Supabase vs Airtable: Which One Should You Choose in 2026?
Supabase charges per project, Airtable per person. At ten users that's $25 against $200 a month — but the cheaper one requires someone who writes SQL.
Head-to-head breakdowns of two platforms, organised around the decisions that change the answer.
Supabase charges per project, Airtable per person. At ten users that's $25 against $200 a month — but the cheaper one requires someone who writes SQL.
Both have free browser versions, so the real question isn't price. It's whether you need Excel's analytical depth or Sheets' collaboration model.
Airtable caps Free at 1,000 records per base. Notion's Free plan doesn't cap records that way. That difference tells you what each product is actually built around.
Airtable charges $20 per user and caps you at 1,000 records per base on Free. Google Sheets costs nothing. The question is whether you need a database or a spreadsheet.
Vercel doesn't sell its own Postgres. "vercel install supabase" is a documented command. These two aren't alternatives — most teams that need one need both.
Xano's entry plan costs more than three times Supabase Pro. That gap isn't about capacity — it's about who builds the backend, and whether they write code.
Convex charges $25 per developer. Supabase charges $25 per project. Same number, completely different bill — and a $2,500 minimum waiting at Convex's next tier.
Both are Postgres. Only one is a backend platform. Neon sells metered compute that costs nothing while idle; Supabase sells auth, storage and realtime alongside the database.
Gumloop bills AI agent runs by model, tool calls and compute. n8n bills one flat execution per workflow. For deterministic work the gap is roughly twentyfold.
n8n charges once per workflow run. Make charges per module action. Complexity favours n8n, high frequency favours Make — here is where the line actually falls.