| Body validation is too simple, for example I want the be able to configure the min max from the DB or interdependent validation i.e. if you pass in and Id and a search string I want to return an error. The DB Query editor is too simple requiring the user to manually create sql queries rather than visually build them. The DB editor doesn't allow foreign keys and complex DB relationships to be defined visually as well. The response editor is also not powerful enough. For example I want to send back links (HATEOAS Style) to the objects just created. I also want to send the object just created back in the response. There is no Authorization only Authentication. To be honest this isn't really that useful other than very simple Apis that have no real logic in them. Pricing on Actions is an insane pricing strategy. The pricing looks too high to be reasonable. Even a simple Api would cost me a lot with the pricing strategy. I see the UI component is coming soon. Without a way to build a nice UI to connect to my Api this isn't really a low code solution. No details on hosting on this either. Is my api hosted in the US/Europe/Asia. This will make a big difference to most as I don't want long roundtrip times on my UI. If I'm going to build my next big thing on a Platform I need confidence that the company won't shut down next week and my app is toast. Is there some way that I could be convinced that you won't run out of money and shutdown tomorrow and leave my project dead with you ? |
Let me address each of your points:
Body validation, DB Query editor & DB features: Definitely understand your need for more complex validation and query building. We're still in public beta, and building out and refining our features is a continuous process. We're working on improving these areas for more advanced use cases and will consider your feedback as part of that.
Authorization: More granular control over authorization is on our roadmap.
Pricing: Appreciate your concern about pricing. In our private beta we had a different strategy and we have launched the new pricing plan this week after talking with our private beta users about what would be important for them. We'll certainly take your feedback into consideration as we adjust our pricing strategy.
Hosting location: Currently everything is hosted in the US, that being said region selection has been requested and is on the roadmap as well however we'll likely not not ship this feature before EOY. Till then, will include more information about the current hosting region on our website.
Long-term Reliability: We understand the reservation about how long Fastgen will exist since we just launched. We have not announced any funding for Fastgen yet but we are already well-funded for the next couple of years. It might also help to know that the whole core team has been working together for multiple years before we started Fastgen. While it was a different company, we raised more than 100M dollars for that one and are experienced in navigating different fundraising environments. We're in it for the long haul.