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PocketBaseSupabase
Free

The open-source application is available without a license fee.

 Freemium

The stack is open source and self-hostable. The hosted service has a free tier and paid…

Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • One binary and one file is the entire backend, trivial to deploy and back up
  • Realtime subscriptions, auth and file storage included
  • Built on plain PostgreSQL, so data and SQL skills stay portable
  • The entire stack can be self-hosted rather than rented
  • SQLite-backed and single-node, so it does not scale horizontally
  • Still pre-1.0, with breaking changes between releases
  • Self-hosting means operating a dozen services rather than one
  • The hosted free tier pauses inactive projects
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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