Supabase ranks #1 in Backend-as-a-Service & Realtime AI search.

Supabase is an open-source Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform built on PostgreSQL, founded in 2020 by Paul Copplestone and Ant Wilson. It bundles a dedicated Postgres database, authentication, instant REST and GraphQL APIs, realtime subscriptions, file storage, edge functions, and vector embeddings into a single developer platform, positioning itself as the open-source alternative to Firebase. Projects can be hosted on Supabase's managed cloud or self-hosted via Docker. Supabase reached general availability in 2024 and has grown to over 4 million developers and 100,000 paying customers, including enterprises such as PwC, GitHub Next, and McDonald's. It has become the dominant backend choice for AI-driven development tools and represents the #2 brand by visibility in the Backend-as-a-Service & Realtime vertical.

Supabase is the Postgres development platform—an open-source, self-hostable BaaS that gives every project a dedicated PostgreSQL database plus integrated auth, realtime, storage, edge functions, and vector/AI tooling, all manageable through a unified dashboard or CLI.