A no-code backend for your app, powered by a Google Sheet

Your read layer, without the server

Every app needs a place to read structured data from: the list of plans, the feature flags, the seed catalog, the copy on the marketing screens. Standing up Postgres and a REST layer just to serve those rows is a lot of ceremony before you have a single user. A Google Sheet already holds the data, and your whole team can edit it.

PasteSheet puts a fast, cached JSON API in front of that sheet. Your app — a Next.js front end, a native mobile client, or a no-code builder — fetches the endpoint and renders. Edit a cell and the change is live after the cache refreshes. No migrations, no ORM, no deploy.

What a Sheet backend is great for

PasteSheet is read-only, so it shines wherever your app reads far more than it writes:

• App config, remote settings, and feature flags you flip without a release.
• Read-heavy catalogs — a product list, a store locator, a pricing grid.
• Mobile app content and copy your marketing team owns.
• Prototypes and MVPs that need a real API today, not next sprint.

Fetch rows straight into your app

Point your client at the endpoint and filter, sort, and paginate with URL parameters — no query language, no SDK:

curl "https://pastesheet.com/your-endpoint/Plans?active=true&sort=price"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "starter",
      "name": "Starter",
      "price": 9,
      "seats": 3,
      "active": true
    }
  ]
}

Read-only by design — so pair it for writes

Because the endpoint is read-only by design, it is safe to expose publicly or hand to a teammate: consumers can read and query the data but can never change the sheet. And there is no Google Cloud project, OAuth screen, or service account to set up — you paste a share URL and get a live API.

Because there is no write path, a Sheet backend covers the read side of your app; for user submissions, sign-ups, or orders, pair it with a form or database tool that owns the writes. It is the fast half of your backend, not a replacement for a CRUD database.

What it costs

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Authorize requests — Google Sheets API — Google
• Files you can store in Google Drive (size limits) — Google

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