Compare Action1 vs Back4App

About Action1

Action1 is an autonomous endpoint management platform that is cloud-native, infinitely scalable, highly secure, and configurable in 5 minutes—it just works and is always free for the first 200 endpoints, with no functional limits. By pioneering autonomous OS and third-party patching - AEM’s foundational use case - through peer-to-peer patch distribution and real-time vulnerability assessment without needing a VPN, it eliminates costly, time-consuming routine labor, preempts ransomware and security risks, and protects the digital employee experience. Trusted by thousands of enterprises managing millions of endpoints globally, Action1 is certified for SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

The company is founder-led by industry veterans Alex Vovk and Mike Walters, American entrepreneurs who founded Netwrix, which has grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry-leading cybersecurity company.

About Back4App

Create and manage your data model:

• Use the web-based, all-in-one dashboard for powerful data manipulation, to view analytics, schedule and send push notifications.

REST / GraphQL API tool:

• With the API Console, you have a quick and easy access to all functions of your REST / GraphQL API, allowing you to play around with the API or debug issues without writing a single line of code.

Automatic emails:

• Send automatic verification and welcome emails to your users. Use your own HTML template.

Social login:

• Connect your users via traditional logins or third party social networks with just a few lines of code. We take care of linking accounts across networks, resetting passwords, and keeping everything safe and secure so you don’t have to.

Setup running tasks with background jobs:

• Easily schedule recurring tasks like sending engagement emails, updating data, and long running computation at any time interval via the dashboard. View job status data and customize job frequency as required.

WebHooks:

• Work in your preferred coding language and define a URL to receive a POST linked to a trigger set off when a specific cloud function is called. This keeps you informed of app events and connected with the various user and device interactions.

Config parameters:

• The simplest way to store your app's parameters for updating on the fly. Keeping configurations out of your app's binary means config changes do not require a fresh app release.

Setup permission to access your data:

• Use CLPs and ACLs to manage your API permissions. CLP is the easiest way to lock down your app is with class-level permissions.
• Almost every class that you create should have these permissions tweaked to some degree.
• For classes where every object has the same permissions, class-level settings will be most effective.
• An ACL specifies a set of users who can read or write an object's data. So, before you can use ACLs, you have to have Users.

Multiple SDKs:

• No matter what platform you're building for, Back4app has the SDKs you need to create an amazing mobile/desktop/IoT/Web experience.
• No matter what you’re creating for the desktop and the web, our SDKs will help you move faster than you ever thought possible. Perfect for standalone products, or experiences that complement your mobile app.

Easy user account management:

• At the core of many apps, there is a notion of user accounts that lets users access their information in a secure manner.

Use Geo-located commands:

• Back4app allows you to associate real-world latitude and longitude coordinates with an object. This allows you to easily do things like finding out what user is closest to another user or which places are closest to a user.

Features

• 2-Factor Authentication
• Anti-Virus
• API
• Dashboard
• Data Export
• Data Import
• Data Visualization
• Email Integration
• External Integrations
• File Sharing
• File Transfer
• Firewall
• Google Apps Integration
• Inventory Tracking
• Multi-User
• Notifications
• Project Management
• Scheduling
• Third-Party Plugins/Add-Ons
• Malware Protection
• Bug Tracking
• Network Traffic Monitoring
• Network Visualization
• Network Device Performance Monitoring

Features

• API
• Data Export
• Data Import
• External Integrations
• Multi-User
• Notifications
• Project Management
• Task Scheduling/Tracking
• Bug Tracking
• Cloud Deployment
• Local Deployment
• Developer Tools
• Code Transformation

Summary

• Third-Party Patching

• OS Patching

• Vulnerability Management & Remediation

• Software Deployment

• Endpoint Management

• Trusted and Secure: SOC 2, ISO 27001, TX-RAMP

Summary

• Serverless backend development platform

Pricing

FAQs

Does this service offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?

• Multi-tenancy feature that allows to segment end-users (endpoints) in separate groups under one Action1 account

What platforms does this service support?

• Windows

Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?

• Yes

Who are the main user groups of this service?

• IT Administrators, System Administrators, MSPs

What is this service generally used for?

• Patch management, vulnerability management, software deployment, IT asset inventory, remote access, remote monitoring and management

FAQs

Does this service offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?

• Yes.

What is this service generally used for?

• Back4App is used to create backend, integrate backend with frontend, create APIs, and auto scale applications.

What platforms does this service support?

• Mobile, web and IoT applications.

Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?

• Support via email and chat.

Does this service offer an API?

• Yes, we offer REST and GraphQL APIs.

What are some applications this service is commonly used in tandem with?

• Back4app is used for mobile and web apps in general.

Vendor Information

Vendor Information

Other

• Startups
• SMEs
• Enterprises

• Windows

Other

• Startups
• SMEs
• Agencies

• Web App

• iOS
• Android