A Postgres database with sign-in, file storage and row-level security in one project.
Supabase gives you a Postgres database plus the pieces most apps need around it: sign-in, file storage and an API generated from your tables. Access is controlled with row-level security (RLS), rules in the database that decide which rows each user can read or change. It is the default database and sign-in block in most of our builds because one project covers both.
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| Build | Role | Plan | Monthly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI chatbot app over your own content | DB + auth + historyPostgres, auth and RLS in one | Free (50,000 MAU, 500 MB DB) or Pro from $25 | Free / £18.72 | Free pauses after 1 week of inactivity |
| Directory site with paid listings | DatabaseListings table with RLS | Free (500 MB DB) or Pro from $25 | Free / £18.72 | Free pauses after 1 week of inactivity |
| Internal dashboard | DB + authAuth + Postgres + RLS for roles | Free → Pro | Free → £18.72 | Free pauses after 1 week inactivity |
| Mobile MVP (iOS + Android) | Backend + authDatabase, auth, storage | Free or Pro $25 | Free / £18.72 | Free pauses when idle |
| Pre-launch security pass for vibe-coded apps | DB / RLS checkFlags tables with RLS disabled | Free (Advisor) · Pro for leaked-password protection | Free / Pro £18.72 | Pro already counted if you follow the SaaS build; leaked-password protection needs Pro |
| SaaS with payments | Auth + databaseAuth + Postgres in one project; strong free tier | Free → Pro | Free → £18.72 | Free pauses after 1 week inactivity; Pro from $25/mo |
| Waitlist / landing page | DB (signups)Simple signup store + auth if needed | Free | Free | Pauses after 1 week inactivity |
Clerk vs Supabase Auth vs Auth0 for sign-in
Free (50,000 monthly active users) or Pro $25/mo (100,000 included, then $0.00325 each)
Free projects pause after a week without activity. The price is for the whole Supabase project, not sign-in alone. Phone-based multi-factor sign-in is an extra $75 a month on Pro.
Supabase vs Firebase vs Neon for an app database
Free (500 MB database, pauses after a week idle) or Pro $25/mo (8 GB disk included)
The free plan caps the database at 500 MB and pauses after a week with no activity, so most live apps end up on Pro. Disk beyond the 8 GB included costs $0.125 per GB.
Supabase Storage vs Cloudflare R2 vs UploadThing for user uploads
Free (1 GB storage, 5 GB egress) or Pro $25/mo (100 GB storage, 250 GB egress)
Free has 1 GB of storage, a 50 MB file size limit, and its 5 GB of egress is shared with your database traffic. On Pro, extra downloads cost $0.09 per GB, or $0.03 when served from the cache.
GitHub
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Good for: Keeping your code safe and versioned
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Good for: Early apps: the free plan covers 3,000 emails a month
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