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Supabase vs Nile

SEPT 2026 audit

A comparison of Supabase and Nile built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 27 criteria comparedSources last checked

The short answer

Choose Supabase if…

Teams who want Postgres plus auth, storage and generated APIs from one vendor on a fixed monthly bill, and who would otherwise assemble those pieces themselves.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Choose Nile if…

Multi-tenant SaaS where every customer wants isolation — Nile makes a database per tenant the default shape rather than something you build on top of Postgres.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Consider something else if…

  • Supabase: You want only a database. Much of the $25 covers a platform you may not use, and free projects are paused after a week of inactivity, which is not the same as scaling to zero.
  • Nile: Several of the features on its own pricing table are marked Coming soon, including branching, backups and provisioned compute, so what is bought today is narrower than the table suggests.

Neither quite fits? Every other option, ranked by iScore: Supabase alternatives · Nile alternatives

12 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.

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01.

At a glance.

CriterionSupabaseNile
Pricing
Free tierYesYes — Ongoing $0 Free plan: 50M query tokens, 1 GB storage, 500 connections, no pauses.
Kind of free offerFree tierFree tier
Entry paid plan
$25/month for Pro, including the first project and $10/mo of compute credits — enough to cover one Micro instance, so this runs a small project rather than being a fee on top of it. Additional projects from $10/mo.
$15/month for Pro, which carries a production SLA. Scale is $350/month.
Pricing modelFixed monthly plan per organisation plus per-project compute, billed hourly by instance sizePriced on queries rather than instances, with a $15 base for Pro. Nile's own framing is "Pay for queries, not for instances", and additional tokens are $0.05 per million.
Limits
Storage (entry plan)
8 GB disk per project on the Pro plan; 500 MB on Free
5 GB on Pro, then $1.00 per additional GB.
Execution
Managed connection poolingSupported — Shared pooler on every plan, IPv4-only; the dedicated pooler is paid plans only.Supported
Infrastructure
Regions
17 specific AWS regions across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and South America, plus broader 'general region' groupings that place the project on an available AWS region within an area. General regions do not support read replicas or API management.
Two regions selectable for a new database: AWS_US_WEST_2 (AWS US West, Oregon) and AWS_EU_CENTRAL_1 (AWS Europe, Frankfurt). The separate list-available-regions endpoint enumerates a third value, AZURE_EASTUS.
Data
EnginePostgreSQLPostgreSQL, with tenant isolation as a first-class concept — databases, tenant databases and vector embeddings are all described as unlimited.
Connection limit
60 direct and 200 pooled connections on the Micro instance included with Pro; both scale with instance size
10,000 connections on Pro, with connection pooling included.
When idleFree projects are paused after one week of inactivity and must be restored manually; paid projects are not pausedNo cold start on Pro — Nile lists it as a plan feature rather than a behaviour to configure.
Database branching
Supported
Not supported — Pricing marks Branching 'Coming soon': one branch Free, 50 Pro, unlimited Scale.
Backup retentionDaily backups: 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, up to 30 days on Enterprise. Free projects get no automatic backups at all — Supabase tells free users to export their own data with the CLI.Three backups taken daily; restore is request-based through support and available on paid tiers only. No retention window is published.
Compliance
SOC 2
SOC 2 Type 2 compliant; report available to Enterprise and Team customers via the dashboard.
Listed on the pricing plan comparison as 'Coming soon'; the Free and Pro columns show '-' for SOC 2.
GDPR / data residencyProjects hosted in EU regions keep primary database data in-region; a DPA is available.Region choice covers residency: a database can be provisioned in eu-central-1 (Frankfurt), which Nile presents as easing EU data-residency rules. From Nile's 2024-04-10 regions announcement; the live API region enum still lists AWS_EU_CENTRAL_1.
Encryption at rest
AES-256 at rest and TLS in transit; sensitive tokens/keys get application-level encryption before storage.
Stated for Nile Auth: all communication is encrypted using TLS and all stored data is encrypted at rest. Read in the Nile Auth FAQ; Nile publishes no platform-wide security page.

Only criteria both providers publish appear here; a tinted cell marks a real difference. Criteria only one of them documents are listed below, and an absence there means we found no source — not that the feature is missing. How we source this.

The small bar above a value is inetGeek's own lean toward that side — computed from the same facts shown, never a number the provider published. See the picker below "The short answer" to weigh only the criteria you care about.

02.

Where they differ.

Entry paid plan

Supabase
$25/month for Pro, including the first project and $10/mo of compute credits — enough to cover one Micro instance, so this runs a small project rather than being a fee on top of it. Additional projects from $10/mo.
Nile
$15/month for Pro, which carries a production SLA. Scale is $350/month.
Sources (2) →
  • Supabase Pricing ↗

    “$25/month [...] First project included. Additional projects from $10/mo. [...] Paid plans include $10/mo in compute credits, enough to cover one Micro instance.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing · Report a correction

  • Pricing — Nile ↗

    “Pro For launching production workloads. With production SLA $ 15 / month [...] Scale For scale, more security and global presence $ 350 / month”

    Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing · Report a correction

Pricing model

Supabase
Fixed monthly plan per organisation plus per-project compute, billed hourly by instance size
Nile
Priced on queries rather than instances, with a $15 base for Pro. Nile's own framing is "Pay for queries, not for instances", and additional tokens are $0.05 per million.
Sources (2) →

Storage (entry plan)

Supabase

8 GB disk per project on the Pro plan; 500 MB on Free

Nile

5 GB on Pro, then $1.00 per additional GB.

Sources (2) →

Regions

Supabase

17 specific AWS regions across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and South America, plus broader 'general region' groupings that place the project on an available AWS region within an area. General regions do not support read replicas or API management.

Nile

Two regions selectable for a new database: AWS_US_WEST_2 (AWS US West, Oregon) and AWS_EU_CENTRAL_1 (AWS Europe, Frankfurt). The separate list-available-regions endpoint enumerates a third value, AZURE_EASTUS.

Sources (2) →
  • Available regions — Supabase Docs ↗

    “Each Supabase project is deployed to one primary region. [...] General regions deploy to an available AWS region within that broader area, which may not match a specific jurisdiction. For example, the "Europe" general region includes London and Zurich, which are not EU member states. Region selection is a data-location control, not proof of regulatory compliance. [...] General regions aren't yet supported for read replicas or management via the API.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs · Report a correction

  • Nile API reference - Create a database ↗

    “The region where the database will be hosted. Nile currently supports the following values: AWS_US_WEST_2 - AWS in US West (Oregon) AWS_EU_CENTRAL_1 - AWS in Europe (Frankfurt)”

    Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction

Engine

Supabase
PostgreSQL
Nile
PostgreSQL, with tenant isolation as a first-class concept — databases, tenant databases and vector embeddings are all described as unlimited.
Sources (2) →

Connection limit

Supabase

60 direct and 200 pooled connections on the Micro instance included with Pro; both scale with instance size

Nile

10,000 connections on Pro, with connection pooling included.

Sources (2) →

When idle

Supabase
Free projects are paused after one week of inactivity and must be restored manually; paid projects are not paused
Nile
No cold start on Pro — Nile lists it as a plan feature rather than a behaviour to configure.
Sources (2) →

Database branching

Supabase
Supported
Nile
Not supported — Pricing marks Branching 'Coming soon': one branch Free, 50 Pro, unlimited Scale.
Sources (2) →

Backup retention

Supabase
Daily backups: 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, up to 30 days on Enterprise. Free projects get no automatic backups at all — Supabase tells free users to export their own data with the CLI.
Nile
Three backups taken daily; restore is request-based through support and available on paid tiers only. No retention window is published.
Sources (2) →
  • Database Backups — Supabase Docs ↗

    “We automatically back up all Pro, Team, and Enterprise Plan projects on a daily basis. [...] Pro Plan projects can access the last 7 days of daily backups. Team Plan projects can access the last 14 days of daily backups, while Enterprise Plan projects can access up to 30 days of daily backups. [...] We recommend that free tier plan projects regularly export their data using the Supabase CLI db dump command and maintain off-site backups.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs · Report a correction

  • Backup and Restore ↗

    “This is available for paid tiers only. We hope to make this process self-serve soon. [...] We take three backups daily to ensure your data is well-protected.”

    Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction

SOC 2

Supabase
SOC 2 Type 2 compliant; report available to Enterprise and Team customers via the dashboard.
Nile
Listed on the pricing plan comparison as 'Coming soon'; the Free and Pro columns show '-' for SOC 2.
Sources (2) →

GDPR / data residency

Supabase
Projects hosted in EU regions keep primary database data in-region; a DPA is available.
Nile
Region choice covers residency: a database can be provisioned in eu-central-1 (Frankfurt), which Nile presents as easing EU data-residency rules. From Nile's 2024-04-10 regions announcement; the live API region enum still lists AWS_EU_CENTRAL_1.
Sources (2) →
  • Supabase Security ↗

    “Supabase supports GDPR-compliant deployments. Projects hosted in EU regions keep your primary database data in-region, and a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available for customers who need a formal data processing contract under GDPR.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

  • Introducing: SaaS Anywhere on Postgres - for Speed and Compliance ↗

    “We started with us-west-2 (Oregon) and you now have the option to also provision a database in eu-central-1 (Frankfurt). [...] There are many regions with strict data residency regulations: EU, UK, parts of Canada, Japan, Australia [...] Having databases in the relevant regions make this a lot simpler and safer.”

    Read 2026-09-13 · official site · Report a correction

Encryption at rest

Supabase
AES-256 at rest and TLS in transit; sensitive tokens/keys get application-level encryption before storage.
Nile
Stated for Nile Auth: all communication is encrypted using TLS and all stored data is encrypted at rest. Read in the Nile Auth FAQ; Nile publishes no platform-wide security page.
Sources (2) →

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03.

Documented by only one.

These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing — except where we say we read the other provider's own page on a given date and it does not state it. Those rows lean, and the provider can correct them with a link.

What the free plan includesSupabase: 500 MB database, 5 GB egress, 1 GB file storage, 50,000 monthly active users and unlimited API requests on shared CPU. Free projects pause after a week without activity.
Egress over allowanceSupabase: $0.09 per GB for uncached egress and $0.03 per GB for cached, charged only above the plan's quota. Egress restrictions clear at the next billing cycle, or immediately on upgrading or disabling the spend cap.
Memory (entry plan)Nile: No memory figure published: serverless compute is billed in query tokens, abstract units of CPU and memory, 50 million included on the Free plan.
Included bandwidthSupabase: 250 GB uncached and 250 GB cached egress a month on Pro and Team, pooled across Database, Auth, Storage and every other service as one Unified Egress Quota
Uptime SLASupabase: Uptime SLAs are an Enterprise line item. No uptime percentage appears anywhere on the pricing page; Team lists "priority email support & SLAs" without a figure.
Point-in-time recoverySupabase: Point-in-time recovery is a paid add-on on Pro, Team and Enterprise, and needs at least a Small compute add-on alongside it. Worst-case recovery point is 2 minutes. Without it, restores go back only to a daily backup.
Read replicasSupabase: Supported
Support on entry paid planSupabase: Community support on Free; email support on Pro, the entry paid plan; priority email support and SLAs from Team; a designated support manager and 24/7/365 premium support on Enterprise.
ISO 27001Supabase: ISO 27001 certified; certificate available to Enterprise and Team customers via the dashboard.
HIPAASupabase: HIPAA compliant; customers may store PHI after signing a BAA and meeting shared-responsibility obligations.
Role-based access controlSupabase: Organization members can be granted access to specific resources, including read-only and billing-only roles.
Dedicated infrastructureNile: Provisioned compute is dedicated to a single Nile customer; tenants can be placed on either serverless or provisioned compute. The pricing page separately marks Provisioned Compute 'Coming soon' (upto 4 VCPU on Pro).
04.

Questions this comparison answers.

Entry paid plan: Supabase or Nile?

Supabase: $25/month for Pro, including the first project and $10/mo of compute credits — enough to cover one Micro instance, so this runs a small project rather than being a fee on top of it. Additional projects from $10/mo.

Nile: $15/month for Pro, which carries a production SLA. Scale is $350/month.

Storage (entry plan): Supabase or Nile?

Supabase: 8 GB disk per project on the Pro plan; 500 MB on Free

Nile: 5 GB on Pro, then $1.00 per additional GB.

Should I choose Supabase or Nile?

Pick Supabase if Teams who want Postgres plus auth, storage and generated APIs from one vendor on a fixed monthly bill, and who would otherwise assemble those pieces themselves.

Pick Nile if Multi-tenant SaaS where every customer wants isolation — Nile makes a database per tenant the default shape rather than something you build on top of Postgres.

Provider pages

SupabaseManaged Postgres bundled with auth, storage, edge functions and auto-generated APIs, billed per project with a fixed monthly plan.NilePostgres reshaped around tenants, with per-tenant databases and vector embeddings included rather than metered separately.

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Comments

Every page here is sourced and dated.