Fal.ai vs Supabase

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Fal.ai

Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
Offers both serverless GPU instances

Supabase

Full PostgreSQL access: direct access to the database, not an abstraction
Open Source: Avoids vendor lock-in and can be self-hosted
Combines database, authentication, storage, and serverless functions in one platform
Generous free tier: suitable for small projects

Price comparison

How do Fal.ai's prices compare against Supabase?

Example configuration	Fal.ai	Supabase
Object Storage	--	$21.00 / mo 1 TB + 250 GB reads/writes
Managed PostgreSQL	--	$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 8 GB Storage
Serverless 25M Executions	--	$50.00 / mo $2 per 1 Million (excl. free allowance)
Free egress allowance	--	5-250 GB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	--	$90.00 $0.09 / GB

Fal.ai uses a usage-based pricing model, ensuring you only pay for the compute you consume. It offers two main structures:

GPU Pricing: Billed per second for deploying custom applications on their GPU fleet.
Output-Based Pricing: For models hosted by Fal.ai, billing is based on the output generated, such as per image, per megapixel, or per second of video.

Fal.ai GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
A6000	1x A6000	48GB	--	--	$0.60	Source
A100	1x A100	40GB	--	--	$0.99	Source
H100	1x H100	80GB	--	--	$1.89	Source
H200	1x H200	141GB	--	--	$2.10	Source
B200	1x B200	184GB	--	--	On Request	Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Fal.ai and Supabase offer:

Service	Fal.ai	Supabase
Content Delivery Network (CDN)	--
GPU-powered Servers		--
Managed PostgreSQL	--
Object Storage	--
Serverless Cron Jobs	--
Serverless Functions	--

Company details

	Fal.ai	Supabase
Website	fal.ai	supabase.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2021	2020
Data Center Locations	--	16
Example Customers	PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra	Mozilla, GitHub, 1Password, Pika, Humata

	Fal.ai
Website	fal.ai
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2021
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra

	Supabase
Website	supabase.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2020
Data Center Locations	16
Example Customers	Mozilla, GitHub, 1Password, Pika, Humata