Supabase
Open-source Firebase alternative providing Postgres database, auth, realtime, storage, and vector capabilities.
Updated June 2026
Overview
- Website
- supabase.com
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Ownership
- Private
- Segment
- Data Platforms & Warehouses
Product overview
Supabase offers a suite of backend services built on PostgreSQL, including a full Postgres database with vector support via pgvector, authentication (email, social, phone), realtime updates via WebSockets, file storage with CDN and image transformations, and globally distributed Edge Functions. It is used by thousands of companies from startups (e.g., 55% of recent YC batch, Udio, Pebblely scaling to 1M+ users) to enterprises across software development, AI, and more, powering over 1 million databases and 4.5M developers. Distinct from Firebase, Supabase uses relational SQL for complex queries and data integrity, is fully open-source to avoid vendor lock-in, and self-hostable.
Revenue model
Freemium model with Free ($0, limits like 500MB DB, 50k MAU), Pro ($25+/mo + usage: $0.125/GB DB, $0.00325/MAU over 100k, $0.09/GB egress), Team ($599+/mo), Enterprise (custom); compute hourly from $10 (Micro) to $3,730 (16XL), storage $0.021/GB over 100GB.
Moat
- Proprietary Technology
- Ecosystem Lock-in
- Network Effects
- Brand
Supabase’s main moat is its open-source, Postgres-based full-stack backend that gives developers a familiar SQL relational core, strong consistency, and the option to self-host while still getting an integrated backend experience. Its defensibility comes from combining developer adoption and community-led growth with the depth of the Postgres ecosystem, which makes it harder for point solutions or NoSQL BaaS tools to displace.