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Supabase
The open source Firebase alternative
As of 30 August 2026, Supabase has a free plan and paid plans start at $25/month. Supabase is an open source Firebase alternative providing all the backend services you need to build a product. Softwr lists it under Technology. Supabase is made by Supabase Inc, launched in 2020, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Supabase does
Supabase is an open source Firebase alternative providing all the backend services you need to build a product. It uses PostgreSQL as the database, provides instant APIs, authentication, real-time subscriptions, and storage.
What people use it 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
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Supabase.
- Free tier projects auto-pause after 1 week of inactivity
- Free tier hard caps: 500 MB database, 1 GB file storage, 5 GB egress/month, 50,000 monthly active users, max 2 active free projects per organization
- Pro plan charges usage overages beyond included quotas, e.g. $0.00325 per MAU above 100,000 and $0.125/GB disk above 8 GB
- SOC2/ISO 27001 certification and HIPAA (add-on) compliance require the $599/month Team plan; not available on the $25/month Pro plan
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Pricing
What Supabase costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- 50,000 MAU
- 500MB database
- 5GB egress
- 1GB storage
- Community support
- Pauses after 1 week inactivity
Pro
$25 /mo
- 100,000 MAU
- 8GB disk
- 250GB egress
- 100GB storage
- Email support
- 7-day backup/log retention
Team
$599 /mo
- SOC2 and ISO 27001
- HIPAA add-on
- 28-day log / 14-day backup retention
- Priority support with SLAs
Enterprise
On request
- Custom limits
- Dedicated support manager
- 24/7/365 support
- Uptime SLAs
Capabilities
Features
PostgreSQL database
Auto-generated APIs
Authentication & authorization
Real-time subscriptions
Storage
Edge functions
Vector embeddings
Database migrations
Next.js
Integration with Next.js
React
Integration with React
Vue
Integration with Vue
Svelte
Integration with Svelte
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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How much does Supabase cost?
Supabase offers a free tier and three paid plans. Pro starts at $25 per month, Team at $599 per month, and Enterprise requires a custom quote. All pricing is in USD charged monthly.
SourceWhat are Supabase's usage overage fees?
Pro plan users pay $0.00325 per monthly active user over the 100,000 included, and $0.125 per GB for database storage exceeding 8 GB per project. Compute instances cost $10 to $3,730+ per month.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Supabase
- Company
- Supabase Inc
- Based in
- Singapore
- Founders
- Paul Copplestone, Ant Wilson
Timeline
Supabase over time
- Funding2026-06-05$500m
Series F at roughly 10.5 billion dollar valuation
Source - Funding2025-10-03$100m
Series E at 5 billion dollar valuation
Source - Funding2025-04-22$200m
Series D at 2 billion dollar valuation
Source - Funding2024-09-25$80m
Series C
Source - Funding2022-05-10$80m
Series B
Source - Funding2021-10-28$30m
Series A
Source - Founded2020-01-01
Supabase founded
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