SupabasevsCloudways
- ✦ PostgreSQL Database
- ✦ Authentication
- ✦ File Storage
- ✦ Managed Hosting
- ✦ 1-Click Install
- ✦ Free SSL
Real-World Scenarios: When to Choose Which
The question that matters: “In what situation will I regret choosing A over B after 3 months?”
Cloudways' 1-Click Install provisions WordPress with Free SSL pre-enabled and a Staging Environment ready for review - all in under 2 minutes.
Cloudways' Automated Backups run daily, letting hosting resellers roll back corrupted updates in under 5 minutes with a single restore action.
Pricing Intelligence
Supabase Plans
Free tier available
- • 2 projects
- • 500MB database
- • 1GB file storage
- • 8GB database
- • 100GB storage
- • Daily backups
- • SSO
- • Priority support
- • SLA
Cloudways Plans
Paid plans only
$14/mo gets you 1GB RAM, 1 Core, 25GB SSD. Entry point - standard pricing for cloud hosting.
$28/mo gets you 2GB RAM, 1 Core, 50GB SSD. The middle ground - enough for growing teams without enterprise overhead. Saves $26/mo vs. DO 4GB.
$54/mo gets you 4GB RAM, 2 Cores, 80GB SSD. 42% more than AWS/GCE - justified only if you need the extras.
$38/mo gets you Starting price for AWS small. The middle ground - enough for growing teams without enterprise overhead.
Feature Matrix
27 differences found across 31 standardized features
Pros & Cons Face-Off
Evaluative strengths and weaknesses — not feature lists
- +Full PostgreSQL flexibility vs Firebase's NoSQL
- +Excellent developer experience
- +Generous free tier
- +Open source and self-hostable
- −Less mature ecosystem than Firebase
- −Cold starts on free tier
- −Complex RLS policies for beginners
- +Multiple pricing tiers (4 plans) to match different needs
- +Team collaboration support
- −No free plan available
- −Requires technical knowledge for optimal setup