Supabase vs TigerData
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of Supabase and TigerData built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
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 TigerData if…
Time-series and analytics workloads that want to stay in Postgres — TimescaleDB's compression is the reason the storage line is affordable at volume.
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.
- TigerData: The advertised storage price assumes 5x compression, so a workload that does not compress that well pays materially more than the figure suggests.
4 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
Supabase 0
TigerData 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | Supabase | TigerData |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Entry paid plan | $25/month for the Pro plan, including the first project and $10/mo of compute credits; additional projects from $10/mo | Compute starts at $30/month on Performance, billed hourly, with storage charged separately. Scale starts at $36/month. |
| Pricing model | Fixed monthly plan per organisation plus per-project compute, billed hourly by instance size | Compute and storage are billed separately and hourly rather than as one plan price — compute from $30 a month, storage at $0.177 per GB-month, with the headline storage figure resting on an assumed 5x compression ratio. |
| Data | ||
| Engine | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, aimed at time-series, real-time analytics and events. A self-managed edition exists for on-prem and private cloud. |
| Point-in-time recovery | 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. | 3 days on Performance, with cross-region backups available for disaster recovery on higher tiers. |
| Read replicas | Supported | Supported |
Where they differ.
Entry paid plan
- Supabase
- $25/month for the Pro plan, including the first project and $10/mo of compute credits; additional projects from $10/mo
- TigerData
- Compute starts at $30/month on Performance, billed hourly, with storage charged separately. Scale starts at $36/month.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing & Fees — Supabase ↗
“$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 2026-09-05 · official pricing
- Pricing — TigerData ↗
“Performance Compute starts at $ 30 / month Storage priced at $0.177 / GB-month [...] Scale Most popular Compute starts at $ 36 / month”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Pricing model
- Supabase
- Fixed monthly plan per organisation plus per-project compute, billed hourly by instance size
- TigerData
- Compute and storage are billed separately and hourly rather than as one plan price — compute from $30 a month, storage at $0.177 per GB-month, with the headline storage figure resting on an assumed 5x compression ratio.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing & Fees — Supabase ↗
“First project included. Additional projects from $10/mo. [...] Paid plans include $10/mo in compute credits, enough to cover one Micro instance.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
- Pricing — TigerData ↗
“Pay as you go hourly Compute starts at $30/month Storage priced at $0.177/GB-month [...] Effective storage price is based on 5x compression (average customer savings).”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Engine
- Supabase
- PostgreSQL
- TigerData
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, aimed at time-series, real-time analytics and events. A self-managed edition exists for on-prem and private cloud.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Connect to your database — Supabase Docs ↗
“The session mode connection string connects to your Postgres instance via the Shared Pooler (Supavisor).”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Pricing — TigerData ↗
“TimescaleDB Enterprise Self-managed TimescaleDB for on-prem, edge and private cloud Open source TimescaleDB Time-series, real-time analytics and events”
Read 2026-09-06 · official site
Point-in-time recovery
- Supabase
- 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.
- TigerData
- 3 days on Performance, with cross-region backups available for disaster recovery on higher tiers.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Database Backups — Supabase Docs ↗
“Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) allows you to back up a project at shorter intervals, giving you the option to restore to any chosen point with up to seconds of granularity. [...] Pro, Team and Enterprise Plan projects can enable PITR as an add-on. Projects that want to use PITR must also use at least a Small compute add-on to ensure smooth functioning. [...] in the worst case scenario, PITR achieves a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of two minutes.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Pricing — TigerData ↗
“Point-in-time-recovery to 3 days Performance Insights Basic support (9-5 ET)”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
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.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: Supabase or TigerData?
Supabase: $25/month for the Pro plan, including the first project and $10/mo of compute credits; additional projects from $10/mo
TigerData: Compute starts at $30/month on Performance, billed hourly, with storage charged separately. Scale starts at $36/month.
Should I choose Supabase or TigerData?
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 TigerData if Time-series and analytics workloads that want to stay in Postgres — TimescaleDB's compression is the reason the storage line is affordable at volume.