CloudBeaver vs Supabase
| Tagline | Web-based database manager — the browser edition of DBeaver | Open-source Firebase alternative built on PostgreSQL with realtime and auth |
| Category | Databases & Spreadsheets | Databases & Spreadsheets |
| Replaces | Retool, Airtable | Airtable, Google Sheets, Retool |
| GitHub stars | 5k | 107k |
| Language | Docker | TypeScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 3/5 Moderate |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Manual | Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 6 days ago | 6 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
CloudBeaver
- No-code data editing and app-building features (à la Retool) are absent
- SSO, LDAP, and team-management features require the paid Enterprise Edition
- No built-in charting or dashboard layer
- Performance can lag on very large result sets in the browser
Supabase
- 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
Bottom line
Choose CloudBeaver if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Supabase for the larger community and ecosystem. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Supabase
Open-source Firebase alternative built on PostgreSQL with realtime and auth