Supabase Pricing 2026: Every Tier Explained for Indie Hackers

If you're building a side project or a startup in 2026, you're almost certainly looking at Supabase. It’s firmly established itself as the go-to open-source Firebase alternative, giving you a powerful Postgres database, authentication, edge functions, and storage right out of the box.

But while their pricing looks incredibly simple on the surface, scaling an app can trigger some unexpected costs. If you aren't paying attention to your compute upgrades and bandwidth egress, that friendly $25/month subscription can suddenly look a lot more expensive.

Here’s a complete, no-nonsense breakdown of Supabase’s 2026 pricing, what you actually get, and the hidden overage costs indie hackers need to watch out for.

The Tiers Explained

1. The Free Tier ($0)

Supabase’s free tier is legendary in the indie hacker community. It’s designed to get your MVP off the ground with zero financial friction.

What you get:

• Up to 50,000 Monthly Active Users (MAUs) for authentication.
• 500 MB of database space.
• 1 GB of file storage and 5 GB of database egress.
• Unlimited API requests.

The Catch:

You're limited to two active free projects at a time. More importantly, free projects run on shared CPU and will automatically "pause" after one week of inactivity. If a user visits your app after it's paused, they’ll hit a cold start delay while the database spins back up.

It's perfect for development, but you'll want to upgrade as soon as you have real users.

2. The Pro Tier ($25 / month)

This is where 90% of solo founders and indie hackers live. Upgrading to Pro unlocks the real power of Supabase and removes the annoying inactivity pausing.

What you get:

• 100,000 MAUs.
• 8 GB of database storage.
• 100 GB of file storage and 250 GB of bandwidth/egress.
• Daily backups stored for 7 days.
• $10/month in compute credits (which covers the default Micro compute instance).

The Catch:

The $25/month covers your first Pro project. If you're a serial builder spinning up multiple live apps under one organization, subsequent Pro projects cost $10/month.

3. The Team Tier ($599 / month)

You generally won't touch this tier until your SaaS starts selling to enterprise clients. The massive price jump isn't about giving you more storage; it’s a "compliance tax."

What you get:

• Everything in Pro.
• SOC2 compliance capabilities.
• Single Sign-On (SSO) for your team workspace.
• 14-day Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR).
• Priority email support and audit logs.

4. Enterprise (Custom)

Reserved for massive scale. If you need dedicated virtual machines, custom SLAs, private cloud deployments, and hands-on architecture support, you'll be negotiating a custom contract here.

The Hidden Costs

The $25/mo Pro plan is a fantastic deal, but it operates on a baseline quota. Once your app catches fire, you switch to usage-based pricing. Here is what actually drives your Supabase bill up:

1. Bandwidth / Egress ($0.09 per GB)

This is the silent killer for many side projects. The Pro plan gives you a generous 250 GB of bandwidth. But if you're building a media-heavy app or carelessly pulling down unoptimized queries on every page load, that $0.09 per GB overage fee will stack up rapidly.

2. Compute Upgrades (Starts at +$10/mo)

Your $25 Pro plan includes a Micro compute instance (1 GB RAM, 2-core ARM CPU). If your app starts running complex queries or handles a high volume of concurrent users, the Micro instance will bottleneck. Upgrading to a Small compute instance costs $15/month (minus your $10 credit, so +$5), while a Large dedicated CPU instance jumps to $110/month (+$100 after credits).

3. Authentication Overages

100,000 MAUs is massive for most solo founders. If you somehow cross that threshold, you'll pay $0.00325 per additional active user. It’s relatively cheap, but it's a metric you need to monitor if you run a free consumer app with high viral growth but low monetization.

For indie hackers in 2026, Supabase remains one of the best bargains in the tech stack. You're getting an incredibly robust PostgreSQL backend, instant APIs, and enterprise-grade authentication for $25 a month.

Just remember to optimize your database queries and keep an eye on your storage egress. As long as you aren't leaking bandwidth, Supabase will keep your server costs perfectly aligned with your startup's growth.