Is It Really That Hard to Have a Database and an API?

There are a lot of services out there that will make it really easy to click a few buttons and get an API going. Sometimes that's really super good Uh or super good. I suppose it depending on what type of project you're working on right but also like Is it really that hard to have a database and an api yourself? Um, we have a database for ourselves and it's largely been fine But again, like with anything there are certainly times where i've been like man It would be way easier.