Sustainable Scalability

The Beginning of Change: The Explosive Growth of No-Code and Low-Code

Gartner recently predicted that by 2025, 70% of new applications will be built using no-code or low-code platforms.

This forecast is more than just a passing trend — it’s a signal that the developer-centered world is evolving into an ecosystem where collaboration with non-developers is possible.

In other words, companies no longer build every function from scratch. Instead, they choose platforms that already provide backend, security, and data infrastructure, allowing them to turn ideas into products faster.

At the heart of this transformation is BaaS (Backend as a Service). BaaS has evolved beyond “a backend without servers” into a key infrastructure driving intelligent operations, security, and data management.

The Evolution and Core Role of Platform Engineering

Platform engineering remains a central pillar of IT infrastructure in 2025.

A well-designed platform provides reusable services and components that improve development speed, maintain consistency, and reduce operational complexity.

Gartner predicts that by 2026, about 80% of software engineering organizations will have platform teams providing these reusable tools.

We are moving away from an era where developers focused solely on single applications toward one where “operational efficiency” and “sustainable scalability” define organizational competitiveness.

This shift is not just a technical decision — it’s the foundation that accelerates digital transformation and business innovation.

Comparing Major BaaS Platforms

Each BaaS platform prioritizes different aspects such as development speed, flexibility, security, and operational stability. A comparative overview is as follows:

SkyReve’s Position: At the Crossroads of Stable Operations and Intelligent Backends

Security as a Design Principle

SkyReve isn’t just about supporting encryption — it’s designed with a Security-First approach across the entire data lifecycle: storage, transmission, and analysis. It leverages protocols and algorithms like PBKDF2, ECDSA, ECIES, ZKP, FHE, and HTTPS.

This design is especially meaningful as data privacy shifts from a regulatory requirement to a core business trust value.

Automated Operational Intelligence

Operators no longer need to manually check logs. SkyReve automatically analyzes API traffic, error rates, and response times in real time. Through built-in predictive analytics, it detects potential incidents and proactively mitigates them — achieving true data-driven operational efficiency.

Global Scalability and Operational Consistency

SkyReve’s automatic region optimization and Uptime Shield technology maintain stable service quality across geographically distributed users. Without complex multi-region management, enterprises can ensure scalability and reliability at a global level.

Open Source vs. Cloud-Native: Finding the Right Balance

The BaaS market is seeking equilibrium between the freedom of open source and the efficiency of cloud-native operations.

• Supabase and Appwrite excel in development flexibility and customization but require additional resources to maintain operational stability.
• SkyReve, on the other hand, focuses on operational automation, integrated security, and global scalability — establishing itself as an operational BaaS platform built for the era of platform engineering.

In short, it best represents the shift from “autonomous development” to “intelligent operations.”

The Road Ahead: BaaS Becomes an Essential Component of Platform Engineering

BaaS is no longer just a backend management tool.

It’s becoming the core technology foundation for Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) built by platform teams.

• No-code/Low-code lowers development barriers,
• Platform engineering reduces operational complexity, and
• BaaS connects the two trends with a foundation of security and intelligence.

Ultimately, cloud-native BaaS solutions like SkyReve will sit at the center of the entire lifecycle —

from fast development → to stable operations → to data-driven growth.

Conclusion: From “Speed” to “Sustainability”

Post-2025 competitiveness will no longer depend on who builds faster —

but on who operates more reliably and evolves through data.

The combination of platform engineering and BaaS defines this new paradigm,

and SkyReve stands as one of the most representative examples leading this transformation.

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