Martin Shein

Martin Shein

Co founder | Automation | accelerator
5 points
Xano

What's great

team collaboration (3)community support (5)flexibility (4)scalability (4)fast deployment (9)scalable backend (10)no-code API builder (8)efficient performance (7)ai coding assistance (4)

I love this product. For me personally, it’s been a huge upgrade. I started in 2010 with Zapier, then moved to Make, then n8n, then Xano, and now Xano 2.0 — it’s just amazing. This isn’t simple automation anymore, it’s real SaaS building. What makes it perfect is the mix of having an actual server plus building my own workflows (APIs + function stacks), and now with XanoScript (a new scripting language that takes the best parts of JavaScript, PHP, Twig, and SQL), it’s everything I need in one place.

What needs improvement

high cost (2)

1. Templates — n8n has a great template library where you can grab pre-built workflows and customize them. Would love to see something similar in Xano for common use cases (user auth flows, payment integrations, etc.).

2. Video education & community — The docs are solid, but I learn better from video walkthroughs. A Skool community or more structured video courses would be huge for people like me who aren’t traditional developers.

3. Sharing functionality between instances — Right now, moving API endpoints or function stacks between workspaces/instances is manual. An export/import feature or blueprint system would save tons of time when spinning up new projects.

vs Alternatives

1. Multi-tenant architecture — I needed to build real, stable SaaS products with proper multi-tenancy. Not workarounds or hacks, but actual isolated customer databases that scale properly.

2. All-in-one infrastructure — I was tired of managing separate services. Before Xano, I had a VPS, n8n for workflows, Airtable for databases, and everything else scattered. Now it’s all in one place: server, database, backend, AI integrations, MCP — everything. One login, one bill, no duct tape holding it together.

How does auto-scaling handle sudden traffic spikes?

Didn’t have any issues

Is Redis caching configurable per endpoint or query?

I’m not sure

Can we deploy to single-tenant Kubernetes on GCP?

I dont know

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