{
  "slug": "instant-db",
  "name": "Instant DB",
  "url": "https://www.instantdb.com",
  "cat": "backend",
  "group": "back",
  "tagline": "Realtime graph database with sync",
  "price": "Free: 1GB storage, unlimited API requests, 1 team member per app, never paused, commercial use allowed. Pro $30/mo (10GB, then $0.125/GB, 10 members, 7-day backups).",
  "tier": "mixed",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "An open-source realtime database modelled on Firebase but with real relations and a graph query language, offering optimistic updates, offline support and presence out of the box. The free plan gives 1GB of storage with unlimited API requests, one team member per app, and explicitly permits commercial use.",
  "why": "<b>Free projects are never paused</b>, which is rare here — your weekend demo still works in six months. Ships a hosted MCP server at <code>mcp.instantdb.com</code> plus an agent skill that teaches models its schema syntax.",
  "warn": "Small team and a young ecosystem, so models know it far less well than Firebase or Supabase — expect to paste docs into context. The jump to Pro is $30, steeper than Supabase's $25.",
  "install": "npx skills add instantdb/skills",
  "category": {
    "key": "backend",
    "name": "Databases & backend",
    "desc": "Where your data lives. Free-tier pausing behaviour is the field to read.",
    "group": "back",
    "groupName": "Give it a backend"
  },
  "freshness": null,
  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": "https://www.instantdb.com/",
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T22:10:46.578+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": null,
  "upstream_changed_at": null
}