Looking for a Fastgen Alternative? BuildShip Is the Best Low-Code Backend Solution

Fastgen's core technology has been acquired by Lumos, a SaaS identity platform, where it will play a central role in Lumos' future product offerings. While this transition is a strategic move for Lumos, it leaves Fastgen users without a platform, requiring them to find alternatives for their backend workflows and APIs. 

For many, this highlights the challenge of vendor lock-in, where reliance on a single platform means that if it shuts down, users face disruptions in their operations, data accessibility issues, and the need to rebuild their workflows from scratch on a new platform. This situation underscores the importance of choosing platforms that prioritize user ownership and provide fail-safes, like open-source alternatives, to mitigate such risks.

The Fastgen Closure and What It Means for Users

When platforms like Fastgen get acquired or shut down, it creates uncertainty and disruption for their users. If you’re a Fastgen user looking for a new home for your workflows and backend solutions, BuildShip offers the perfect alternative—one that’s powerful, reliable, and future-proof.

At BuildShip, we don’t just help you build and automate your workflows; we ensure you’re never locked out of your creations. Here’s why migrating to BuildShip is the best decision you can make.

What Makes BuildShip Unique?

A Complete Low-Code Backend Builder

BuildShip allows you to design, automate, and deploy workflows and APIs effortlessly. Whether you’re creating custom business logic, user management systems, or complex backend integrations, BuildShip’s drag-and-drop interface makes it easy.

Enterprise-Grade Features

With BuildShip, you get access to:

- Infinite Canvas: Organize and visualize your workflows on an endless, flexible workspace.

- Real-Time Triggers: Instantly respond to events like database updates, API requests, or time-based triggers.

- Custom Integrations: Connect to any third-party service or internal tools seamlessly.

- AI-Powered Workflows: Use Google AI APIs to enhance your workflows with machine learning capabilities.

Built for Scale

From startups to enterprises, BuildShip’s architecture is designed to grow with your needs. With support for high traffic volumes, robust testing tools, and enterprise-level scalability, you’ll never outgrow the platform.

Bring your own cloud options

BuildShip is readily available for on your own Google Cloud Project and a variety of other private clouds. Further, you can set up enterprise grade firewall to securely operate your workflows and data on your VPN.

Fully customisable nodes

With BuildShip you can combine any tools and AI models effortlessly in your backend workflows and ship them scalably.

BuildShip offers 100s of pre-built nodes to popular platforms like Sendgrid, WhatsApp, Firebase, Supabase, Postgres, and AI models on OpenAI, Replicate, Hugging Face, etc. However, if any integration is missing you are not stuck! You can generate any node using AI. You can even use custom code with any NPM package. 

Open Source Commitment

One of the biggest fears for Fastgen users is being left stranded when a platform shuts down. BuildShip eliminates that risk with a commitment to planned open source runtime.

We believe in empowering users with flexibility and control. If BuildShip ever ceases operations, our runtime will be open-sourced, ensuring your workflows remain operational and you’ll still have access to the tools you need to keep your systems running

Transparent and Flexible Pricing

With pay-as-you-go plans, you only pay for what you use. Our pricing structure is designed to grow with your needs, making it an affordable choice for developers and businesses alike.

Also, we’re running a special launch promo on our annual plan with massive discounts and a one-time bonus of 100k–1M non-expiring credits! Don’t miss out—this offer is available only until December 2024.

Migrating from Fastgen to BuildShip

1. Create an account on BuildShip

2. Migrate your workflows and APIs to BuildShip. We support tons of integrations and prebuilt nodes and you can also create your custom nodes using AI and lowcode. Use templates to get started fast.

3. Contact out Support Team. Our experts are here to guide you every step of the way.

Enhanced Features

While Fastgen offered a solid backend builder, BuildShip takes it to the next level with:

- Real-time triggers and AI capabilities.

- A more intuitive and flexible infinite canvas.

- Enterprise-grade testing and deployment tools.

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At BuildShip, we’re not just a platform—we’re your partner in building the workflows and APIs that drive your success. BuildShip is offering dedicated support for Fastgen users to migrate to BuildShip and set up their existing workflows.