Trying to calculate your actual Supabase costs can be deceptive. Between the generous free tier, the straightforward $25 Pro plan, and the various usage-based fees, it’s easy to underestimate your monthly bill. As a powerful open-source Firebase alternative, Supabase is a fantastic choice for building everything from a weekend project to a scalable enterprise application, but you need to understand the financial commitment.
At MetaCTO, we’ve implemented Supabase for numerous clients, giving us firsthand insight into how pricing works in the real world. We’ve seen teams get surprised by egress fees or Auth costs after launch. This guide is designed to prevent that. We’ll break down every plan, demystify the usage-based pricing, and highlight the “hidden” costs of integration and maintenance.
Short on time? Here’s the key takeaway: Supabase has a Free plan with generous but firm limits, a Pro plan starting at $25/month that adds usage-based pricing for most features, a Team plan at $599/month for larger teams, and a custom Enterprise plan for advanced needs like HIPAA compliance. Your true cost will be the plan fee plus any usage over the included allowances.
Supabase Pricing Plans: At a Glance
To quickly compare the options, here is a high-level overview of the four main Supabase pricing plans. This table will help you identify the right starting point for your project.
| Feature | Free Plan | Pro Plan | Team Plan | Enterprise Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Cost | $0 | Starts at $25 + Usage | Starts at $599 + Usage | Custom |
| Best For | Hobby Projects & MVPs | Production Apps & Businesses | Agencies & Large Teams | Large-Scale Needs |
| Database Size | 500 MB | 8 GB (Usage-based after) | 8 GB (Usage-based after) | Custom |
| Monthly Active Users | 50,000 | 100,000 (Usage-based after) | 100,000 (Usage-based after) | Custom |
| Storage | 1 GB | 100 GB (Usage-based after) | 100 GB (Usage-based after) | Custom |
| Daily Backups | No | Yes (Point-in-Time Recovery) | Yes (Point-in-Time Recovery) | Custom |
| Email Support | Community Only | Yes | Yes | Dedicated Support |
| HIPAA Compliance | No | No | No | Available as Add-on |
Deep Dive: Supabase Pricing Tiers Explained
Supabase structures its pricing around a base fee for each tier, with additional costs for usage that exceeds the plan’s included quotas. Let’s look at each plan in detail.
1. The Free Plan
The Free plan is one of Supabase’s most attractive features. It’s incredibly generous and allows you to build and launch a full application without paying a dime. It’s perfect for prototyping, hackathons, and building out an MVP.
- Cost: $0
- Best For: Startups, indie developers, and anyone building a rapid MVP before seeking investment.
- Key Limitation: Projects on the free plan that are inactive for 7 days will be paused. You also have strict usage limits. Once you hit those limits, your service may be disrupted until you upgrade.
Free Plan Limits Breakdown (2025)
| Feature | Limit |
|---|---|
| Organizations | 1 Member |
| Projects | 2 |
| Database Size | 500 MB |
| Database Egress | 2 GB |
| Auth MAUs | 50,000 |
| Storage Size | 1 GB |
| Storage Egress | 2 GB |
| Edge Function Invocations | 500,000 |
2. The Pro Plan
The Pro plan is the standard choice for any serious application going into production. For a base fee, you get significantly higher limits, daily backups, no project pausing, and the ability to scale your usage as your app grows.
- Cost: Starts at $25 per project, per month, plus pay-as-you-go usage fees.
- Best For: Production applications, small to medium businesses, and startups that have outgrown the free tier.
The Pro plan introduces the concept of usage-based billing for almost every feature, which is the “true cost” of Supabase. We’ll break this down in the next section.
3. The Team Plan
The Team plan is designed for larger organizations or agencies that require advanced collaboration features, centralized billing, and higher security standards.
- Cost: Starts at $599 per month, which includes Pro plan access for all projects, plus usage.
- Best For: Development agencies, larger companies with multiple development teams, and businesses needing features like SSO and detailed audit logs.
4. The Enterprise Plan
The Enterprise plan is a fully custom solution for organizations with specific, large-scale requirements around security, compliance, and support.
- Cost: Custom pricing based on a dedicated contract.
- Best For: Large companies requiring features like HIPAA compliance, dedicated infrastructure, and enterprise-level support. If your application handles sensitive health information, this is the only option.
The True Cost of Supabase: Understanding Usage-Based Pricing
Your final Supabase bill is your plan’s base fee plus any overages. Here’s how the pay-as-you-go pricing works for the most common services on the Pro and Team plans.
Supabase Pricing Plans 2025: A Quick Comparison
Free
Perfect for Hobby Projects & MVPs
⚠️ Project paused after 7 days of inactivity
Pro
For Production Apps & Growing Businesses
🚀 Pay-as-you-go scaling for all resources
Enterprise
For Large-Scale & Mission-Critical Applications
🛡️ HIPAA & SOC2 compliance included
All prices shown are in USD. Usage-based pricing applies to Pro plan resources beyond included limits.
| Feature | Included in Pro Plan | Pay-as-you-go Price (After Included) |
|---|---|---|
| Database Size | 8 GB | $0.125 per GB / month |
| Database Egress | 50 GB | $0.09 per GB |
| Auth MAUs | 100,000 | $0.00325 per additional MAU |
| Storage Size | 100 GB | $0.021 per GB / month |
| Storage Egress | 250 GB | $0.09 per GB |
| Edge Function Invocations | 2,000,000 | $2 per additional 1,000,000 |
| Realtime Messages | 5,000,000 | $2.50 per additional 1,000,000 |
It’s crucial to model these costs. For example, if your Pro app has 150,000 Monthly Active Users, you will pay for the 50,000 users over your limit. This is a critical factor when planning your app’s monetization strategy.
Beyond the Platform: Integration & Maintenance Costs
Choosing a Supabase plan is only the first step. The real investment comes from properly integrating it into your application. A flawed setup can lead to security vulnerabilities, data loss, and costly overruns.
Factors that contribute to the total cost of ownership include:
- Development & Integration: Your team needs to correctly implement the Supabase client libraries, set up database tables, configure Row Level Security (RLS), and integrate Auth. This requires skilled mobile app development or web development expertise.
- Database Architecture: Designing an efficient Postgres schema is critical for performance and cost. A poorly designed database can quickly exceed storage and compute quotas.
- Security Configuration: Supabase is secure by default, but you are responsible for writing correct RLS policies. A misconfiguration can expose user data. For complex projects, our fractional CTO service can provide the oversight needed to ensure a secure and scalable architecture.
- Project Migration & Rescue: If you have an existing application or a poorly implemented Supabase project, you may need a project rescue effort to migrate your data and fix the architecture without downtime.
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Conclusion: Plan for Scale, Invest in Expertise
Supabase’s pricing model is designed to grow with you. The free tier is perfect for getting started, the Pro plan offers a predictable path to production, and the Enterprise plan provides for massive scale.
The key to success is to look beyond the base monthly fee. You must understand and forecast your usage costs for Auth, Database, and Storage to build a sustainable financial model for your application. The platform is powerful, but its value is only unlocked through expert implementation.
If you’re ready to build on Supabase with confidence, talk to the team at MetaCTO. We’ll help you choose the right plan and build a backend that sets you up for long-term success.
1. PLAN
Strategic Architecture
We design your database schema and security rules to be scalable and cost-effective before a line of code is written. This prevents costly mistakes.
Related: Fractional CTO
2. INTEGRATE
Expert Implementation
Our team handles the complex integration with your web or mobile app, ensuring your setup is secure and follows best practices from day one.
Related: Mobile App Development, Web to Mobile App Development
3. OPTIMIZE
Cost & Performance Tuning
We write efficient queries and optimize your database performance to keep your pay-as-you-go compute costs as low as possible as you scale.
Related: Project Rescue, Vibe Code Rescue
4. SCALE
Long-Term Growth
We provide ongoing maintenance and support to ensure your application remains stable, secure, and ready for future growth.
Related: App Growth, Monetization
Frequently Asked Questions About Supabase
How much does Supabase cost in 2025?
Supabase's cost varies. The Free plan is $0. The Pro plan starts at $25/month plus usage fees for database size, storage, and active users over the generous included limits. The Team plan starts at $599/month, and the Enterprise plan has custom pricing.
What are the limits of the Supabase free tier?
The Supabase free plan is limited to 2 projects, a 500 MB database, 1 GB of storage, 50,000 monthly active users (MAUs), and 2 GB of database egress. Inactive projects are also paused after 7 days.
How is Supabase Auth priced?
Supabase Auth is priced based on Monthly Active Users (MAUs). The Free plan includes 50,000 MAUs, and the Pro plan includes 100,000 MAUs. After that, it costs $0.00325 per additional MAU on the Pro plan.
Is Supabase cheaper than Firebase?
It depends on your usage. Supabase can often be cheaper due to its simpler, more predictable pricing model based on resources like database size. Firebase pricing is more complex, with charges for individual reads/writes/deletes, which can be harder to forecast. For many projects, Supabase offers a more transparent cost structure.
Is Supabase HIPAA compliant?
Yes, but HIPAA compliance is only available as a paid add-on for customers on the Enterprise plan. It is not available on the Free, Pro, or Team plans.
How much does Supabase storage cost?
On the Pro plan, you get 100 GB of storage included. After that, it costs $0.021 per GB per month. Storage egress (data transfer out) is free up to 250 GB, and then costs $0.09 per GB.