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Supabase vs PocketBase: catalog facts
Supabase	PocketBase
Freemium The stack is open source and self-hostable. The hosted service has a free tier and paid…	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Built on plain PostgreSQL, so data and SQL skills stay portable The entire stack can be self-hosted rather than rented	One binary and one file is the entire backend, trivial to deploy and back up Realtime subscriptions, auth and file storage included
Self-hosting means operating a dozen services rather than one The hosted free tier pauses inactive projects	SQLite-backed and single-node, so it does not scale horizontally Still pre-1.0, with breaking changes between releases
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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