Head-to-head, indicative as of Oct 2026. Prices change — always confirm on the vendor page.
Quick read: pick Supabase if your workload is postgres, auth, storage without a backend team and its included egress fits your traffic shape; pick Northflank if you need teams shipping many small services and databases. For anything latency-sensitive at the edge, cold start row is the tiebreaker.
| Supabase | Northflank | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Postgres platform + auth | Deployment platform (containers + DBs) |
| Free tier | 2 projects, 500MB DB | Free tier with 2 services |
| Paid pricing (indicative) | Pro from $25/mo | Usage-based from ~$0 |
| Egress | Included allowances | Included |
| Cold start | N/A | N/A (persistent) |
| Regions | Multi-region | Multi-region |
| Best for | Postgres, auth, storage without a backend team | Teams shipping many small services and databases |
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