Backend as a service Category leader
AWS Amplify
Fullstack TypeScript backend and hosting on AWS
Key features
- Managed database
- User authentication
- File storage
- Serverless functions
- Realtime sync
Supabase alternatives
Other backend as a service tools to consider instead of Supabase. Key features and starting prices come from each vendor's own site.
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Supabase
Category leader
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| Pricing | Free plan $25/month | Paid | Free plan $25/mo | Free plan | Free plan |
| Best for | Solo developers and small teams building web or mobile apps on Postgres who want auth and storage without running servers | Frontend-led web and mobile teams already on AWS that want TypeScript-defined backends without managing infrastructure by hand | — | — | — |
| Team size | 1–500 people | 1–500+ people | 1–500 people | 1–500+ people | 1–500 people |
| Managed database | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| User authentication | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| File storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Serverless functions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Realtime sync | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Row-level security | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit |
Head to head
The alternatives
Backend as a service Category leader
Appwrite
Open-source backend with auth, databases, storage, functions and hosting
Key features
- Managed database
- User authentication
- File storage
- Serverless functions
- Realtime sync
Backend as a service Category leader
Firebase
Google's app backend: databases, auth, storage, functions and hosting
Key features
- Managed database
- User authentication
- File storage
- Serverless functions
- Realtime sync
Backend as a service Rising
Convex
Reactive backend platform with a database, functions and live queries
Key features
- Managed database
- User authentication
- File storage
- Serverless functions
- Realtime sync