All-in-one app backend (DB/auth/storage)
Ship agent product backend without stitching five vendors.
At a glance — Oct 2026
Updated 2026-10-27 · forward this page: /jtbds/app-backend#briefScores as of 2026-09-14 (43 days old; Depot marks scores stale after 30 days). The pick is still Depot's current editorial pick; it has not been re-reviewed since. Prices below carry their own dates.
- Depot Pick
- Supabase (pgvector) · 8.64/10 for this job (curated estimate, high confidence)
dx + integration capability.
- Runner-up
- Neon · 8.59/10
Scores higher than the pick on: Capability fit, Privacy / data retention.
- When not to use the pick
- Best-of-breed auth (Clerk) + DB (Neon) preferred for scale/flexibility.
- Lock-in / migration
- Nothing stored (no_stored_migration_data).
- Sourced price (no comparable unit)
Pick: no sourced price in this job's unit (no_sourced_price).
No cheapest SKU (no_comparable_unit_for_job). No price was invented.
- Free option
- No free resource lists this job. A cheap paid SKU is not a free option.
- Failure modes to watch
- No failure mode plainly applies to this job (no_failure_mode_plainly_applies).
Cite: Agent Provider Depot, Depot Pick for app-backend: supabase-pgvector, scores as of 2026-09-14. Agents: GET /api/decide?jtbd=app-backend
Supabase (pgvector)
dx + integration capability.
Pricing (directional): Postgres + pgvector + Auth + Storage; usage on compute/storage; free tier. Vectors hitchhike on Postgres.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Depot default for most agent apps under ~25–50M vectors. Don't add Pinecone until Postgres actually hurts.
Quote for All-in-one app backend (DB/auth/storage)
Depot Pick stays Supabase (pgvector). Prices below are sourced SKU rows only (as of 2026-10-27). Input and output are not blended. GET /api/quote?jtbd=app-backend
Nothing was compared. no comparable sourced unit for this job; chat input $/1M and other units were not borrowed pickIsPriceWinner is null.
Sourced price unavailable for the Depot Pick. No row in the pricing index.
5 of 6 candidates have no sourced price row. 6 are excluded from the Matching price comparison (none). no comparable sourced unit for this job; chat input $/1M and other units were not borrowed
Runners-up
Neon
Excellent serverless Postgres for agent apps that want branching + pgvector without Supabase's full BaaS.
Railway
Depot favorite for shipping agent APIs quickly. When bills climb, move steady-state to Fly/Hetzner/DO.
Clerk
Depot default auth for agent products with users. WorkOS when enterprise SSO is the main job.
PlanetScale
Serverless DB peer when branching DX matters. Prefer Neon/Supabase for default Postgres+pgvector agents…
When NOT to use the top pick
Best-of-breed auth (Clerk) + DB (Neon) preferred for scale/flexibility.
Full ranking (score table)
Ranked with this JTBD's weights. Scores are curated estimates unless marked otherwise. Agents: prefer /api/decide then this table for tie-breaks.
| # | Provider | Overall | Fit | $/perf | Latency | DX | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supabase (pgvector)Depot Pick | 8.6 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 2026-09-14 |
| 2 | Neon | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 2026-09-14 |
| 3 | Clerk | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 2026-10-19 |
| 4 | PlanetScale | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 2026-09-14 |
| 5 | Convex | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 2026-09-14 |
| 6 | Railway | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 2026-09-14 |
Score methodology for this job
dx + integration capability.
capabilityFit: 25%pricePerformance: 18%latencyReliability: 15%developerDx: 15%privacyPosture: 10%lockInRisk: 7%maturity: 10%