Xano

Xano is a comprehensive, production-ready backend platform designed to accelerate the development of modern applications and intelligent AI agents without compromising on scalability, security, or control. It unifies visual development, code flexibility, and AI-assisted tools, allowing users to create robust backends for any app or agent. Xano provides a complete suite of services including dynamic APIs, a built-in Postgres database, server-side logic, and auto-scaling infrastructure, all managed to reduce DevOps overhead. Trusted by over 100,000 people, Xano enables teams to move fast without cutting corners, offering enterprise-grade compliance and security from day one.

How to use Xano

To use Xano, users can start by signing up for a free account. The platform allows for visual design of backend logic and APIs using a drag-and-drop interface or a function stack. Data can be stored and managed within its scalable Postgres database, with options to define relationships and triggers. Users can connect Xano to any frontend (e.g., Bubble, WeWeb, React, Vue) by generating instant APIs. For AI-powered applications, Xano offers tools to build intelligent agents with memory, orchestration, and secure contexts, leveraging AI-assisted logic generation. The platform supports both no-code visual building and pro-code development, including Git sync and versioning, providing flexibility for various skill levels. Deployment is secure with built-in compliance and flexible hosting options.

Core Features of Xano

• Visual Backend Builder: Design server-side logic, APIs, and workflows visually with a drag-and-drop interface or function stack, supporting everything from simple logic to complex functional programming.
• Managed Postgres Database: A scalable, built-in Postgres database with triggers for data storage, structuring, and automation, capable of horizontal and vertical scaling.
• Dynamic API Generator: Instantly create and publish secure APIs for your database and logic, connecting frontends, agents, and internal systems.
• AI Agent & MCP Builder: Tools for building intelligent agents with memory, tool use, runtime control, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoints for seamless AI integration.
• Auto-scaling Infrastructure: Secure, managed, and auto-scaling cloud infrastructure (Docker/Kubernetes on Google Cloud) eliminates DevOps overhead, ensuring production-grade uptime.
• Enterprise-Grade Security & Compliance: Built-in authentication, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and compliance with standards like GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, HDS, and FERPA.
• Flexible Deployment Options: Fully managed cloud hosting, or self-hosting on AWS, Azure, GCP, or on-premise with Custom plans, adapting to your growth.
• Integration Capabilities: Connects seamlessly with popular no-code frontends (Bubble, WeWeb, Bolt) and custom frameworks (React, Vue), as well as REST and GraphQL APIs.
• AI-Assisted Development: Speed up development with AI tools that help create logic, generate endpoints, and structure data, unifying AI speed, code control, and visual clarity.

Use Cases for Xano

Xano is versatile, powering a wide range of applications and systems. It's ideal for building and deploying intelligent AI agents with memory and tool use, creating secure and scalable customer-facing applications, and modernizing legacy systems by exposing them through modern APIs without requiring a full rebuild. Businesses can also leverage Xano for AI-powered applications that require reasoning and automation, secure integrations to unify data across various tools and systems, and robust process automation to replace brittle, custom workflows. Startup founders can ship products rapidly and scale like enterprises, while CTOs and product owners can maintain control over infrastructure while enabling fast development and going from idea to app without waiting on engineering.

Advantages of Xano

Xano offers significant advantages by combining the speed of no-code with the power and flexibility of pro-code. Its all-in-one backend solution eliminates the need to stitch together multiple tools for APIs, databases, and hosting, simplifying the development stack and reducing cost. The platform is designed for enterprise-grade compliance and security from day one, ensuring audit-readiness, isolated data, encryption, and rigorous access controls. With auto-scaling infrastructure, observability, and built-in monitoring, applications achieve production-grade uptime and can handle growth without manual DevOps intervention. Xano's agent-ready design makes it a leading choice for developing advanced AI applications, providing built-in memory and orchestration capabilities, and AI-specific API endpoints built to scale with AI.

Pricing and Plans

Xano offers flexible plans designed to scale with your needs, with options for monthly or annual billing (annual saves more).

• Build (Free): Ideal for developing and testing. Includes visual logic builder, agent & MCP builder for agentic AI workflows, edge functions, unlimited APIs (with a rate limit of 10 req/20s), unlimited Lambda functions, Postgres database (up to 100,000 records), 1 GB image/file storage (watermarked images), and 1 workspace.
• Starter ($25/month, billed annually): For production-ready apps and agents. Includes everything in Build plus no API rate limit, more compute & storage, branching and merging, unlimited database records, 100 GB image and file storage, GDPR compliance, customizable pre/post API logic, no watermarked images, and 7-day rolling backup. Add-ons available to customize your base plan.
• Pro ($224/month, billed annually): Recommended for businesses and teams ready to scale. Includes everything in Starter plus dedicated infrastructure, 5 workspaces, 10 team seats, even more compute & storage, managed load balancer, role and permissions manager, copy components across workspaces with Xano Link, enterprise-grade compliance (ISO 27001, 27701, 9001, 42001, SOC 2 & 3), HIPAA add-on available, 14-day rolling backup, and 99.99% SLA. Add-ons available (e.g., CPU & Autoscale boost, increased storage, enhanced security).
• Custom (Contact sales): For enterprise-grade security & flexibility. Includes everything in Pro plus unlimited scalability, self-hosting options (AWS, Azure, GCP, on-prem), multi-tenant architecture support, sidecar Docker containers, direct LLM integration via microservices, dedicated IP, high availability, 24/7 monitoring, dedicated onboarding, training & support, Single Sign-On (SSO), and Cloud Armor advanced security.

Add-ons like CPU & Autoscale boost ($70-$180/month), increased storage (additional 5GB – 10GB for $5-$10/month), and enhanced security (HIPAA + BAA and more for $500/month) can customize base plans. An Agency Add-on is also available for clients, flexible invoicing, and commission payouts.