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Cloudflare vs Supabase

A side-by-side comparison of Cloudflare and Supabase, two Infra tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.

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Cloudflare

Infra

Workers + R2 + D1 + Durable Objects. Global edge runtime.

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Supabase

Infra

Postgres-based backend with auth, storage, and edge functions.

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At a glance

Feature comparison of Cloudflare and Supabase
AttributeCloudflareSupabase
CategoryInfraInfra
PricingFREEMIUMFREEMIUM
License (differs)ProprietaryOpen core
Deployment (differs)CloudHybrid
PlatformsWeb, API, CLIWeb, API, CLI
Model supportModel-agnosticModel-agnostic
Vendor (differs)CloudflareSupabase

The honest brief

Cloudflare

R2 storage charges zero egress fees and Workers run isolate-per-request at the edge — cheaper, closer than Node.

  • R2 object storage with no egress fees
  • Global edge runtime, low latency
  • Workers + D1 + R2 + KV in one platform
  • Generous free tier
  • Workers isolate model isn't full Node.js
  • D1/Durable Objects still maturing
  • Some products have CPU-time limits
  • Edge-first model needs app rethinking

Supabase

Plain Postgres as the backend — open source and self-hostable, so no proprietary data lock-in.

  • Full Postgres, not a custom datastore
  • Auth, storage, realtime, edge funcs bundled
  • Built-in pgvector for embeddings
  • Generous free tier and fast local dev
  • Postgres knowledge needed for advanced use
  • Self-hosting full stack is involved
  • Smaller ecosystem than Firebase