Supabase provides a developer-friendly backend platform with instant APIs, authentication, storage, and real-time capabilities, making it ideal for rapid app development and prototyping.
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Supabase
Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service offering instant APIs, authentication, and real-time database for web and mobile apps.
When to Use
Use Supabase when you need a quick, scalable backend with authentication, storage, and real-time features for web or mobile apps.
When Not to Use
Avoid if you require advanced Postgres extensions, custom server logic, or strict on-premise hosting requirements.
Provider
Supabase
Category
Database
Pricing
freemium
Free Tier Type
Always free
Overage Risk
None
Requires Card
No
Difficulty
beginner
Production Readiness
Production light
Tags
databasebackendrealtimeauthopen-source
Audiences
studentindiestartupteamoss
Best For
- prototyping
- MVPs
- student projects
- open-source apps
Avoid If
- enterprise compliance
- complex backend logic
- custom Postgres extensions
Free Tier Details
Free tier includes a hosted Postgres database, authentication, storage, and edge functions with usage limits.
- 500 MB database & 1 GB file storage
- 50,000 monthly active users
- 2 million edge function invocations
- 500,000 real-time messages
Quickstart
- Sign up at supabase.com and verify your email.
- Create a new project and choose a database password.
- Access your project dashboard and copy API keys.
- Install the Supabase client library in your app.
- Connect using your project URL and API key to start using the database and auth.