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rowy.io
✓ verifiedFreemium
Low-code backend builder giving teams a spreadsheet UI over Firebase/Google Cloud data plus scalable custom cloud functions.
31K visits/mo
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Pipedream
✓ verifiedFreemium
Low-code integration platform for connecting thousands of APIs into workflows and AI agents, including an MCP tool server.
498K visits/mo
Pricing
Base: $0/month (1 project, unlimited cloud functions and team members)
Team/Pro: $12/seat/month (unlimited projects, full-text search, one-month free trial)
Free trial available
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦Spreadsheet-style UI over a Firestore database
- ✦Unlimited custom cloud functions written in-browser
- ✦30+ supported field types for structured data
- ✦Webhooks and extensions (Slack, SendGrid, WhatsApp, etc.)
- ✦Field-level access control and row auditing
- ✦Open-source codebase with self-hosting option
- ✦Visual and code-based workflow builder
- ✦Prebuilt AI agent builder and deployment
- ✦Managed authentication across thousands of apps
- ✦MCP server exposing integrations as agent tools
- ✦Scheduled and event-triggered workflows
- ✦Connect SDK for embedding integrations into other products
Use cases
- →Startups building an app backend without heavy custom development
- →Non-developers collaborating on structured data alongside engineers
- →Automating workflows that trigger on data changes
- →Connecting external forms or APIs into a shared Firestore database
- →Building AI agents that call external APIs and tools
- →Automating cross-app workflows such as Slack, Gmail, or Sheets notifications
- →Embedding third-party integrations into a SaaS product
- →Prototyping event-driven automations without heavy infrastructure
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