Supabase vs Firebase: Which One Should You Choose in 2026?
Supabase sells predictable tiers with a spend cap on by default. Firebase sells metered Google Cloud consumption. That billing difference matters more than the SQL-vs-NoSQL debate.
Head-to-head breakdowns of two platforms, organised around the decisions that change the answer.
Supabase sells predictable tiers with a spend cap on by default. Firebase sells metered Google Cloud consumption. That billing difference matters more than the SQL-vs-NoSQL debate.
Superblocks charges $125 flat for up to 15 builders. Retool charges per builder and per internal user. But Superblocks has no free tier and meters apps and AI units.
Monday includes unlimited viewers from its cheapest paid tier. Airtable counts every editor and caps records per base. Those two facts decide most of this.
Asana's free plan caps at two people. Airtable's allows five editors but only 1,000 records per base. The free tiers tell you exactly what each product thinks it is.
Zapier publishes every tier and task allowance. Workato publishes no prices at all. That difference tells you who each is sold to — before you've compared a single feature.
At 100 responses Jotform is free and Typeform is $39. At 10,000 both cost exactly $129. The crossover is the whole story.
ToolJet charges per builder and includes 50–100 end users. Appsmith charges $15 for every user. If lots of people will only view your tool, that difference is the whole decision.
Noloco's $79 plan carries 1,000 clients but only 25,000 records. Softr's $119 plan carries 500,000 records but 50 clients. Whichever limit you hit first picks your platform.
Both free plans stop short of a live app. Beyond that, Glide meters credits and Bubble meters workload units — two very different ways to be surprised by a bill.
Baserow costs half what Airtable does and can be self-hosted. But it counts rows per workspace while Airtable counts per base, and that detail can reverse the comparison.