Supabase review

Supabase is a backend platform built around PostgreSQL. Each project gets a portable Postgres database, with authentication, file storage, Edge Functions, realtime features and ready-to-use REST APIs alongside it. The idea is to give an application a database and common backend services without assembling each piece separately.

Authentication handles user sign-ups and logins, while Row Level Security (RLS) lets you set rules for which data users can access. Storage is for organizing and serving files such as images and videos. Edge Functions run custom code without managing or scaling servers, and realtime features can sync data or broadcast events. Supabase also offers tools for vectors, scheduled jobs and message queues.

That is a broad feature set, but it does not mean every app should put its business logic in the database or call APIs directly from a client. The architecture still depends on how your team chooses to divide access rules and application logic.

Supabase’s main appeal is having a portable Postgres database plus common backend services in one platform. For a small project, that can mean getting a database, sign-in, file storage and APIs without first choosing separate vendors for each. The database remains Postgres, rather than a proprietary data store.

The free plan is $0 per month and lists 50,000 monthly active users, 500 MB of database per project, 5 GB of egress and 1 GB of file storage. It allows two active projects, which pause after one week of inactivity. That is useful for experiments, but the project and storage caps matter if you are running several apps.

The pricing page lists Pro at $25 per month, with 100,000 monthly active users, 8 GB of disk per project, 250 GB of egress, 100 GB of file storage and daily backups kept for seven days. Paid plans also include $10 per month in compute credits. One Reddit commenter describes Supabase as a low-cost way to start with a database and auth, while treating it primarily as managed Postgres. That is a reasonable way to evaluate it: use the services that fit, rather than assuming you need the whole stack.

The free plan is not an always-on, multi-project production tier: it includes two active projects, and projects pause after one week inactive. Pro starts at $25 per month, but usage above its included allowances can add cost. The pricing page lists Pro overages of $0.00325 per extra monthly active user, $0.125 per GB of disk, $0.09 per GB of egress and $0.0213 per GB of file storage. Additional projects start at $10 per month. Annual billing prices are not published.

The jump to Team is substantial at $599 per month. That plan lists SSO and compliance-oriented features including SOC 2 and ISO 27001, plus 28-day log retention; HIPAA is a paid add-on with no published price. Compute, custom domains, branching and point-in-time recovery can also add charges.

There are design trade-offs beyond the bill. In one Reddit thread, developers report that RLS policies can become cumbersome, and that triggers or functions can be difficult to debug. Others describe moving business logic into a separate API and concern about the work involved in moving authentication later. Those are user reports, not universal outcomes, but they are reasons to decide early where your access rules and business logic will live.

Supabase’s pricing page lists a free plan and paid plans starting at $25 per month, with no annual billing price published. Free includes 50,000 monthly active users, 500 MB of database storage per project, 5 GB of egress and 1 GB of file storage. It’s limited to two active projects, which pause after a week of inactivity.

Pro costs $25 per month and includes 100,000 monthly active users, 8 GB of disk per project, 250 GB of egress and 100 GB of file storage. Team jumps to $599 per month, adding SOC 2 and ISO 27001, 14-day backups and 28-day log retention. That’s a steep step if you need Team’s compliance features but don’t need enterprise support.

Watch the extras: additional projects start at $10 monthly, and compute starts at $10 for Micro. Paid plans include $10 in monthly compute credits. Pro and Team overages include $0.09 per GB of egress and $0.0213 per GB of file storage. The page also lists a $10 monthly flat fee without clearly identifying what it covers.

Supabase is built around portable Postgres, so the database is less tied to one vendor than a proprietary database. But switching the database is only part of the work: Supabase also bundles authentication, storage, Edge Functions, realtime features and REST APIs. Replacing those services may mean changing how your app handles users, files, events and backend code.

Before moving in, map which Supabase features your app actually uses and how they connect. The published pricing details don’t specify data-export steps or migration tooling, so confirm those in the current documentation before planning a cutover. We also don’t have Reddit posts or comments in the published material for this review, so we can’t attribute common reasons for leaving to users. For a move out, check that your target can replace the services you rely on, not just host Postgres. For a move in, test your schema and application integrations against Supabase’s access model before committing.