This article contains information on Mobile App Back-end Migration from Parse.com to Open-source Parse Server. You can also send your inquiry to get Free Quote for Migrating your Mobile App to OpenSource parse server.

What is Parse API

As we all know mobile apps that needs to store data of users need a Database hosted on the webhost Server/Cloud and parse is the same. Parse.com is actually MBaaS (Mobile Backend as Service) means parse is ready made backend which have database (MongoDB a strong NOSQL database to store users data), API (Web Services to communicate between mobile app and database) and also have Push service so if you are developing a Mobile apps which demands for data storage one the server you can simply register on Parse.com and configure your database fields required and your entire backend is ready without any coding means you save lot of efforts, time and money.

Why my App will be dead?

Last January Parse.com was took over by giant one of largest social network site “Facebook” to use Parse.com for themselves so now this new owner have decided to shutoff this service for general public however they have been very compassionate towards general public  and released whole Parse Server as Open Source and given enough time to do migration of their Mobile App Backend from Parse.com to selfhosted Parse Server for which they have even made so everyone can simply download and deploy own parse server on their own server/cloud. But since your mobile app store all the data on Parse.com db your app will not be able to send or receive any data to the server due to the fact parse is shutting off by 28Jan2017

What to do?

Don’t worry if Parse.com is shutting off because as mentioned above they have released it as OpenSource so anyone can download and deploy on their own server. Means now anyone can have its own Parse server. So all you need to do it simply find a professional Mobile App Developer who can help you to Deploy your Parse server and migrate your Data from, Parse.com to your own new DB. Parse.com have provided all the information needed to complete the job and good news is WebRence is expert Mobile App Developer and Web Designer and capable to help you to Migration your app backend from Parse.com to your own Parse Server.

How It will be done?

First of all let’s talk about what we need in order to migrate your backend? You need a Cloud Hosting which is capable of running MongoDB and Parse Server. Popular cloud service providers are Heroku, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure. We also need mLab account which is a service to manage MongoDB database and last but very important we need SourceCode of Open Source Parse Server and SDKs to be integrated in Mobile apps. If you are developer yourself then fine otherwise you need a Expertise Parse Migration Service Provider like WebRence.

How much it cost?

Majority clouds are does not cost until you cross the free usage quota so it is purely depends on how much storage you require or how many web server calls your app is going to make. Since they are third party vendors you can check on their official websites about pricing.

Developer Fees: Well it is purely depends on size of database or complexity of your app but just to give you rough idea it starts from around $2500 then price may vary based on few factions Eg.

• How bigger the database is?
• How many fields database have?
• How many web services are required?
• How properly mobile apps are coded?
• How soon you wanted this to be done?

Considering above factors we shall be able to give you idea about how much it would cost.