Supabase pricing model: How it works and how Orb helped

Supabase is an open-source platform for building scalable backend services quickly and efficiently. It provides a suite of tools and features that replace the traditional need for a complex backend stack. 

This guide explains Supabase pricing in 2025, including plans, quotas, overage rates, and common add‑ons. This post also details how Supabase approached pricing, why usage-based models are critical for platforms like it, and how Orb powers the infrastructure underneath.

Note: Prices are subject to change at any time. For the most up‑to‑date pricing, visit Supabase’s official pricing page.

What are Supabase's pricing models? 

Supabase’s pricing structure scales with project growth. The tiers differ by included quotas, overage rates, and available compliance and support options. Let's explore what each tier entails in terms of features and cost:

The free tier

The free tier is an ideal springboard for those eager to explore Supabase's capabilities without any financial outlay. People use it for testing, research, and building experimental side projects. Here's what you get:

• Unlimited API requests
• 50,000 monthly active users
• 500 MB database space
• 5 GB bandwidth
• 1 GB file storage
• Community support

The pro tier

When you're ready to take your project live, the pro tier steps in with the resources to support production-ready applications. Supabase pricing for the pro tier starts at $25 per month. 

It includes all features of the free tier, plus: 

• 100,000 monthly active users
• 8 GB database space
• 250 GB bandwidth
• 100 GB file storage
• Email support:
• Daily backups
• 7-day log retention
• $10 in compute credits

Beyond the base Supabase cost, the Pro tier lets you add more compute add-ons and other paid features. Think advanced multi-factor authentication or point-in-time recovery. 

Supabase storage pricing is also a consideration in this tier, as you pay for additional storage beyond the included 100 GB.

The team tier

For teams requiring advanced features and finer control, the team tier offers a solution. Supabase pricing for the team tiers begins at $599 per month. 

The tier includes all the features of the pro tier, plus:

• SOC2 compliance
• HIPAA compliance (available as a paid add-on)
• Read-only and billing member roles
• SSO for Supabase dashboard
• Priority email support and SLAs
• Daily backups, stored for 14 days
• 28-day log retention

The enterprise tier

This option supports large-scale applications and more custom solutions. 

The Supabase enterprise tier delivers:

• Designated support manager
• Uptime SLAs
• On-site support
• 24x7x365 premium enterprise support
• Private Slack channel
• Custom security questionnaires

Note: Those interested in the enterprise tier must reach out to Supabase directly for a quote, and always remember to check Supabase’s official pricing site, as prices can be subject to change. 

What each Supabase tier includes

Here’s how the tiers differ at a glance:

• Free: Core quotas for database, file storage, bandwidth, MAU, and logs. Free projects pause after a week of inactivity (limit of two active free projects).
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• Pro: Higher included quotas plus predictable overage rates for MAU, egress, and storage. Email support and cost controls help teams cap spend.
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• Team: Everything in Pro, plus org-level features such as SOC 2, SSO for the dashboard, longer backup and log retention windows, roles, and SLAs. HIPAA is available as a paid add-on.
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• Enterprise: Contracted quotas and SLAs with advanced support options, dedicated channels, and custom security reviews.

How Supabase structures its pricing

Supabase pairs plan‑based quotas with usage‑based overages at known unit rates (MAU, egress, DB/file storage). 

Quotas are organization‑scoped and aggregate across projects for a single invoice. Teams can opt into project‑level add‑ons (compute, disks, read replicas, domains, PITR, IPv4, advanced MFA) as needs grow, while cost controls/spend caps reduce the risk of unplanned charges.

Why do companies like Supabase adopt usage‑based billing?

Here’s why usage-based billing works so well with companies like Supabase:

• Costs fluctuate with usage: Infrastructure workloads (egress, storage, function calls) create variable costs. Usage-based components keep pricing aligned.
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• Value aligns with consumption: Usage (not seats) often maps to delivered value for BaaS products, making per‑unit pricing fair for light and heavy users.
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• Usage spikes are unpredictable: Launches, migrations, or traffic bursts require billing that handles spikes without surprises.

How Supabase built a modern billing system with Orb

Supabase’s existing setup couldn’t support usage‑based pricing without engineering effort, leading to missed billing opportunities, revenue leakage, and opaque invoices that raised support costs. Engineering time spent maintaining billing had become a bottleneck.

How Orb helped

Supabase adopted Orb for flexible usage‑based billing and later for invoicing, improving invoice transparency and reducing support load. Moving invoicing to Orb reduced fees by ~0.4% of total revenue. Orb processes 1.5M+ invoices per month for Supabase.

The outcome

Supabase gained pricing flexibility, clearer invoices, lower support costs, and freed engineering time to focus on core development and rapid iteration.

The main takeaway

Supabase’s model shows how tiered plans and metered overages can scale with real usage while keeping billing predictable. Many BaaS and developer platforms take a similar approach to match cost and value across diverse workloads.

The next sections cover how Orb supports pricing AI agents with usage-based billing, along with examples of how these capabilities apply across industries. You can also review our agent pricing documentation for a detailed look at how usage events are measured and billed.

Learn how Orb supports usage‑based billing

With Orb, you have the power to build and manage a customized pricing model, just as companies like Perplexity and Vercel have done.

Orb is a done-for-you billing platform that helps developers and finance teams handle hybrid and usage-based pricing with ease. It ingests vast amounts of product usage data, accelerates the rollout of new products, and delivers financial reports.

Here's how Orb helps you build and manage your own pricing model:

• Precision billing: Orb ingests raw event data. This ensures accurate and transparent invoices for your customers, even as you change your pricing.
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• Scalable plans: Orb's plan versioning allows you to create and manage many pricing tiers. We help you adapt your pricing model as your business scales.
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• Data-driven insights: Orb transforms intricate usage data into actionable insights. This feature is invaluable for products with granular usage metrics. We help you to understand customer behavior and optimize pricing strategies accordingly.
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• Simplified workflow: Integrations with data warehouses and accounting platforms simplify operations. Direct integrations are vital for making sure that your usage and revenue data syncs across all systems.
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• Customizable billing: Define billing metrics using the Orb SQL Editor or a visual editor and build new pricing plans.

Ready to try Orb yourself? Check out our flexible plans and find one that fits your specific business needs.