Supabase Storage
Files and assets next to Supabase auth/database.
- Card required
- No
Supabase Storage scores 5.7/10 for free value in Storage. The main constraint: Free storage quota depends on current Supabase plan.
Free value score
5.7 / 10Show the math
Key metrics
What you get
Free storage quota depends on current Supabase plan.
App files when Supabase is already the backend.
Gotchas
- 1 GB file storage
Free plan includes 1 GB of object storage per account; resets with plan cycle.
- 5 GB cached egress
Only 5 GB of CDN-cached egress per month included on the free plan.
- 5 GB total egress
Total bandwidth egress (including non-cached) capped at 5 GB per month.
- Max 2 active projects
The free tier allows at most 2 active Supabase projects simultaneously.
- Project paused after 1 week inactivity
Free projects are automatically paused after 1 week without activity; they must be manually unpaused.
- 50 MB max file upload size
Individual file uploads on the free plan are capped at 50 MB; paid plans allow up to 500 GB per file.
- Basic CDN only
Free plan uses a basic CDN; the Smart CDN (improved cache hit rates) requires a paid plan.
- No image transformations
On-the-fly image resizing and transformations are not available on the free plan.
- No automatic backups
Automatic database and storage backups are excluded from the free tier.
- No custom domains
Custom domain support for storage URLs requires a paid add-on plan.
- 1-day log retention
API and database logs are retained for only 1 day on the free plan vs. 7 days on Pro.
Sources
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"Storage | 1 GB included ... Cached Egress | 5 GB included ... Max file upload size | 50 MB ... Content Delivery Network | Basic CDN"
https://supabase.com/pricing -
"* 1 GB file storage ... Free projects are paused after 1 week of inactivity. Limit of 2 active projects."
https://supabase.com/pricing -
"Supabase has raised a $500M Series F at a $10B pre-money valuation. It's led by GIC. All existing investors joined the round, Stripe made a second investment."
https://supabase.com/blog/supabase-series-f -
"Global CDN - Serve your assets with lightning-fast performance from over 285 cities worldwide ... Multi Protocol - S3 compatible Storage, RESTful API, TUS resumable uploads"
https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage
