Supabase

The open source Firebase alternative

5.0•792 reviews•

45K followers

The open source Firebase alternative

5.0•792 reviews•

45K followers

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Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service that provides real-time databases, authentication, and API services. It enables developers to build and scale applications quickly without managing server infrastructure.

Supabase Reviews

The community submitted 792 reviews to tell us what they like about Supabase, what Supabase can do better, and more.

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Reviewers mostly see Supabase as a fast, practical way to stand up a real backend with Postgres, auth, storage, realtime features, and edge functions in one place. They repeatedly praise the developer experience, clean UI, solid docs, and the fact that it feels open and portable rather than locked in. Founders of products like CatDoes and ClawSecure say it has been reliable and easy to scale, though some users note rough edges around edge-function cold starts, docs discoverability, auth UX, and free-tier or pricing limits.

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Pros

authentication features (59)

PostgreSQL integration (43)

easy setup (38)

scalable infrastructure (35)

developer experience (28)

real-time capabilities (28)

open source (25)

storage solutions (25)

fast performance (19)

seamless integration (18)

Cons

documentation gaps (3)

limited free tier (2)

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fast performance (19)developer experience (28)easy setup (38)seamless integration (18)scalable infrastructure (35)authentication features (59)PostgreSQL integration (43)

Built a full marketplace as a solo founder on Supabase (auth, postgres, RLS, storage, edge functions, realtime, serverless webpages). I'd have needed a small backend team to wire all of that up myself. Postgres underneath means I'm never locked in and never fighting a custom DSL.

RLS in particular is the unlock, security policies live next to the data, not buried in middleware that drifts out of sync.

What needs improvement

limited free tier (2)

Edge function cold starts are still slower than I'd like for user-facing calls. The dashboard's SQL editor is good but loses your unsaved query if you accidentally navigate away, would love a draft auto-save,

Oh, and the pricing jump from Pro to Enterprise is steep for solo founders who outgrow the free tier but don't need a whole org plan yet a middle "indie" tier would be welcome.

vs Alternatives

Firebase

Looked at Firebase (no SQL, vendor lock-in), Pocketbase (single binary is great but no managed scaling), and rolling my own on raw Postgres +Hasura + custom auth.

Supabase wins because it gives you real Postgres with the production wiring already done, but doesn't hide the database

behind an opinion. Migrations are SQL files. Queries are SQL.

If I ever leave, I leave with my data and schema intact

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