That&#x27;s exactly our thought (hasura.io) while we prepare for our &quot;launch&quot; next week. We&#x27;ve been studying Parse&#x27;s growth and are definitely going after their market. Our core philosophy with the BaaS is however to keep it as open as possible. We wrote this up in response to Parse shutting down: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10994104" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10994104</a>