Fauna
Stackby
| Feature | Fauna | Stackby |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $0.01/mo | Free / from $5/mo |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.1 / 5 | 4.1 / 5 |
| Best For | serverless-developers, jamstack-apps, globally-distributed-apps, startups | small-businesses, solopreneurs, budget-conscious-teams, non-technical-users |
| Founded | 2012 | 2019 |
| Acid Transactions | ✓ | ✗ |
| Document Relational | ✓ | ✗ |
| Graphql Native | ✓ | ✗ |
| Global Distribution | ✓ | ✗ |
| Event Streaming | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multi Tenancy | ✓ | ✗ |
| Temporality | ✓ | ✗ |
| Api Columns | ✗ | ✓ |
| Column Types | ✗ | ✓ |
| Views | ✗ | ✓ |
| Forms | ✗ | ✓ |
| Automations | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pre Built Templates | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Fauna Pros
- Globally distributed with strong consistency
- Combines document and relational models
- Native GraphQL and FQL query support
- Serverless with no infrastructure to manage
✗ Fauna Cons
- Proprietary query language (FQL) has learning curve
- Can be expensive at high read/write volumes
- Smaller community compared to MongoDB or PostgreSQL
✓ Stackby Pros
- Very affordable pricing
- API column type for live data
- Pre-built templates for common use cases
- Good Airtable alternative
✗ Stackby Cons
- Smaller user community
- UI less polished than competitors
- Limited automation capabilities
The Verdict
Fauna is built for serverless developers and jamstack apps, with a focus on acid-transactions and document-relational. Stackby targets small businesses and solopreneurs and leads with api-columns and column-types.
Pricing is close: Fauna starts at $0.01/mo versus $5/mo for Stackby — not a deciding factor on its own.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
Feature-wise, Fauna offers broader built-in capabilities (7 features vs 6), while Stackby takes a more focused approach — which can mean a simpler, faster onboarding experience.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.