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Pros of LoopBack
Pros of Parse-Server
  • 11
    Need a nodejs ReST-API, DB, AAA, Swagger? Then loopback
  • 9
    Easy Database Migration
  • 6
    Code generator
  • 4
    The future of API's
  • 2
    GraphQL
  • 1
    Typescript
  • 13
    Open Source
  • 7
    Well documented
  • 4
    Easy setup, easy api, Fast,more platforms,realtime
  • 3
    No vendor lock-in
  • 2
    JSON
  • 2
    Backed by People
  • 1
    Friendly contributor community

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Cons of LoopBack
Cons of Parse-Server
  • 7
    Community is slow
  • 1
    Backward compatibility
  • 1
    No guarantee (comes as is)

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What is LoopBack?

A highly-extensible, open-source Node.js framework that enables you to create dynamic end-to-end REST APIs with little or no coding. Connect to multiple data sources, write business logic in Node.js, glue on top of your existing services and data, connect using JS, iOS & Android SDKs.

What is Parse-Server?

A Parse.com API compatible router package for Express. Read the announcement blog post here: http://blog.parse.com/announcements/introducing-parse-server-and-the-database-migration-tool/. Read the migration guide here: https://parse.com/docs/server/guide#migrating

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