Render vs Supabase

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

What's good about...

Render

Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
Generous free tier

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 Render's prices compare against Supabase?

Example configuration	Render	Supabase
VM Small	$25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)	--
VM Medium	$175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)	--
VM Large	$450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)	--
Block Storage	$25.00 / mo 100 GB	--
Object Storage	--	$21.00 / mo 1 TB + 250 GB reads/writes
Load Balancer	Included in plan	--
Managed PostgreSQL	$95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage	$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 8 GB Storage
Managed Redis®*	$32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM	--
Serverless 25M Executions	--	$50.00 / mo $2 per 1 Million (excl. free allowance)
Free egress allowance	100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan	5-250 GB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$300.00 Billed $30 / 100 GB	$90.00 $0.09 / GB

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 Render and Supabase offer:

Service	Render	Supabase
Block Storage		--
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Managed Containers		--
Managed MySQL		--
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*		--
Object Storage	--
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions	--
Static Sites		--

Company details

	Render	Supabase
Website	render.com	supabase.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2018	2020
Data Center Locations	4	16
Example Customers	Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt	Mozilla, GitHub, 1Password, Pika, Humata

	Render
Website	render.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2018
Data Center Locations	4
Example Customers	Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

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