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The stack is Node.js with Express and React. We use Sequelize to handle database connections.

As others mentioned, our current pricing is in line with higher tiers of other internal tools, mostly geared towards startups with revenue or funding. We're hoping to add cheaper (and free!) plans moving forward once we validate that we can make money from SMBs.

Early customers are using the product for customer support, order management, basic analytics dashboards, data entry. Good mix of technical and non-technical users within teams.

Yes! MongoDB and Firestore are first on the roadmap.
We only track changes made through BaseDash, so we don't have full snapshots of your database to revert to. We'll definitely add a feature to rollback individual edits though.
Thanks! We'll probably add a cheaper plan for individuals soon. If you're interested, we can set something custom up now. Shoot me an email: [email protected]
We actually had a 1-month-long pivot to managed database hosting early on in development, but it was super janky. Might look into this again in the future.
Actiondesk is awesome. We share a couple customers.
Thanks! We thought it would be best for HN to have direct access (we didn't do this for Product Hunt).

I'll keep Wireguard in mind :)

Definitely agree with this. As you mentioned, we currently support database-level validation (anything data type related, foreign keys, etc.), still trying to figure out the best way to handle ORM-level validation.

I think ultimately BaseDash would hook into your existing validations (e.g. through models.py) to handle this.

We're more so positioned as an internal tool, so competing with products like Retool and Internal. Main difference is that BaseDash gives an opinionated interface rather than a UI builder. We're betting that most companies can get away with a really polished Airtable-like interface, saving them from needing engineers to build the UI themselves.
Yes, it's meant to be much easier for non-technical teammates, plus has more collaborative functionality built for teams (easy to share access, team-wide edit history, real-time collaboration).

I tend to think of tools like DBeaver as being built for individual, technical users, while BaseDash is built for cross-functional teams.

Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with the ease of a spreadsheet

Hey everyone! I'm Max from BaseDash (https://www.basedash.io). BaseDash is an internal tool that lets you edit your production database with the ease of a spreadsheet. It's like being able to use Airtable to manage your company's internal operations.I was working on a side project a few years ago that required a lot of manual data management. I was using Django Admin which was fine, but wished...

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