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Powabase vs Supabase

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price
The same for both — $25/mo
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Supabase — 93 vs 77 for Powabase
Best fit
Powabase: Teams rebuilding the same Postgres plus RAG plus agent stack on every project · Supabase: Developers and vibe-coders who need a ready backend with auth for a web or mobile app

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactPowabaseSupabase
CategoryVector Databases & RAGDatabases & Warehouses
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$25/mo$25/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score77 / 10093 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyAgentic Enterprise Solutions, Inc.Supabase
Launched—2020
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Oct 2, 2026

What our research says

Powabase

A Supabase-shaped backend with the retrieval and agent layers already wired in, so document ingestion, vector search and tool-calling agents come from the same project as your database and auth. Worth a look if you keep rebuilding that stack; the trade-off is that plan fees sit on top of usage credits, so the real bill depends on call volume rather than the sticker price.

Pros

  • Postgres, auth, storage, realtime, pgvector and an OCR document pipeline ship together
  • ReAct agent runtime supports multiple models, knowledge bases and tools with streaming
  • Visual workflow canvas with a natural-language copilot for assembling steps
  • Self-hostable under Apache-2.0 via Docker Compose, so the managed cloud is not a lock-in

Cons

  • Every paid plan bills usage credits on top of the monthly fee, so cost tracks call volume
  • Marketing claims about token savings and build cost carry no published methodology
  • Documentation and community are young compared with the database platforms it competes with

Supabase

Supabase is a strong default for developers who want a real Postgres database with auth and storage included, and it is especially popular as the backend for AI-generated apps. The free tier is enough to build and demo. Watch the pausing of idle free projects and usage-based add-ons once you go to production.

Pros

  • Standard Postgres with auto-generated APIs and Row Level Security
  • Open source core that can be self-hosted
  • Auth, storage, realtime and functions in one project
  • Spend caps are on by default on the Pro plan

Cons

  • Free projects are paused after a week of inactivity
  • Pro costs are per organization and compute for additional projects is billed on top
  • Vector search at large scale is less specialised than a dedicated vector database

Which one fits

Choose Powabase if you need

  • Teams rebuilding the same Postgres plus RAG plus agent stack on every project
  • Developers who want document OCR and pgvector search without stitching services
  • Anyone who needs the option to self-host the whole thing later

Choose Supabase if you need

  • Developers and vibe-coders who need a ready backend with auth for a web or mobile app
  • AI apps that want embeddings stored beside application data in Postgres

Powabase vs Supabase: the questions people ask

Is Powabase cheaper than Supabase?

Both publish the same entry price, $25/mo. The difference is what each plan includes, which the fact table above sets side by side.

Does Powabase or Supabase have a free tier?

Both: Powabase has a free tier, and Supabase has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Powabase or Supabase?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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