+ cost
“Interestingly, Supabase Free can be cheaper than self-hosting.”
− free tier limitations
“The catch is that its free tier has limitations, including project pausing after inactivity and no automatic backups.”
A question buyers ask AI
At low traffic volumes, is it cheaper to run a self-hosted backend on a small VPS or to pay for a managed backend-as-a-service?
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Brands in the answers
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