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Supabase

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Offer Full Postgres backend, free forever

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Updated Jun 2026

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The offer

Free plan ($0/mo, permanent, no card): a dedicated Postgres database, 500 MB storage, 5 GB egress, 1 GB file storage, 50,000 monthly active auth users, and 500K Edge Function invocations
Includes pgvector, Auth (OAuth, SAML, magic-link), S3-compatible Storage, Realtime, and auto-generated APIs, all on the free tier
Pro plan $25/mo: 8 GB database, 100,000 MAU, daily backups, spend caps on by default
A Startup Program runs via partners (extended free time on the Team plan) for eligible early-stage teams; apply through the partners page
Fully open-source and self-hostable for $0 via Docker or CLI

Who qualifies

Free plan: anyone, no card, no application
Startup Program: bootstrapped / pre-seed / seed startups apply via the partners page with a company-domain email and verifiable funding status
Free-tier projects pause after one week of inactivity, and you're capped at 2 active projects

Community Insights

Supabase is the default backend for AI-assisted and vibe-coded apps. Developers praise how fast it gets a real Postgres plus auth stack running with near-zero ops, and co-locating the API with the database (versus serverless platforms) is cited as a genuine advantage. The recurring caveat is security: multiple developers report that AI-generated Supabase apps ship with Row Level Security misconfigured, leaving databases publicly open. Treat the generated schema’s access rules as something to verify, not trust.

Best Practices (from community tips)

Enable and test Row Level Security on every table before going live. Never trust an AI-generated schema’s default access rules.
Use the free plan’s 2-project allowance as dev and prod; keep extra environments as paused projects.
Upgrade to Pro before launch so a real product doesn’t hit the 7-day idle pause.
Keep spend caps on (the Pro default) until you understand your egress and compute curve.
Run the local stack on OrbStack or Colima for fewer Docker headaches.
For the Startup Program, apply with a company-domain email and a real website that matches your public funding record.