DreamFactory vs Parse: What are the differences?

DreamFactory: Open source REST API backend for mobile, web, and IoT applications. DreamFactory is an open source REST API backend for mobile, web, and IoT applications. It provides RESTful web services with pre-built connectors to SQL, NoSQL, file storage systems, and web services. It's secure, reusable, and offers live API documentation; Parse: The complete mobile app platform. With Parse, you can add a scalable and powerful backend in minutes and launch a full-featured app in record time without ever worrying about server management. We offer push notifications, social integration, data storage, and the ability to add rich custom logic to your app’s backend with Cloud Code.

DreamFactory and Parse can be categorized as "Mobile Backend" tools.

Some of the features offered by DreamFactory are:

• REST Any Data Source
• Instant REST APIs and documentation
• Simple administration

On the other hand, Parse provides the following key features:

• Store basic data types, locations, photos
• Update over the air
• Data browser lets you manage, search, and update content without writing a single line of code

"Easy setup" is the top reason why over 5 developers like DreamFactory, while over 111 developers mention "Easy setup" as the leading cause for choosing Parse.

DreamFactory is an open source tool with 952 GitHub stars and 222 GitHub forks. Here's a link to DreamFactory's open source repository on GitHub.