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Para

Para: Backend for busy developers.

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Para is a cloud-based backend service built with the open source Para framework. It stores, indexes and caches objects, provides a simple JSON API, supports advanced authentication (social login, LDAP, Active Directory, JWT), full-text search via Elasticsearch, distributed caching, global replication, and backup/restore. It is hosted on AWS and can also be self-hosted.

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