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)

Verdict

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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