Best Databases (2025)

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Supabase

Postgres + auth + storage + realtime. The Firebase that doesn't lock you in.

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#1

Supabase

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Postgres + auth + storage + realtime. The Firebase that doesn't lock you in.

Pros

  • +Open source
  • +Generous free tier
  • +Full Postgres
  • +Auth built-in
  • +Realtime

Cons

  • -Newer ecosystem
  • -Less documentation
  • -Some rough edges
#2

Firebase

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Google's all-in-one. Fast to start, painful to leave.

Pros

  • +Mature ecosystem
  • +Great docs
  • +Fast prototyping
  • +Google scale

Cons

  • -Vendor lock-in
  • -NoSQL limits
  • -Pricing surprises
  • -Proprietary
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#3

PlanetScale

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Serverless MySQL with branching. DevOps for databases.

Pros

  • +Database branching
  • +Serverless
  • +No downtime deploys

Cons

  • -MySQL only
  • -No foreign keys
  • -Free tier removed
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#4

Neon

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Serverless Postgres with branching. PlanetScale vibes, Postgres reality.

Pros

  • +Serverless Postgres
  • +Branching
  • +Generous free tier
  • +Scale to zero

Cons

  • -Newer
  • -Cold starts
  • -Smaller community
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