Hi,
This is something that was discussed a lot with other members.
First question is: What is the state of your business? Early stage? Proof of concept? MVP?
Second question is: what is your current number of records?
Possible answers:
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You think of scalability and you are far away from it. Here, you’re asking yourself the wrong question and iterate is not part of your plan (and this is going to be an issue at some point, as a business needs to grow step by step)
Solution: Softr will handle REST API this year. This would let you use other database (and real backends) like Xano, Supabase or others. -
If your current business uses a lot of records, (some businesses, even early stage, need a huge amount of records, but that is very rare).
There, different options: you have to handle some record deletions (that is part of managing a tech stack, full code or no-code) periodically and/or re-design your database structure, which may not be adapted to what you do.
Other possibility is to succeed to plug a self-hosted backend in Softr, which requires strong tech skills. I think some members, months ago talked about it, but I’m not sure, I can’t find the thread.
Other solution: How we used Postgres with Softr to help our business teams