@allnick The query limitation you're describing does not exist in Backand. Our queries support Where, Group By, Inner Select and more. You can write queries with MySQL syntax or in a Mongo-inspired NoSQL syntax. Read more here: http://docs.backand.com/en/lates... The choice for focusing on Angular was mainly to focus our efforts on a particular developer community. That lets us focus our marketing as well as examples, starter apps, docs, etc. Technically, it's not limited to Angular. In fact, we already have a JavaScript/JQuery SDK (found here: https://github.com/backand/jquer...) and working on a ReactJS SDK (to be released right after our Angular 2 SDK). Regarding funding: We're not quite ready to talk about it, but the numbers on AngelList (and Crunchbase) are not up-to-date. We've raised more money and are backed by 2 VCs. In any case, we pride ourselves on having a very open platform that allows easily migrating -- and plan to make it even easier. P.S. Love the questions. Keep em comin'

@nissimle Hi there, thanks for the feedback! We have a lot of stuffed planned and in the works. We are currently working on several major features, among them: - New SDK for AngularJS 2, NodeJS - Storage of files and assets with Backand - Geo-location features / location-based services - Support for other frameworks besides AngularJS and Ionic (ReactJS, for example) - The ability to have more than one environment for the same app (staging, test, production, etc.) - Tons of new 3rd-party integrations, including Twilio, New Relic, Segment.io and the list is long (see here: https://www.backand.com/integrat...) - And more :-) Please let us know if you have other suggestions.

@itayher @nissimle I am curious what will you exactly offer for "Geo-location features / location-based services". Isn't that locally in the native device? Or is it a "middle layer" I call when I normally use, let say, Google Location Service?

@quanghoc @nissimle Yes, a middle tier, which lets you save locations in the database with latitude/longitude and the ability to perform advanced filters and queries on it. For example, you could filter all the rows that are within a certain distance from a particular location (e.g., the location of the device).

@avizuber Keep in mind that the database is yours. This is a unique feature of Backand so you're covered there. You can export the configuration and the code, which will provide you all of the JS code, but of course you'll need to make it work with whatever backend you use.

@eshaham Thanks so much! We're definitely working on everything you've listed. You can see some of the upcoming integrations we're planning here: https://www.backand.com/integrat..., in addition to the existing ones, of course (https://www.backand.com/integrat...).

As Avinash says, my kudos goes to Daniel, with whom I spoke via mail - very responsive and knowledgeable. My question was how does Back& stack up against Firebase. His reply was very good and I can include it here, but I think the founders may want to answer as well. Also, I'm guessing that most readers here will benefit to hear how Back& is different(better) from Firebase.

@jeffandersen Thanks for your feedback, we fixed it :)

@color2life We already have import functionality that lets you upload JSON (under the Data tab). The database you can import/export freely with any standard database tool. We are developing more functionality in this area.

@ssttiivveennss It so happens that import and export are going to be implemented in next week's release. As for the database, you get full access so you can import/export or use it for anything else, as you please.

@smdhruve Awesome. Please let me know if you need any help.

@tbirand Really good to hear you had a smooth experience. Scheduled tasks are coming out in February. IFTTT and Zapier integration is a great idea that has been proposed in the past and definitely on our list. We might move it up the list, as we hear more requests. BTW, we've made it really to develop your own integrations with Backand Actions and a bunch of folks have already done some really cool things. You can read more about Custom Actions here: http://docs.backand.com/en/lates...

@riyadhalnur See our Firebase response above