Supabase alternatives: 11 backend and app hosting platforms compared
People look for a Supabase alternative when a free project pauses, when the Pro bill grows with compute and usage, or when they want a different data model than Postgres. They move to another backend platform (Appwrite, Firebase, Convex) or to a general application host where Postgres is one product among several.
Short answer: The first three alternatives to Supabase in our backend and app hosting platform ranking are Appwrite, Firebase and Convex. Places 1 to 3 go to challengers, vendors outside the best-known brands in a category, wherever the category has them; the established names follow from place 4 in their ranked order. Choose Appwrite if you want an open-source backend with auth, storage and hosting under one subscription. All 11 alternatives below are ranked products from Best Backend and App Hosting Platforms in 2026, and each says where it differs from Supabase.
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Pricing: Free plan; Pro and Team tiers plus compute add-ons, published
Established in: Singapore
Built for: Product teams that want auth, storage and vectors from one Postgres backend
Not for: Workloads that need a dedicated high-throughput vector engine
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Why buyers look past Supabase
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Free projects pause and are capped at two
Supabase's Free plan allows 2 active projects, 500 MB of database and pauses projects after one week of inactivity. A hobby app that is opened once a month will be asleep when a visitor arrives, and a side project with a third idea hits the project limit.
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The Pro bill is a base fee plus compute and usage
Pro starts at $25 a month with $10 of compute credits, extra projects start at $10 a month, and compute ranges from Micro at $10 to Large at $110 and beyond. Egress, disk and monthly active users are billed above their included amounts. The spend cap is on by default, so the choice is between a capped service and an open-ended bill.
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Self-hosting is a smaller product than the cloud
The code is Apache-2.0, but the self-hosting guide says a self-hosted instance runs as a single project, and branching, managed backups, point-in-time recovery and the Management API are not available. Teams that want to leave the vendor's cloud take on server upkeep, security hardening and Postgres maintenance themselves.
Pay per build minute, storage and transfer, published; new-account credits
Amazon's Git-based hosting for front-end and full-stack web apps
your company already runs on AWS and wants one invoice and one set of IAM rules
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What each one does differently
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Appwrite
Israel · Free plan; Pro per project with usage add-ons, published
The closest like-for-like backend platform. Every plan includes the full Appwrite toolkit (build, deploy, protect), with databases billed per database from a $0 serverless fee or from $10 a month for a dedicated tier. Its code is BSD-3-Clause and it self-hosts via Docker or Helm. Its default database is not Postgres.
Switch from Supabase if you want an open-source backend with auth, storage and hosting under one subscription.
United States · Free Spark plan; Blaze pay-as-you-go at Google Cloud rates, published
Google's backend service, with a no-cost Spark plan that needs no payment method and a Blaze pay-as-you-go plan billed on usage. The core database is Firestore, a document store, not Postgres. It is cloud only, and managed Firestore export needs the Blaze plan.
Switch from Supabase if you are building a mobile app and want a document database with no card on file.
United States · Free and Starter plan; Professional per developer, published
A reactive database with server functions written in TypeScript. A free and starter tier is pay as you go, Professional is $25 per developer a month, and larger plans have a $2,500 monthly minimum. The backend is self-hostable under a fair-source licence that forbids a competing hosted product.
Switch from Supabase if you want live-updating queries in TypeScript and not SQL tables.
United States · Free instance types; workspace tiers plus per-instance compute, published
A general application host, not a backend toolkit. Hobby is $0 plus compute, Pro $25, and Postgres is its own priced product with point-in-time recovery. Free web services spin down after 15 minutes idle, and Free Postgres databases expire after 30 days. It supplies no auth or realtime API.
Switch from Supabase if you already have a backend and want a managed host with a Postgres database next to it.
United States · Free plan after a 30-day trial; Hobby and Pro minimums plus usage, published
Usage-billed hosting priced per second of memory and CPU. After a 30-day trial the Free plan is limited to one project, Hobby has a $5 minimum and Pro $20. It can deploy open-source databases with backups, but does not ship an auth or storage service of its own.
Switch from Supabase if you want to run your own services and a database for a small monthly floor.
United States · No platform fee; per-second resource billing, published; 7-day trial
Servers in many regions with no monthly platform fee and per-second billing. Managed Postgres is a separate priced product, listed from $38 a month for Basic, against Supabase's database bundled with auth. Fly asks you to assemble the backend yourself. The trial is 2 VM hours or 7 days.
Switch from Supabase if you want your app and database near users in several regions and can run your own backend.
United States · Dyno tiers from Eco to Performance, published; add-ons billed separately
A long-established application platform priced per dyno, Eco at $5 a month (personal accounts only, sleeps after 30 minutes) up to Performance tiers. Data services such as Heroku Postgres are separate products. It offers no built-in auth or storage API, and its dyno pricing is not usage based.
Switch from Supabase if you want a conventional git-push host with Postgres as an add-on.
United States · Free plan with a credit cap; Personal and Pro tiers with credits, published
A web deploy platform whose plans run on credits: Free, Personal at $9 a month and Pro from $20. Its pricing page lists Netlify Database, blob storage and functions among plan features. It is aimed at front ends and serverless functions, not at a Postgres-centred backend with row-level security.
Switch from Supabase if your project is mainly a front-end site and data needs are light.
United States · Free Hobby plan for personal use; Pro per seat plus usage credit, published
A front-end hosting platform with a Hobby plan restricted to non-commercial, personal use and a paid Pro plan with usage credit. It meters data transfer and compute. It is built for deploying web apps, so database and auth come from a partner or from elsewhere.
Switch from Supabase if you deploy a Next.js style front end and add Supabase or another database alongside it.
United States · Free plan with build limits; Functions metered as Workers requests
Static and full-stack hosting whose docs recommend starting new projects with Workers. On the Free plan, builds are capped at 500 a month with one build at a time. Function requests count against the Workers quota. It does not offer a hosted Postgres database as a Pages feature.
Switch from Supabase if you want cheap static hosting with edge functions and will bring your own data layer.
United States · Pay per build minute, storage and transfer, published; new-account credits
AWS's hosting service for web apps, priced per build minute (1,000 free a month, then $0.01), CDN storage and transfer. It ties you to an AWS account and AWS billing. Compared with Supabase it is a hosting layer, with data services bought as separate AWS products.
Switch from Supabase if your company already runs on AWS and wants one invoice and one set of IAM rules.
Supabase remains the right choice when you want Postgres, auth, file storage and an API from one vendor, with the option to leave because the code is Apache-2.0 and the data is in standard Postgres. Every project gets its own dedicated Postgres instance, and the docs include migration guides in the other direction, from Firebase, Heroku, Render and Vercel Postgres. If the pause on the Free plan and the compute add-ons are acceptable, replacing it usually means rebuilding auth and storage as well.
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What moving off Supabase involves
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Check what self-hosting and the cloud each include
Before leaving for a self-hosted setup, read the list of features that the self-hosting guide says are missing: branching, managed backups and point-in-time recovery, and the Management API. Plan your own backups and upgrades first.
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Move the database as standard Postgres, rebuild the rest
Tables and SQL can travel to any Postgres host, such as Render, Railway or Fly.io Managed Postgres. Auth users, storage buckets and edge functions are Supabase services, so each needs a replacement and a test before you switch DNS.
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Run both for a short period
Keep the Supabase project on its paid plan during the move. A Free project pauses after a week of inactivity, so do not rely on it as a fallback while the new setup is being tested.
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Questions about replacing Supabase
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What is the cheapest alternative to Supabase?
For a backend platform, Appwrite and Firebase both have free plans (Appwrite Free allows 2 projects per account, Firebase Spark needs no payment method).
For hosting plus Postgres, Railway and Fly.io bill by usage with no large base fee. Compare the plan limits, not only the entry price.
Is there an open-source alternative to Supabase?
Appwrite's repository is BSD-3-Clause and Convex's backend is open under a fair-source licence that forbids a competing hosted product. Supabase itself is Apache-2.0. Check each licence file before you assume it permits your use.
Which alternative also uses Postgres?
Render, Railway, Fly.io and Heroku all offer Postgres as a product, but as a database to pair with your own backend. Appwrite lists PostgreSQL among its database types. Firebase uses Firestore and Convex its own reactive database.
Can I self-host Supabase instead of switching?
Yes, using Docker. It runs as a single project and lacks managed backups, point-in-time recovery, branching and the Management API. You also take over server patching, security and Postgres upkeep.
Where is Supabase based?
The terms name Supabase Pte. Ltd., a Singapore corporate entity, as the contracting party. Appwrite's terms are governed by Israeli law, and Render, Convex, Railway and Fly.io name United States companies.
Does Supabase pause paid projects?
The pricing page states pausing for Free projects after one week of inactivity. It does not state the same for Pro, which includes daily backups kept for 7 days.
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Checked 19 October 2026
Supabase pricing: Free limits and pausing, Pro and Team prices, compute sizes, spend cap, dedicated Postgres per project.
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