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Comparison

Prisma Postgres vs Supabase

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

Comparison space

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Platform

Hosting model
BYOC
BYOC
Managed
Managed
Self-Hosted
Self-Hosted
Database compatibility
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Services
Authentication
Authentication
Edge Functions
Edge Functions
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Object Storage
Object Storage
Database capabilities
Automated Backups
Automated Backups
Compute Autoscaling
Compute Autoscaling
Database Branching
Database Branching
Point-in-Time Recovery
Point-in-Time Recovery
Read Replicas
Read Replicas
Scale to Zero
Scale to Zero
Storage Autoscaling
Storage Autoscaling

Pricing

Compute billing
Plan based Prisma Plans
Plan based Supabase Plans
Storage
  • Storage (Starter) — $2.00 · per GB above allowance
  • Storage (Pro) — $1.50 · per GB above allowance
  • File storage — $0.0213 · per GB beyond 100 GB
I/O / requests
  • Database operations (Starter) — $8 · per million operations above allowance
  • Database operations (Pro) — $2 · per million operations above allowance
Unknown
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances No card required
Free plan Available in public plans

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
Unknown
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Other
  • Customer-controlled infrastructure
Execution & placement
  • Execution: Single Region
  • Placement: Customer-Selected
  • Scope: Regional
  • Execution: Edge
  • Placement: Customer-Selected
  • Placement: Automatic Placement
Availability footprint
  • Database regions: 6 Regions
  • Managed Supabase Cloud: 17 Regions

Resource & Execution Limits

Connections
10 / 100 / 500 / 1,000 Concurrent; Free / Starter / Pro / Business
Unknown
Compute / resource ceiling
Unknown
256 MB Per function

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Unknown
Organization and project roles Project-scoped and read-only roles on Team and Enterprise
Single Sign-On
Unknown
SAML Team and Enterprise
Encryption & secrets
Encryption
Encryption at rest and in transit All plans
Unknown
Encryption at Rest
Unknown
Supabase hosted projects
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
Unknown
AWS PrivateLink Team/Enterprise; same AWS region; database only
IP Allow List
Unknown
Postgres and connection pooler only
Assurances & programs
HIPAA
HIPAA support with signed BAA Business plan; BAA required before storing PHI
Eligible projects Signed BAA, HIPAA add-on, and required high-compliance configuration
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II Business plan
SOC 2 Type II Hosted platform; report access on Team and Enterprise