you mention using 3rd party database providers. wha'ts the downside to this? I'm guessing repeating groups won't update in real time, search might be slower, what else could i expect with xano or other DB provders?
Without having gone all the way with an external db in a production app, I would guess just the experience of not being able to build in Bubble in the typical way one would. Having your database right there integrated with your front end in the way Bubble has set it up is pretty nice. 😎