Best Supabase alternatives (2026)
Supabase scores 93/100 in Databases & backends. Here are 14 alternatives ranked by the same evidence-based score, with pricing and free tiers side by side. Rankings are never for sale.
| Tool | Score | Free tier | Open source | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supabase (current pick) | 93 | Yes: 2 projects, 500 MB DB, 50K MAU, 1 GB storage (pauses after 1 week idle) | Yes | Pro from $25/mo per org (includes $10 compute credit) |
| Neon | 86 | Yes: 100 projects, 1 GB storage per project, 100 CU-hours/project/mo | Yes | Launch: usage-based, no monthly minimum ($0.106/CU-hour, $0.35/GB-month) |
| Convex | 84 | Yes: Free plan with hard resource caps | Yes | Professional $25/developer/mo; Starter $0 base plus pay-as-you-go |
| Prisma Postgres | 81 | Yes: 200K operations/mo, 2 GB storage, 50 databases, no card | No | Starter $10/mo (1M operations, then $8 per million; 10 GB, then $2/GB; spend limits); Pro $49/mo (10M ops, 50 GB); Business $129/mo (50M ops, 100 GB, HIPAA/SOC 2) |
| Appwrite | 80 | Yes: 75K MAU, 2 GB storage, 5 GB bandwidth, 750K executions; 2 projects, paused after 1 week idle | Yes | Pro from $25/mo per project (+$15/extra project); 200K MAU included, then $3 per 1,000 |
| Firebase | 77 | Yes: Spark plan with no-cost quotas (e.g. Firestore 1 GiB, 50K reads/day) | No | Blaze: pay as you go above free quotas |
| PocketBase | 77 | Yes: free to self-host (no hosted plan) | Yes | Free and open source (MIT); you pay only for your own server. No official hosting. |
| Turso | 77 | Yes: 100 databases, 5 GB, 500M row reads/mo, no card | Yes | Developer $5.99/mo ($4.99 annual) |
| MongoDB Atlas | 76 | Yes: M0 free forever, 512 MB storage, up to 100 ops/sec (no backups) | No | Flex $0.011/hr, about $8–$30/mo depending on ops/sec; Dedicated from $0.08/hr (M10, from ~$56.94/mo) |
| Nhost | 76 | Yes: Starter is free with 1 project, 1 GB database, 1 GB storage and 5 GB egress (the project pauses after 1 week of inactivity) | Yes | Starter free (1 project). Pro from $25/mo with $15 compute credits included: 10 GB database (then $0.20/GB), 50 GB storage, 50 GB egress, daily backups. Team from $599/mo. Enterprise custom |
| Cloudflare D1 | 75 | Yes: 5M rows read/day, 100K rows written/day, 5 GB total (500 MB per database, 10 databases) | No | Workers Paid $5/mo account minimum: 25B rows read and 50M rows written/mo included (then $0.001/M reads, $1.00/M writes), 5 GB included then $0.75/GB-mo |
| Upstash | 71 | Yes: 250 MB and 500K commands/mo | No | Pay as you go: $0.20 per 100K commands |
| Xata | 71 | No: 14-day free trial on Xata Cloud (no card); open source self-hosting is free | Yes | Xata Cloud pay as you go from $0.012/hr (micro, ~$9/mo) + $0.28/GB-month storage; no per-branch or per-seat fees; BYOC quoted |
| PlanetScale | 69 | No | No | From $5/mo (single-node Postgres PS-5); HA from $15/mo |
| Busabase | 66 | Yes: free cloud plan and free self-hosting | Yes | Open source self-hosted free; Cloud Free $0 (1 space, 3 seats, 5,000 records per space); paid from $10/seat/mo billed yearly ($120/seat/yr) |
Why switch from Supabase?
The best fit for AI builders: Postgres, auth and storage in one, a generous free tier, open source and deep builder integrations.
The alternatives in detail
Best for: Serverless Postgres with instant branches for previews and agents
Best for: TypeScript apps that need realtime data with minimal backend code
Best for: TypeScript apps and coding agents that want a Postgres database in one command with predictable per-query pricing
Best for: An open-source, self-hostable Firebase alternative
Best for: Mobile and realtime apps that want a Google-managed backend
Best for: Small and mid-size apps that want a free, portable backend on one cheap VPS
Best for: Lightweight SQLite apps and database-per-user designs
Best for: Apps with flexible, nested JSON data or that need vector search next to app data
Best for: Builders who want a Supabase-style all-in-one Postgres backend but prefer a GraphQL API
Best for: Apps already on Cloudflare Workers or Pages that want a cheap SQL database with no servers
Best for: Caching, rate limiting and queues in serverless apps
Best for: Teams running many coding agents or previews that each need an isolated copy of a production Postgres database
Best for: Production databases that need performance and HA
Best for: Teams running several agents who want agent output stored as reviewable data instead of scattered chat logs