Fauna Has a Free API — Here's How to Build Globally Distributed Apps with Zero Ops

Why Fauna? Fauna is a serverless, globally distributed document-relational database . It combines the flexibility of documents with relational features like joins, indexes, and ACID transactions — all via an API. No servers to manage, no connection pools. Free tier: 100K read ops, 50K write ops, 5GB storage per day. Getting Started 1. Create Free Account Sign up at fauna.com — no credit card required. 2. Install the Shell npm install -g fauna-shell fauna cloud-login fauna create-database my-app 3. Define Schema (FQL v10) // Create collections Collection.create({ name: "users" }) Collection.create({ name: "orders" }) // Define fields with types users.definition.replace({ fields: { name: { signature: "String" }, email: { signature: "String", unique: true }, plan: { signature: "String" } } }) JavaScript SDK import { Client , fql } from " fauna " ; const client = new Client ({ secret : " YOUR_FAUNA_SECRET " }); // Create a user const user = await client . query ( fql ` users.create({ name: