Best alternatives to Specific in 2026

Tools like Cursor or Claude Code are good at writing application code, but building the backend — the database, file storage, authentication, deployment — usually still means a human switching over to a cloud console and clicking through setup screens. Specific removes that handoff: it's a cloud platform built specifically so an AI coding agent can create and manage the backend infrastructure itself, from a database to file storage to a live deployment, through natural-language instructions. Specific offers a full backend stack — PostgreSQL with point-in-time recovery, S3-compatible object storage, Redis, vector databases, autoscaling APIs, CDN/TLS-fronted frontends, and Temporal-based workflow orchestration — accessible via an MCP server that any coding agent can connect to, or via specific dev (local environment) and specific deploy (production) commands. Pricing starts free (5 projects, 512MB DB, 1GB storage) and scales to $25/month (Pro) or $299/month (Scale) plus usage; infrastructure runs on AWS via Neon (Postgres) and Tigris (object storage). It's a Y Combinator F25 company founded by ex-Stripe engineers.