What is Supabase?
Supabase is a backend-as-a-service platform that provides each project with a full PostgreSQL database along with authentication, file storage, real-time subscriptions, edge functions and auto-generated APIs. It is positioned as an open-source alternative to Firebase and supports AI applications with pgvector. It has spread rapidly among startups, indie developers and teams building apps with AI. It offers a free plan and a Pro plan priced per project.
Key facts
- Starting price
- $25 / month
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Active users
- —
- Customers
- —
- Vendor employees
- 120
- Launched
- 2020
- Deployment
- Cloud (SaaS), On-premise
- Platforms
- Web
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Full Postgres database with auth, storage and APIs built in
- Generous free tier for prototypes and side projects
- Open source with a self-hosting option
- Free plan available
- Open source
- Can run on-premise
Considerations
- Self-hosting requires managing many moving parts
- Costs can grow with compute and egress usage
- Less suited to complex enterprise governance needs
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Features
✓AI features· Automation
✓GDPR compliance· Compliance
✓SOC 2· Compliance
✓HIPAA· Compliance
✓Self-hosted· Deployment
✓Open source· Deployment
✓API access· Integrations
✓Webhooks· Integrations
✓Single sign-on (SSO)· Security
✓Two-factor authentication· Security
✓Role-based access· Security
✓Audit log· Security
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