Supabase vs Neon

Side-by-side database cost comparison — enter your storage and compute workload and see which provider is cheaper.

1. Pick a workload

Choose the preset closest to your database size.

2. Fine-tune (optional)

Override the preset with your real numbers.

Supabase is cheaper by $31.66/mo (43%) for this workload.

SupabasePro

Lower cost
$41.50/mo
Pro plan base
Includes Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime + DB — $10 compute credit included
$25.00
Compute — Small (2 GB RAM)
Small $15/mo − $10 credit = $5 extra
$5.00
Database storage
92.0 GB overage × $0.125/GB (8 GB included)
$11.50
Egress
30 GB — within 250 GB included
incl.
Compute: Small (2 GB RAM, 2-core ARM). Selected as nearest tier for 2 GB RAM target. Price includes Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime — not just the database. Compare with pure-DB providers at lower storage tiers with this in mind.
Rates verified 2026-05 — Supabase pricing page

NeonLaunch

$73.16/mo
Platform fee
No monthly minimum — pay-as-you-go
incl.
Compute (0.5 CU × 720h)
0.5 CU × 720 hrs × $0.106/CU-hr
$38.16
Storage
100 GB × $0.35/GB-mo
$35.00
Egress
30 GB — within 100 GB included
incl.
Compute: 0.5 CU = 0.5 vCPU, 2 GB RAM. Always-on: 720 active hours/month billed at full CU rate.
Rates verified 2026-05 — Neon pricing page

What Supabase excels at

  • Full BaaS bundle: Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, and Realtime are included in the Pro price — not just the database.
  • Native MakerKit support: MakerKit ships with first-class Supabase integration out of the box.
  • Postgres with Row Level Security: fine-grained per-row access control at the database level.
  • Dashboard and Studio: visual table editor, SQL editor, and migration tooling built in.
  • Generous free tier: 500 MB DB, 50,000 MAU, 5 GB egress — no credit card required.

What Neon excels at

  • Scale-to-zero: database suspends after 5 min of inactivity — pay only for active hours.
  • Branching: instant database branches for feature dev, staging, and testing.
  • Autoscaling: compute scales from 0.25 CU up to 16 CU within seconds.
  • Instant restore: point-in-time restore at $0.20/GB-month, no backup window needed.
  • Postgres-native: no proprietary APIs — standard Postgres connection string, works with every ORM.
Native integration

Building on Supabase or Neon?

MakerKit ships pre-configured for Supabase — auth, RLS, storage, and migrations all done. Prefer Neon? Standard Postgres means it's a one connection-string swap.

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