That's a very valid concern, and I appreciate you asking. One of the (many) benefits of using GraphQL is that it's an open standard.
And in the event of a Parse-like shutdown, migrating off of a hosted platform like Scaphold is much less painful since you could quickly spin up a GraphQL server on your own with the same GraphQL schema that you can easily export from Scaphold. Regarding the data you have stored in the system, we work hard to let you use as much of your own data as possible from various services across the web, so even if we shut down, your data still lives across those other service providers that you use. In addition, we'd be happy to give you a full export of your data in any format you wish. We use an underlying MySQL database behind the scenes, and migrating your data from one SQL database to another is much more structured than moving off of a Mongo database (Parse's data layer).
We're also pushing out more and more support for tying in your existing data hosted elsewhere on the web with advanced custom logic hooks that can tie into your other APIs and data layers as well.
And in the event of a Parse-like shutdown, migrating off of a hosted platform like Scaphold is much less painful since you could quickly spin up a GraphQL server on your own with the same GraphQL schema that you can easily export from Scaphold. Regarding the data you have stored in the system, we work hard to let you use as much of your own data as possible from various services across the web, so even if we shut down, your data still lives across those other service providers that you use. In addition, we'd be happy to give you a full export of your data in any format you wish. We use an underlying MySQL database behind the scenes, and migrating your data from one SQL database to another is much more structured than moving off of a Mongo database (Parse's data layer).
We're also pushing out more and more support for tying in your existing data hosted elsewhere on the web with advanced custom logic hooks that can tie into your other APIs and data layers as well.