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Alternatives to Supabase
Nothing else in this directory is currently filed in the same category as Supabase. The software category page is the place to watch as the catalogue grows.
- Alternatives listed
- 0
- With a free tier
- 0
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Supabase starts at
- Free, then $25/month
Why people look past Supabase
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Supabase entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Supabase publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Supabase pricing page breaks each one down.
What you would be giving up
Supabase is most often brought in for web application backends using postgres plus auto-generated rest/graphql apis, mobile app backends via flutter/swift/kotlin client libraries, ai applications using vector/embeddings storage, authentication with 20+ social providers plus email/password, file and media storage (s3-compatible with cdn) and realtime sync over websockets. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Supabase is broadly right and the question is cost, the Supabase pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the full directory lists everything.
Supabase runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Supabase alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Supabase?
- Nothing else in this directory is currently filed in the same category as Supabase.
- What is the best free alternative to Supabase?
- None of the software tools listed alongside Supabase publish a free tier on the record we hold.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Supabase?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Supabase?
- Supabase is most often brought in for web application backends using postgres plus auto-generated rest/graphql apis, mobile app backends via flutter/swift/kotlin client libraries, ai applications using vector/embeddings storage, authentication with 20+ social providers plus email/password, file and media storage (s3-compatible with cdn) and realtime sync over websockets. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Supabase?
- None of the software tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Supabase alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Software, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Supabase against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Supabase covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every software tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Software category, 0 tools beside Supabase. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.