Category · 4 options
Choosing database
The primary datastore for application data. Default to Postgres unless you have a reason not to. Check scale-to-zero, branching for preview environments, and whether free projects pause when idle.
Free plans and prices
In Cuely's default order for the general case. Your needs change the order; see below.
| Tool | Free plan | Paid from | At 1,000 users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neon Plain Postgres that scales to zero, with a branch per preview environment. | Free, no card: 100 CU-hours per project, autoscaling up to 2 CU, 1 GB storage per project, 10 branches and 5 GB egress per project. | Launch: pay as you go, no monthly minimum: $0.106 per CU-hour and $0.35 per GB-month. | $0/month |
| Supabase Postgres plus auth, storage and realtime from one vendor. | Free: 2 active projects, 500 MB database per project, 50,000 monthly active users, 5 GB egress, 1 GB file storage; pauses after 1 week inactive. | Pro: from $25/month, including $10/month of compute credits. | $0/month |
| Turso Cheap SQLite databases, practical at one per customer. | Free, no card: 100 databases, 5 GB storage, 500 million rows read and 10 million rows written per month. | Developer: $4.99/month (unlimited databases, 9 GB storage). | $0/month |
| Firebase A mobile-first backend with offline sync and a free plan that covers a small app. | Spark (free): Firestore 1 GiB stored, 50,000 reads and 20,000 writes per day; Authentication up to 50,000 MAU. | Blaze: pay as you go, with the Spark allowance included; eligible new accounts get $300 credit. | $0/month |
Best pick by need
From the published scores Cuely ranks with. Only needs where one tool clearly leads.
- a database per customer: Turso. Designed for many databases; 100 are free and Developer is unlimited.
- fewer vendors: Supabase. Database, auth, storage and realtime come from one dashboard.
- global low latency: Turso. Embedded replicas can serve reads close to users.
- Next.js or React: Neon. Serverless driver works well from Vercel functions.
- prefers open source or self-hosting: Supabase. Open source and self-hostable with Docker.
- realtime features: Supabase. Built-in realtime subscriptions on Postgres changes.