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Kinto vs Para: catalog facts
Kinto	Para
Free Free and open source; you run it on your own server.	Freemium Free and open source to self-host; Erudika also offers hosting that is free to start.
Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Built-in synchronisation and sharing of JSON records Permission inheritance across buckets, collections and records	Persistence, search and caching handled in one server Multitenant, with separate storage per app
A backend for developers, not an end-user app Requires PostgreSQL for production use	Requires a JVM environment and backing services to run at scale Smaller community than mainstream backend platforms
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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