Cloudways
vs
Supabase
What's good about each
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
- 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 | Cloudways | Supabase | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | -- 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 | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $50.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration · Billed per invocation only | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 5 GB (Free), 250 GB (Pro and Team) | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB | 78% cheaper on Cloudways |
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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | Cloudways | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 17 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Lovable, Brevo, eXp Realty, Chatbase, QA.tech |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | supabase.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Supabase on Sept. 18, 2026.