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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Node.js

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ANode.js is an open source, asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime, Node.js is designed to build scalable network applications.

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    Superblocks

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ASuperblocks is an IDE for internal tooling – a programmable set of building blocks for developers to create mission-critical internal operational software. The Superblocks Application Builder to assemble flexible components and connect to databases and APIs. Users can create REST, GraphQL, and gPRC endpoints call them programmatically from code or 3rd party web-hooks while Superblocks handles infrastructure.

    $41

    per month per creator

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    Node.jsSuperblocks
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $41
    per month per creator
    Pro
    $70
    per month per creator
    Enterprise
    $141
    per month per creator
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Node.jsSuperblocks
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Node.jsSuperblocks
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    Open Source
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Node.jsSuperblocks
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Node.js and Superblocks
    Feature
    Node.js
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    Ratings
    Superblocks
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Node.jsSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Node.jsSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    1. Node.js is useful for building one page, fast, light-weight, scalable applications. 2. It is not suitable for building computationally extensive applications, it may lead to bad performance.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    Superblocks is great for building internal tools for your company. We have our finances running on Superblocks, our client services running on it, as well as a lot of internal tooling for our product. You can build full-apps using their API builder, Workflow builder, Scheduled Jobs, and UI builder. All without having to handle your own infrastructure. It's meant to be one extra abstraction layer on top of other developer infrastructure tools like AWS, Vercel, etc.
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Robust
    • Fast
    • Modern
    • Easy to learn
    • Allows using JS or TypeScript everywhere
    • Supported and maintained actively by the open source community
    • Pleasurable to work with
    • Reliable
    • Simple to learn
    • Simple to setup
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    • Easy to use User Interface builder for building internal apps
    • Scheduled Jobs and Workflow builder in multiple languages
    • API builder for support your User Interface for your internal apps
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • It reduce performance while dealing with heavy computational task.
    • Node.js invites a lot of change in code, due to an unstable api.
    • Lack of library support.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    • More flexibility on UI component designs
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    Node.js is easy and good to use, their support team is also good they always tend to help you, and solve your problem, even we know that Node is free to use and opensource but then also we get support from them but for getting much better results we need to purchase standard or enterprises support provided by them.
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    Superblocks
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    There is a smooth and seamless performance for multiple requests as the feedback received from users. and uses one platform to maintain UI and backend.
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    Superblocks
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • It helps our business to expand our standard offer with new solutions based on Node.js such as conversation bots.
    • It brings avarege 2-3 new clients projects per year, that we couldn't do without it.
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    Superblocks
    • We've saved thousands of developer hours that would have otherwise spent on maintaining infrastructure
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