Self-hosted Supabase may suit you better if…
- You want to modify the stack itself
- You have ops staff and existing infrastructure
- You need it inside an air-gapped network
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Da8a vs self-hosted Supabase
Self-hosting Supabase means running its Docker Compose stack on your own machine and keeping it healthy yourself. Da8a gives you the same supabase-js experience on a server dedicated to you, operated for you, with backups and point-in-time recovery included.
| Topic | Da8a | Self-hosted Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| Client compatibility | @supabase/supabase-js, unchanged | Native |
| Who operates it | Da8a: upgrades, backups, monitoring | You: Docker, upgrades, secrets, TLS |
| Backups and PITR | Nightly offsite backups plus point-in-time recovery | Whatever you set up |
| Dashboard | Da8a dashboard with table/SQL editors and an approve-first assistant | Self-hosted Studio, with some hosted-only features missing |
| Migration | Guided import from a Supabase project, server to server | You move data yourself |
| Cost | A flat price per server | Free software plus your server and time |
This page describes general differences as of 2026, not every feature. Products change over time; check each provider’s own documentation for current details.
Da8a may suit you better if…
- You want your own server without running the stack
- You want backups and PITR done for you
- You want the guided import and one-click Chapong link
Switching to Da8a
- Create a Da8a project and run the Supabase import (or
pg_dumpyour self-hosted database). - Swap the project URL and anon key in your app.
- Redeploy edge functions with the
avocaCLI.
More detail in the migration docs and the quickstart.
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