Render
vs
Supabase
Both offer managed Postgres, cron jobs and a CDN. Render adds app containers, Redis, static sites and block storage, while Supabase charges less for Postgres and egress and bundles auth, realtime sync and vector search.
What's good about each
- Postgres with point-in-time recovery, read replicas and high availability
- Unlimited seats on paid plans, no per-seat billing
- Free plans for web services, Postgres and Key Value
- Full-stack preview environments for each pull request
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA-compliant workspaces
- 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 | Render | Supabase | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $21.30 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress · 250 GB egress is within the plan allowance | |
| PostgreSQL | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | $67.15 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Medium) · $60 Medium compute, 50 GB disk, 10 GB egress | 25% cheaper on Supabase |
| Redis | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (1g) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $50.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration · Billed per invocation only | |
| Egress allowance | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | 5 GB (Free), 250 GB (Pro and Team) | |
| Egress | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB | 40% cheaper on Supabase |
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 | Render | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 5 | 17 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every | Lovable, Brevo, eXp Realty, Chatbase, QA.tech |
| Website | render.com | supabase.com |
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Our data for Render was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Supabase on Sept. 18, 2026.