Supabase vs Firebase free tier
Side-by-side free-plan limits, copied from each official pricing page. No opinions, just the numbers and the catches.
Supabase
pauses when idle
- 50,000 MAU
- 500 MB database
- 5 GB egress
- 5 GB cached egress
- 1 GB file storage
- unlimited API requests
- shared CPU / 500 MB RAM
- paused after 1 week inactivity
Firebase
no card needed
- 1 GiB Firestore storage
- 50,000 Firestore reads/day
- 20,000 Firestore writes/day
- 20,000 Firestore deletes/day
- 10 GiB Firestore outbound/mo
- 10 GiB/mo App Hosting outbound
- 5 GB App Hosting storage
- no-cost, no payment method
Catches that differ
- Supabase: pauses when idle; Firebase: not stated
- Firebase: no card needed; Supabase: not stated
Limits change. Each column links to its source; see the changelog for recorded changes.
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