Supabase FREE pricing & rate limits

Supabase operates on a tiered model that forces a quick transition away from their entry-level offering for any production database workload. While the platform advertises a $0.00 starting point, the baseline allocation of 0.5 GB of RAM, 0.5 GB of storage, and 0.5 vCPU cores is insufficient for anything beyond trivial development tasks or proof-of-concept testing. Scaling to functional production levels requires moving to their Pro tier or higher, which shifts billing into a custom structure often requiring direct sales contact. This aligns with the behavior of other Postgres-as-a-service providers like Neon, though Supabase relies heavily on AWS-backed infrastructure under the hood.

• Exceeding the minimal storage allotment triggers a charge of $0.13/GB, which is relatively standard compared to market peers.
• Out-of-bounds network egress is billed at $0.09/GB, a rate consistent with AWS region-to-internet transfer costs.
• Database connection limits are strictly tied to the selected tier, and hitting these triggers immediate throttling rather than elastic scaling of the connection pool.
• High-availability replication is not included in the base hardware footprint and requires significant plan upgrades to provision read replicas across distinct availability zones.

The hardware ceiling on the lower end of the Supabase offering is intentionally restrictive. You are essentially paying for the convenience of a managed PostgreSQL interface rather than raw compute performance. Because the vCPU and RAM allocations are so conservative, you will find yourself hitting resource contention quickly if your application performs complex joins or maintains a high volume of concurrent database sessions. This platform is best suited for teams that prioritize the integration of their database with a wider suite of BaaS tools and do not want to manage their own Postgres configuration, but the pricing model necessitates a clear plan for scaling once your data volume moves past the negligible 0.5 GB threshold.