What is Supabase?

Supabase is an open-source platform for building modern, real-time applications with a serverless backend. It is designed to make the process of developing SaaS applications easier and faster. It's a great choice for developers who want to build a SaaS product without having to worry about the infrastructure and you can plug it into every frontend framework you like (React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, etc.).

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Features of Supabase

Real-time database

Supabase has a real-time database that is built on top of Postgres. It is a great choice for SaaS applications because it is easy to use and has a lot of features. It is also very fast and scalable.

Authentication

Every SaaS needs some kind of authentication for its users. Supabase comes with an authentication system that is easy to use and secure. It supports email/password, OAuth, and magic links. It also has a built-in user management system that makes it easy to manage users.

Storage

If you want to store data like profile images, uploads, and other things, you need to store this data somewhere. Supabase has a storage system that is easy to use and secure. It supports uploading files and images and also has a built-in CDN.

Dashboard

Instead of having to use the command line to manage your database, you can use the Supabase dashboard. It is a web-based dashboard that makes it easy to manage your database, users and files. It also has a built-in API explorer that makes it easy to test your API.

Generous free tier

Supabase has a generous free tier that is perfect for starting a SaaS application. It has a 5GB database, 5GB storage and up to 50.000 users per month. This is more than enough for most SaaS applications.

With the release of this blog post, we kick off Supabase launch week 6, which means there are even more amazing features coming to Supabase in the next few days. Head over to https://supabase.com/launch-week to learn more about the upcoming features.

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Benefits of using Supabase

There are many reasons why Supabase is a great choice for building your SaaS, but here are our top 5:

💶 1. Cost-Effective

With Supabase you can save money on hosting and maintenance costs by utilizing a serverless backend. This eliminates the need for expensive servers, as Supabase will take care of the hosting and maintenance for you, but you still have full control over your data.

📈 2. Scalability

Supabase makes it easy to scale your SaaS application as needed. No matter how quickly your user base grows, Supabase can handle the load with ease. It's battle-tested and is being used by thousands of developers and companies.

🔐 3. Security

Being SOC2 compliant, your data stored in Supabase is encrypted and secure, giving you peace of mind that your users' data is safe.

👨🏼‍💻 4. Developer Experience

Supabase simplifies the process of building a SaaS application, making it easier for you to get started quickly and focus on building your product.

⌨️ 5.Open-source

Being an open-source platform and based on open-source tools like PostreSQL, there is no vendor lock-in like with Firebase and if you want, you can even host Supabase yourself.

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Start your SaaS in no time 🚀

With Supabase you can start your SaaS within a few hours thanks to the easy integrations. If you want to get started even faster and save a ton of time, you can use a Supabase starter template.

supastarter is such a template that comes with a lot of features that you need to build a SaaS application. It's built on top of Supabase, Next.js, and ChakraUI and comes with

• 🔑 authentication components

• 🌎 internationalization

• 💶 subscriptions to charge your customers

• 📰 a blog to share your news and knowledge

• 📊 analytics to track your users

and much more!

You can check out the demo here: demo.supastarter.dev.

Combined with Supabase, supastarter makes it easy to build and scale your SaaS application starting at $0/month.

Get your free account on Supabase and start building your SaaS today at supabase.com.