Beam
vs
Supabase
What's good about each
- Pay-per-millisecond billing, only while code is running
- Sub-second cold starts from memory snapshots
- No egress or bandwidth fees on any plan
- Runs in your own AWS, GCP or Azure account
- Direct SQL access to a full Postgres database
- Entire stack is open source and self-hostable
- Auth, storage, realtime and edge functions included
- Free tier covers a 500 MB database and 50k monthly users
- SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Beam | Supabase | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium VM | $289.08 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB disk · Billed per second while running | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $21.30 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress · 250 GB egress is within the plan allowance | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $67.15 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Medium) · $60 Medium compute, 50 GB disk, 10 GB egress | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $50.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration · Billed per invocation only | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 5 GB (Free), 250 GB (Pro and Team) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Beam offers 10 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Supabase.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Beam | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | Enterprise only | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Beam | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 17 |
| Example customers | Coke, Ogilvy, Magellan AI, Raven, EdgeImpulse, Frase | Lovable, Brevo, eXp Realty, Chatbase, QA.tech |
| Website | www.beam.cloud | supabase.com |
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Our data for Beam was last updated on Oct. 21, 2026, and for Supabase on Sept. 18, 2026.