Application hosting

Hosting Supabase

A backend platform built around PostgreSQL, with authentication, storage, realtime features and functions. Self-hosting gives you control over the deployment and responsibility for its operation.

Min vCPU
2
Min memory
Depends on workload
Min storage
Depends on workload

Must have

Hard prerequisites

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.

Recommended

Documented guidance

No further general recommendations are published for this version.

Published starting requirements

The documented stack minimum is 4 GB RAM, 2 CPU cores and 40 GB SSD. Recommended resources are 8 GB+ RAM, 4+ cores and 80 GB+ SSD. These published GB values are not exact GiB values. Enabling optional services changes resource needs.

We only compare what providers publish. A RAM figure alone can't confirm compatibility or production capacity.

Deploy with

Supported paths

  • Official Docker Compose stack

The host must provide

Runtime

Docker Compose
Use the maintained official stack
PostgreSQL
Provided by the stack

Storage

Persistent data

Preserve the PostgreSQL and Storage volumes and any deployed function files. Plan database and object-storage backups separately.

Step by step

Plan a self-hosted Supabase deployment

  1. Configure the stack

    Follow the maintained Compose instructions and replace example passwords and keys before exposing any services.

    Official instructions
  2. Prepare operations

    Arrange backups, monitoring and upgrades; self-hosting leaves these responsibilities with the operator.

    Official instructions

Security

Before you go public

  • Keep privileged service keys server-side.
  • Protect the dashboard and configure HTTPS for public endpoints.

Cost

Beyond the server price

  • Include backups, outbound traffic, email delivery and maintenance in the budget.

Matching plans

Plans with published evidence

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Lightsail · 2 vCPU / 2 GB

2vCPU
2 GBRAM
60 GBStorage
3 TBTransfer
  • Burstable vCPU
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Amazon Web Services

Amazon Lightsail · 2 vCPU / 4 GB

2vCPU
4 GBRAM
80 GBStorage
4 TBTransfer
  • Burstable vCPU
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 12

12vCPU
48 GBRAM
400 GBStorage
—Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 16

16vCPU
64 GBRAM
500 GBStorage
—Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 18

18vCPU
96 GBRAM
600 GBStorage
—Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 4

4vCPU
8 GBRAM
100 GBStorage
—Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 6

6vCPU
12 GBRAM
200 GBStorage
—Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Contabo

Contabo Cloud VPS 8

8vCPU
24 GBRAM
300 GBStorage
—Transfer
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
DigitalOcean

Basic Droplet · 1 vCPU / 1 GB (Intel)

1vCPU
1 GBRAM
25 GBStorage
1 TBTransfer
  • Shared vCPU (Intel Xeon)
  • Standard SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
DigitalOcean

Basic Droplet · 1 vCPU / 2 GB (Intel)

1vCPU
2 GBRAM
50 GBStorage
2 TBTransfer
  • Shared vCPU (Intel Xeon)
  • Standard SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
DigitalOcean

Basic Regular Droplet · 2 vCPU / 4 GiB

2vCPU
4 GiBRAM
80 GiBStorage
4 TBTransfer
  • Shared CPU
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
DigitalOcean

Basic Regular Droplet · 4 vCPU / 8 GiB

4vCPU
8 GiBRAM
160 GiBStorage
5 TBTransfer
  • Shared CPU
  • SSD
Compatibility unclear from published plan data

Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.

  • Git, Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Linux, or Docker Desktop on a supported host.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent database and file-storage volumes.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Configured application URLs, passwords and service secrets before public access.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.

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