Expo

Name

Expo

Legal name

650 Industries, Inc.

Website

https://expo.dev

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Expo provides an open-source React Native framework and integrated cloud services (EAS) that let over 3 million developers build, deploy, and update cross-platform mobile and web apps, serving startups, solo developers, and enterprises worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. EAS Subscription Plans: Tiered EAS subscription plans (including a free plan plus paid tiers) that unlock more deployments, bandwidth, storage, requests, custom domains, custom environments, and enterprise features. Subscription pricing is publicly listed at /pricing.
2. EAS Update Usage Billing: Usage-based billing for EAS Update tied to "monthly active users" (MAU), where 1 MAU equals 1 unique installation of an app that downloads at least 1 update during the billing cycle.
3. Freemium / Free Tier: A free EAS plan allows anyone with an Expo account to use EAS Hosting, build, submit and update apps, with paid tiers unlocking more capacity and enterprise controls.
4. Enterprise Services: Enterprise-tier offerings include SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliance, security features, large-scale application management, custom domains, and dedicated support accessed via the /solutions/enterprise "Talk to our team" CTA.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Expo provides a unified React Native development platform consisting of the open-source Expo SDK (with 100+ production-ready native libraries and the Expo Modules API) and the managed cloud service Expo Application Services (EAS) for building, submitting, updating, hosting, and monitoring iOS, Android, and web apps. It enables solo developers, startups, and enterprise engineering teams to ship cross-platform native applications from a single TypeScript/JavaScript codebase, augmented by AI-assisted development through Expo Agent.

Product overview

Expo is offered as a platform-plus-modules architecture combining an open-source React Native SDK with a suite of deeply integrated cloud services branded as Expo Application Services (EAS). The core foundation is the Expo SDK (100+ libraries) and Expo Modules API, supported by developer tooling including Expo Go (device preview), Expo Orbit (emulator launcher), Expo Atlas (bundle inspector), and Snack (browser playground). At the cloud-services layer, EAS Build, EAS Submit, EAS Update, EAS Hosting, and EAS Workflows provide a managed CI/CD and hosting backbone, while EAS Metadata, EAS Insights, and EAS Observe add store, analytics, and production observability modules. Expo Agent layers AI-powered assistance on top of this stack, helping developers scaffold, debug, and ship production-ready mobile apps from the same platform. The product serves indie developers through enterprises, scaling to apps used by hundreds of millions of end users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Expo Application Services (EAS): Integrated cloud services for Expo and React Native apps, including Build, Submit, Update, Hosting, Workflows, Insights, Metadata, and Observe.
• Expo Go
• Expo Orbit
• Expo Atlas
• Expo Agent
• Snack

Products and services

• Expo SDK
• Expo Application Services (EAS)

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered founding ecosystem partner, notable integration and supported integration.

• Meta Platformsfounding ecosystem partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Meta donated React, React Native and JSX to the newly created React Foundation under the Linux Foundation in February 2026, with Expo named as a Platinum founding member. Meta retains a supermajority on the governance committee for the first two-and-a-half years. Meta also recommends Expo as its recommended React Native framework.
• Amazonfounding ecosystem partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Amazon listed as a Platinum founding member of the React Foundation alongside Expo, providing governance and stewardship for React, React Native and related projects.
• Microsoftfounding ecosystem partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Microsoft listed as a Platinum founding member of the React Foundation alongside Expo, supporting open governance of React, React Native and related projects.
• Huaweifounding ecosystem partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Huawei listed as a Platinum founding member of the React Foundation alongside Expo.
• Vercelfounding ecosystem partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Vercel listed as a Platinum founding member of the React Foundation alongside Expo.
• Callstackfounding ecosystem partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Callstack listed as a Platinum founding member of the React Foundation alongside Expo; also a React Native consulting/implementation peer.
• Software Mansionfounding ecosystem partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Software Mansion listed as a Platinum founding member of the React Foundation alongside Expo.
• Replitnotable integrationTechnology or IntegrationReplit's mobile app development tool launched January 2026 is built on React Native and Expo, and integrates with OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Apple Maps, and Twilio — exposing Expo to Replit's non-technical user base.
• Convexsupported integrationTechnology or IntegrationFirst-class EAS integration via `eas integrations:convex:connect` command for connecting Convex as the backend for Expo projects, including region selection (aws-us-east-1, aws-eu-west-1).
• PostHogsupported integrationTechnology or IntegrationFirst-class EAS integration via `eas integrations:posthog:connect` to add PostHog analytics, session replay and error tracking, with source-map upload support to Expo projects.
• Sentrysupported integrationTechnology or IntegrationDocumented integration with EAS Update and EAS Build workflows to upload source maps to Sentry using SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN, including `npx sentry-expo-upload-sourcemaps dist` usage pattern.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Firebase (Google): Firebase is Google's mobile-backend-as-a-service offering (builds, hosting, auth, real-time DB, OTA via Remote Config). It is a broader Google Cloud portfolio product rather than a React Native specialist, but competes for the same enterprise mobile dev budget.
• Flutter (Google): Flutter is Google's primary cross-platform mobile framework and the most direct substitute for React Native. As a broader incumbent backed by Google, it competes for the same set of developers Expo onboards, even though Flutter does not bundle a managed cloud platform the way Expo does with EAS.

Emerging players

• Render: Render is a unified cloud platform for web apps, APIs, and background workers, comparable to the EAS Hosting/Workflows layer in scope. Less direct overlap on mobile builds but competes for the same developer cloud budget.
• Supabase: Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service (Postgres, auth, storage, edge functions) with first-class Expo/EAS integration. Partial overlap: both pursue the developer-PLG cloud model, but Supabase is a backend vendor rather than a framework+platform play.
• Replit: Replit's mobile app development tool (launched Jan 2026) is built on React Native + Expo, making Replit both a customer/integrator of Expo and an emerging AI-assisted development competitor that targets a similar end-user developer base.

Others

• PostHog: PostHog is an open-source product analytics, session replay, and error-tracking suite with a first-class EAS integration (`eas integrations:posthog:connect`). It is an ecosystem partner rather than a direct competitor, but competes with EAS Insights for developer analytics spend.
• Sentry: Sentry is a developer-first error monitoring and performance platform with a first-class Expo/EAS integration (source map uploads, @sentry/react-native). Adjacent rather than competitive — it sits in the same mobile dev observability stack as EAS Observe.

Direct peers

• Ionic: Ionic provides an open-source cross-platform mobile framework (Ionic + Capacitor) plus a cloud build/deploy service (Ionic Appflow) — a direct competitor to Expo's SDK + EAS stack, focused on web developers building mobile apps.
• Netlify: Netlify pioneered the "framework + managed cloud platform" model for web (Jamstack). Comparable to Expo in coupling a popular build/deploy/hosting cloud with first-class framework integrations and a usage-based plus enterprise pricing motion.
• Vercel: Vercel is the closest structural parallel to Expo: the team behind Next.js (an open-source React framework) plus a managed cloud platform (Vercel) for build, deploy, hosting, and serverless functions. Both monetize an open-source framework with a tightly integrated cloud stack aimed at developers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/expo
• GitHubgithub.com/expo/expo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/expo-dev

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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