Floot vs Supabase: which backend for an AI-built app? (2026)
How Floot and Supabase differ in what they include, how AI agents use them, what they cost and how portable they are, with honest advice on when to pick each.
Key Takeaways
- Supabase is a backend; Floot is a whole app platform. Supabase provides Postgres, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Cron, Queues and Realtime for any frontend. Floot builds the React frontend, endpoints and Postgres database together and hosts them.
- Pick Supabase for control, portability and an existing codebase. It is plain Postgres you can query directly, it can be self-hosted, and its Auth supports SAML single sign-on and a long list of social providers.
- Pick Floot when you want the agent to do the setup and publish. One MCP server covers database, sign-in, jobs, storage, email, payments and hosting, so ChatGPT, Claude, Codex or Cursor can go from prompt to live URL without keys to copy between services.
- Entry prices are the same; what they cover differs. Both paid plans start at $25 a month. Supabase Pro covers the backend; you add a frontend host and an email provider. Floot Pro includes hosting up to $10 a month and email.
- Both let you take your data with you. Supabase is standard Postgres. Floot lets you download the database on every plan and the code on paid plans.
Quick-Start Prioritization Framework
| If you… | Pick | Because |
|---|---|---|
| Want an agent to build, host and publish the whole app | Floot | One project, one MCP server, hosting included |
| Already have a Next.js or mobile codebase | Supabase | Drop-in SDKs for your existing frontend |
| Need SAML single sign-on or many social providers | Supabase | Documented in Supabase Auth |
| Want checkout, subscriptions, email and push without extra accounts | Floot | Built in, payments paid out via Stripe |
| Must self-host or query Postgres directly from tools | Supabase | Self-hosting guides and direct connections |
| Want native iOS and Android apps without a Mac | Floot | Builds and submits them for you |
Floot and Supabase both give an app a Postgres database, user sign-in and file storage, and both have MCP servers that ChatGPT, Claude, Codex and Cursor can use. They are still different kinds of product. Supabase is a backend platform you connect to a frontend you build and host elsewhere. Floot is an app platform that builds and hosts the whole app, frontend included, from plain-English instructions. This comparison lays out what each includes, where each is stronger, what a small commercial app costs on each, and when you should pick the other one.
What each one is
The names come up in the same conversations, but they solve the problem at different layers.
Supabase
Supabase is a Postgres development platform. Each project is a Postgres database with services around it: Auth, Storage, Realtime, Edge Functions, Cron, Queues, vector search, and auto-generated REST and GraphQL APIs. Your frontend, whether a React web app, a Next.js site or a mobile app, calls these through Supabase’s client libraries. You host that frontend wherever you like. Supabase also documents how to self-host.
Floot
Floot builds and hosts full-stack web apps: a React frontend, serverless endpoints and a Postgres database per app. You describe the app in plain English, either in Floot’s editor or from ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor through Floot’s MCP server, and the agent writes the pages, endpoints and tables, shows a live preview, and publishes. Sign-in, file storage, email, push, scheduled jobs, realtime and payments are part of the platform.
Head-to-head
Facts from each product’s documentation and pricing pages on 2026-11-11.
| Floot | Supabase | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Frontend, backend, database and hosting in one project | Backend services for a frontend you build and host |
| Database | Postgres per app | Postgres per project |
| Sign-in | Email, Google, Microsoft, with roles | Password, magic link, OTP, phone, SAML SSO, MFA, about 19 social providers |
| Access control | Rules in server endpoints, with user roles | Row Level Security policies in Postgres |
| Server code | Serverless endpoints | Edge Functions |
| Scheduled and background work | Scheduled jobs and background tasks | Cron (pg_cron) and Queues |
| Send and receive | Auth emails; custom SMTP recommended for production | |
| Payments | Floot Payments: checkout and subscriptions via Stripe | No payments product in Supabase’s product list; integrate Stripe yourself |
| Web hosting | Included; publishing free on every plan | Separate host |
| Native mobile apps | Builds and submits iOS and Android | SDKs for apps you build |
| MCP server | One server for building and publishing the app | Database, logs, functions and project tools |
| Backups | Database download on every plan; restore to any moment in last 7 days on paid plans | Daily backups kept 7 days on Pro; point-in-time recovery add-on |
| Self-hosting | No | Documented |
| Paid plans from | $25/month (Pro) | $25/month (Pro) |
The core difference: who assembles the app
With Supabase, you, or your agent writing code on your behalf, assemble the app from parts. With Floot, the platform is the app’s structure, and the agent fills it in.
Building on Supabase with an agent
A typical path: create a Supabase project, connect its MCP server to Cursor or Claude Code, have the agent create tables and Row Level Security policies, write a Next.js frontend that uses the Supabase client, configure Auth providers and redirect URLs, set up an SMTP provider for sign-in emails, deploy the frontend to a host, copy the Supabase URL and keys into the host’s environment variables, and repeat for preview and production. Each step is well documented, and every piece is replaceable.
Building on Floot with an agent
A typical path: install Floot from the Claude connector directory, the ChatGPT app directory or the Cursor Marketplace, describe the app, and the agent creates the project, tables, sign-in, endpoints and pages, with a live preview link you can open as it works. Ask it to publish and the app goes live at a floot.app address; on a paid plan you can attach your own domain. There are no keys to copy between services because there is one service.
Where permissions live
Supabase lets the browser query the database directly, so the security model is Row Level Security: every exposed table needs RLS enabled and correct policies, and Supabase’s docs say so. In Floot, the frontend calls server endpoints, so access rules are written in endpoint code using the signed-in user and their role. Both work; they fail differently. On Supabase, the classic gap is a new table without RLS. On any endpoint-based backend, it is an endpoint that forgets to check the user.
What a small commercial app costs
Here is a worked example using list prices, not a quote. The app: a booking tool for a small business with 500 active users a month, a few hundred MB of data, sign-in by email code, and confirmation emails.
On Supabase
Supabase Pro: from $25 a month, including $10 of compute credits, 8 GB of disk and 100,000 monthly active users, comfortably above 500. Supabase Free would cover the size but pauses after a week of inactivity, which is risky for a business tool. Frontend hosting: Vercel Hobby is for personal, non-commercial use, so a business app goes on Pro at $20 a month. Email: Supabase’s default SMTP sends only to your team at 2 messages an hour, so you add an email provider at its own price. Total: about $45 a month plus email and usage.
On Floot
Floot Pro: $25 a month, including $10 of hosting usage a month, 1,000 building actions a day, 5,000 AI credits and custom domains with one free domain. Database, sign-in and email are part of the app. Hosting beyond the included amount is metered by usage. Total: $25 a month plus any hosting above $10.
What the numbers don’t show
Supabase’s higher total buys you choice: a different host, a different email provider, self-hosting later. Floot’s lower entry buys you fewer moving parts. Scale changes the picture on both, so model your own expected usage on each pricing page.
When to pick Supabase
Supabase is the better choice in these situations, and we would recommend it over Floot for them.
- You already have a frontend codebase, web or mobile, and need a backend for it.
- You need enterprise sign-in: SAML 2.0 single sign-on, or providers such as Apple, GitHub, Slack, Discord or LinkedIn, all documented in Supabase Auth.
- You want to query and manage Postgres directly with your own tools, extensions and SQL clients.
- You may need to self-host for compliance or cost reasons.
- Your team wants to choose each piece of the stack, including the frontend framework and host.
- You are building a native mobile app yourself and want a backend SDK for it.
When to pick Floot
Floot is the better choice when the job is getting a complete app live with an AI agent doing the work.
- You want ChatGPT, Claude, Codex or Cursor to build the frontend, backend and database together and publish it, from one connection.
- You don’t want to manage separate accounts for database, hosting, email and payments.
- You need checkout or subscriptions in the app; Floot Payments handles them and pays out via Stripe.
- You want web and phone push, scheduled jobs and email sending and receiving without adding services.
- You want native iOS and Android apps built and submitted for you. You need an Apple developer account ($99 a year) and a Google Play developer account ($25 once), no Mac, and a paid Floot plan for Google Play.
- You want to switch between agents, starting in Cursor and fixing something from ChatGPT, without moving the app.
Portability and leaving
Any platform choice should come with an exit plan.
Leaving Supabase
Your data is standard Postgres, so a dump restores to any Postgres host. Auth users, storage files and Edge Functions need their own migration, and code that relies on Row Level Security needs a host that supports the same policies or a rewrite into server checks.
Leaving Floot
You can download the whole database on any plan. Paid plans can download the full project code. The code is a React frontend with serverless endpoints in Floot’s structure, so running it elsewhere means adapting how endpoints, sign-in and storage are wired.
Moving between them
Because both use Postgres, data can move either way with a SQL dump. Floot’s paid plans can import a SQL dump into an app’s database.
Common mistakes when choosing
These are the decisions people most often reverse later.
Comparing only the database
Both have Postgres. The real comparison is everything around it: hosting, email, payments, jobs, and who sets them up.
Launching on a free tier that pauses
Supabase’s free plan pauses projects after a week without activity. For anything customers rely on, budget for a paid plan on whichever platform you choose.
Leaving access rules untested
On either platform, sign in as two different users and try to read and change each other’s data by editing IDs. Ask the agent to do this for you before you launch.
Choosing for a feature you won’t use
Self-hosting, SAML or native builds are decisive if you need them and irrelevant if you don’t. Write down the three features your app can’t launch without, and choose on those.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Floot built on Supabase?
No. Floot runs its own platform, with a Postgres database for each app, its own sign-in, endpoints and hosting.
Can I use Supabase with ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor?
Yes. Supabase’s MCP server at mcp.supabase.com/mcp documents setup for Codex, Cursor, Claude Code and others, and works as a connector in Claude and ChatGPT. You still build and host the frontend separately.
Which is cheaper, Floot or Supabase?
Both paid plans start at $25 a month. For a commercial web app, Supabase usually needs a paid frontend host and an email provider on top; Floot Pro includes $10 of hosting a month and email. Heavier usage changes the totals on both.
Does Floot have Row Level Security like Supabase?
Floot apps enforce access in server endpoints, using the signed-in user and their role, rather than relying on the browser querying the database directly. Either way, test with two accounts.
Can I move my app from Supabase to Floot?
The data can move with a SQL dump, which Floot’s paid plans can import. The frontend and data-access code are adapted to Floot’s pages, components and endpoints, so expect the agent to rewrite parts of it.
Do my app’s users need a ChatGPT or Claude account on Floot?
No. Floot apps have their own sign-up and login by email, Google or Microsoft. There is no per-seat charge for your app’s users.
Sources
- Supabase, Pricing, 2026 https://supabase.com/pricing
- Supabase, Documentation, 2026 https://supabase.com/docs
- Supabase, Auth, 2026 https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth
- Supabase, Send emails with custom SMTP, 2026 https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/auth-smtp
- Supabase, Row Level Security, 2026 https://supabase.com/docs/guides/database/postgres/row-level-security
- Supabase, Model context protocol (MCP), 2026 https://supabase.com/docs/guides/getting-started/mcp
- Vercel, Pricing, 2026 https://vercel.com/pricing
- Floot, Pricing, 2026 https://floot.com/en/pricing