Supabase →
Deploy Your Full Stack in Europe
Supabase gives you a great PostgreSQL BaaS. But free projects pause after 7 days, and it's a US company. Runsite gives you always-on EU hosting.
Best Supabase alternative: quick answer
The best Supabase alternative depends on your stack, but for EU-based indie developers and small startups, Runsite is the strongest option: GDPR-compliant hosting in Frankfurt (eu-central), predictable EUR pricing with hard spending caps, and a permanent free tier that needs no credit card. Unlike Supabase, your data never leaves the EU or falls under the US CLOUD Act, so compliance is the default rather than a configuration step.
// comparison
Runsite vs Supabase
Side-by-side. No marketing fluff, just facts.
| Feature | Runsite | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier Availability | ✓ Always on, never pauses | ✗ Pauses after 7 days inactivity |
| Deploy Custom Apps | ✓ Any Docker container | ✗ BaaS only (Edge Functions) |
| GDPR Compliance | ✓ EU entity | ✗ US company (San Francisco) |
| PostgreSQL | ✓ From €5/mo | ✓ From $25/mo (Pro) |
| Edge Functions Region | ✓ EU pinned | ✗ Deno Deploy, no EU pinning |
| Auth + Realtime | Bring your own | ✓ Built-in (GoTrue, Realtime) |
| Auto-Generated APIs | Bring your own | ✓ REST + GraphQL from schema |
| Open Source | Closed source | ✓ Open source (Apache 2.0) |
Pricing and feature details verified June 2026. Always confirm current rates on Supabase’s official pricing page.
// in-depth comparison
Supabase vs Runsite: What You Need to Know
The dealbreaker for a lot of European developers is one line in the free-tier terms: Supabase pauses free-tier projects after 7 days of inactivity, so your staging environment or demo app goes offline without warning. That weighs more than any feature list.
For context, the rest is strong. Supabase has built an impressive open-source platform around PostgreSQL, with auto-generated REST and GraphQL APIs, built-in auth via GoTrue, real-time subscriptions, and edge functions, plus a community Firebase cannot match. But there is a second catch: it is a San Francisco-based US company, so CLOUD Act jurisdiction applies to your data regardless of region selection. Paid plans start at $25/project/mo, making multi-project setups expensive.
Runsite's free tier never pauses, managed PostgreSQL starts at €5/mo, and the platform operates as an EU entity with all data in European data centers. Developers who want PostgreSQL hosting with EU data sovereignty, always-on availability even on the free tier, and lower per-project costs will find Runsite addresses the limitations European Supabase users hit most.
// why switch
Built for European Developers
Everything you need, nothing you don't. Hosted where your users are.
Free Tier That Never Pauses
Supabase pauses free projects after 7 days of inactivity. Runsite's free tier runs 24/7: your weekend project is always live.
PostgreSQL from €5, Not $25
Supabase Pro is $25/project/mo. Runsite managed PostgreSQL starts at €5/mo: same database, lower price.
EU Entity, EU Jurisdiction
Supabase is a US company subject to the CLOUD Act. Runsite is EU-registered: your data stays under European law.
// supabase problems → runsite solutions
Common Supabase frustrations. Sound familiar?
Every Supabase frustration, solved.
Supabase problem
"My free project got paused"
Supabase pauses free-tier projects after 7 days of inactivity. Your demo, side project, or staging environment goes offline.
Runsite solution
Always-on free tier
Runsite's free tier doesn't pause. Your app runs 24/7, even if nobody visits for a month.
Supabase problem
"$25/project for Pro is expensive"
Running 3 projects on Supabase Pro costs $75/mo. The jump from free (with pausing) to paid is steep.
Runsite solution
Managed PostgreSQL from €5/mo
Standard PostgreSQL with auto-backups for €5/mo. Add a web service for €5/mo. Total: €10/mo.
Supabase problem
"Edge Functions can't be pinned to EU"
Supabase Edge Functions run on Deno Deploy. You can't control which region processes your requests.
Runsite solution
EU-only compute
Your containers run in our Frankfurt (eu-central) region. Every request is processed in Europe under EU law.
// getting started
Deploy in 3 Steps
From git push to live, in under 2 minutes.
curl -fsSL https://runsite.app/install | sh runsite init --from github runsite deploy --region eu-central PostgreSQL + Hosting in Europe
Always-on free tier. EU entity. Standard PostgreSQL.
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