Airtable vs Supabase
Thinking of swapping Airtable for the open-source Supabase? Here’s the honest trade-off.
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What you give up vs Airtable
- Self-hosted Docker Compose stack is complex: 8+ services including Kong, GoTrue, PostgREST, Realtime
- Studio table editor is less polished than Airtable UX for non-technical users
- Edge Functions are limited to Deno; no Node.js runtime in the self-hosted edition
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Supabase on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (Airtable: record limits and steep per-seat pricing).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (Apache-2.0).