database
Supabase
Open-source Firebase alternative with Postgres, auth, storage, realtime, and edge functions.
9.1 /10
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Pricing
Free
$0/mo
- 500 MB database
- 1 GB file storage
- 50,000 monthly active users
- 500K edge function invocations
- 200 concurrent Realtime connections
- 2 organizations
- Community support
Pro
$25/mo
- 8 GB database
- 100 GB file storage
- 100,000 monthly active users
- 2M edge function invocations
- 500 concurrent Realtime connections
- Unlimited organizations
- Email support
- Daily backups (7-day retention)
- No project pausing
Team
$599/mo
- Everything in Pro
- SOC2 compliance
- HIPAA available (add-on)
- Priority support with SLA
- Daily backups (14-day retention)
- Standardized security questionnaire
- SSO for Supabase dashboard
- 28-day log retention
Key Features
- Full Postgres database with extensions (pgvector, PostGIS)
- Row Level Security for fine-grained access control
- Built-in auth with 20+ social providers
- Realtime subscriptions via WebSockets
- Edge Functions (Deno-based serverless)
- S3-compatible file storage with CDN
- Auto-generated REST and GraphQL APIs
- Database branching for preview environments
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Full Postgres power with managed convenience
- Generous free tier for prototyping and small apps
- Open-source with self-hosting option
- All-in-one backend: auth, DB, storage, functions, realtime
Cons
- Jump from Pro ($25) to Team ($599) is steep
- Free tier projects pause after 1 week of inactivity
- Edge Functions are Deno-only (not Node.js)
Supabase is the best open-source backend-as-a-service, giving you the full power of Postgres with the developer experience of Firebase. The free tier is perfect for prototyping, and the Pro plan handles production workloads well. The pricing gap to Team is the main friction point for growing startups.
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