Description
API Now provides a powerful solution for building production-ready backends without writing a single line of code. It addresses common challenges faced by product managers, founders, and data specialists who need a robust data layer but lack the resources or time for traditional backend development. The platform allows users to visually design their database schema, defining entities, fields, and relationships on an intuitive canvas.
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A core feature of API Now is its use of semantic modules. These modules are like intelligent tags that can be applied to fields, instantly imbuing them with predefined behaviors and validation rules. For example, applying a 'Password' module automatically handles salting, hashing, and ensures the field is invisible in read queries. Other modules like 'Email', 'postalCode', 'Resource Owner Identifier', 'Organization Members', 'Peer Relation', 'Soft Delete', 'Created Timestamp/Version', and 'Calculated/Derived' automate complex database logic, security, and validation that would otherwise require significant coding effort. This approach ensures that business rules are consistently applied across the entire data model.
Once the data model is defined and semantics are applied, API Now automatically provisions a dedicated PostgreSQL database and generates a standard REST API with an OpenAPI specification. This means the backend is immediately compatible with popular no-code frontend tools like Bubble, Webflow, Glide, and FlutterFlow, as well as any application capable of calling a standard endpoint. The platform handles all the underlying infrastructure, including database administration, scaling, indexing, and CI/CD pipeline management, eliminating the need for users to manage servers, containers, or patching.
API Now emphasizes security and reliability. Each organization receives its own dedicated PostgreSQL database, ensuring physical data separation rather than relying on shared tables or row filters. Permissions are evaluated before data rules, preventing accidental access. Deployments are designed to be robust; new versions are prepared in isolation, and traffic is only routed after full verification, ensuring no downtime. File storage is also secure, with uploads stored in cloud object storage and reads served via expiring signed links.
The platform is designed for team collaboration, allowing multiple members to work on the same data models within a shared workspace. While currently in a closed beta, API Now offers a free experience for early users and provides hands-on support for modeling their first domain. It differentiates itself from AI coding agents by generating no code for users to own or maintain, instead serving the API directly from the declarative model, ensuring consistent behavior and pre-built, reusable modules.
- CategoryAI App Builders
- Pricing ModelFree Beta
- DeploymentManaged Cloud
- PlatformsWeb
API Now's Core Features
Visual Database Modeler: Define entities, fields, and relationships on a canvas without writing SQL.
Semantic Modules: Apply pre-built modules for validation, security, and complex behaviors (e.g., email, password, soft delete, calculated fields).
Automated PostgreSQL Database: Provisions a dedicated, real PostgreSQL database for each organization.
Instant REST API: Generates a secure, documented REST API with an OpenAPI specification.
No-Code Integration: Connects seamlessly with Bubble, Webflow, Glide, FlutterFlow, and other no-code frontends.
Managed Infrastructure: Handles database administration, scaling, indexing, CI/CD, patching, and API gateway configuration automatically.
Dedicated Database: Each organization gets its own isolated PostgreSQL database, not a shared one.
Automated Security: Includes row-level security, access control, and secure file storage by default.
Team Collaboration: Invite team members to work on the same models in a shared workspace.
Declarative Model: API is served directly from the model; no code is generated for users to own or maintain.
Versioned Deployments: Publish immutable versions of your data domain, with safe, isolated deployments.
Full-Text Search: Easily enable full-text search on fields with automatic database indexing.
Data Migration Protection: Safely handles schema changes and migrations, preventing data loss.
AI Agent Ready: Connects with AI agents via MCP Server for natural language data interaction.
How to use API Now?
Describe Data: Visually define entities, fields, and relationships on the Domain Modeler canvas.
Apply Semantics: Drop in semantic modules like email or password to add built-in validation and behavior to fields.
Publish Model: Save and publish your data model to instantly provision a dedicated PostgreSQL database and live REST API.
Connect Frontend: Integrate the generated API with your no-code frontend (e.g., Bubble, Webflow) or any application.
Iterate & Refine: Modify your data model as needed; API Now handles database migrations and API updates automatically.
API Now's Use Cases
- Rapid Backend Development
- No-Code App Backend
- Data-Driven Product Prototyping
- Automated API Generation
- Database Schema Management
- Secure Data Storage
- Team Collaboration on Data Models
- Integrating AI Agents with Data
