Hobby $5 per project, Pro $25 per project, Studio $199 a month.
Postgres, Auth, Storage, Realtime and Functions in every project. Pay only for what exists. Idle projects scale to zero.
Hobby and Pro are billed monthly for the most projects you had at once; Studio is one monthly price.
Hobby
DefaultSide projects and prototypes. Idle projects scale to zero.
$5 per project / month
- 1 GB database and 5 GB files per project
- Daily backups, kept 7 days
- Idle projects scale to zero and wake on the next request
- Postgres, Auth, Storage, Realtime and Functions
- Billed monthly for the most projects you had at once
Pro
Production apps. Change from Hobby in place, any time.
$25 per project / month
- 8 GB database and 100 GB files per project
- Daily backups, kept 14 days
- Production stays warm, no cold starts
- Postgres, Auth, Storage, Realtime and Functions
- Billed monthly for the most projects you had at once
Studio
Up to 25 projects for one price. Offered from your 3rd project.
$199 / month
- 8 GB database and 100 GB files per project
- Daily backups, kept 30 days
- Production stays warm, no cold starts
- Postgres, Auth, Storage, Realtime and Functions
- Pooled fair use: 100 GB database and 250 GB files in total
The $1 card check at sign-up is credited to your balance. It is not a fee: the full $1 is applied to your first invoice. Prices are in US dollars. Payments are processed by Dodo Payments, our merchant of record, which adds any sales tax or VAT at checkout.
No contract: plans are monthly subscriptions you can cancel any time from Billing in the console. See cancellation and refunds. Questions: support@scribase.com.
Capacity packs
Add room to one environment beyond its caps. Bought ahead from the console and billed monthly until you remove it. Caps are hard limits, never a surprise metered invoice.
| Pack | Price |
|---|---|
| +8 GB database | $10/mo |
| +100 GB file storage | $5/mo |
| +50 GB backup storage | $5/mo |
| +250 GB egress | $10/mo |
| +750 compute hours | $10/mo |
| +5 preview environments | $10/mo |
What your projects cost
Hobby $5, Pro $25 per project, or Studio $199 a month flat.
Hobby
$25/mo
5 × $5
Pro
$125/mo
5 × $25
Studio
$199/mo
flat, cheaper than Pro from 8 projects
What the same usage actually costs elsewhere
The other vendors' real bills — plan, compute add-on, egress overage and PITR — next to this flat price, from the same inputs.
Scribase
$125/mo
- 5 projects × $25
- Backups, PITR, branching and scale-to-zero all included
- No egress charge, no compute add-on, no per-project surprise
Supabase
$125/mo
- Plan: $125 (0 free, 5 paid)
- Compute add-on: $0
- Egress overage: $0
- PITR add-on: $0
Neon — cheapest here
$86.50/mo
- Compute: $79.50 (Launch rate)
- Storage: $7
- No auth, storage API or realtime included — still needs staples on top
- No egress charge: Neon does not bill for data transfer, at any volume.
At this usage, Scribase is within range of the other two — the difference is what is included, not the sticker price.
- Flat price, no compute add-on
- No egress charge
- Backups + PITR + branching included
- Full export, any time
Estimates from each vendor's published list pricing, checked 2026-10-23 (see source rates in lib/competitor-pricing.ts). Actual invoices vary with usage patterns, regional pricing, promotions and negotiated contracts — verify current numbers on each vendor's own pricing page before budgeting against them.
Full breakdown and FAQ: real cost comparator.
Billed monthly for what you used, with no surprises
Sign up and a $1 card check
One click to sign in, then one checkout: a one-time $1 card check, credited to your balance and applied to your first invoice. Your backend is live the moment you return.
Billed monthly for what you used
Each month you pay $25 for each project in the most projects you had at the same time. We count every hour; the console shows the count and the running total.
Many projects, by request
Running many projects? A flat monthly plan for the whole organization is available by request. Email support@scribase.com for a quote.
Cancel from Billing
Choose “Manage or cancel” in Billing to update your card, download invoices, or cancel. No contract and no cancellation fee.
Temporary agent projects
An agent can create a temporary project with POST /v1/temporary-projects. It is free for 72 hours; claim it to keep it, and billing starts from the claim.
Pricing questions
Is there really no project limit?
On Hobby ($5/project) and Pro ($25/project) there is no project limit: every project you keep costs the plan's per-project price, nothing more. Studio is different: one flat $199/month covers up to 25 projects, offered from your 3rd project.
How is the per-project price charged?
Monthly, at the end of each billing period: your plan's per-project price ($5 on Hobby, $25 on Pro) times the most projects you had at the same time during the period. We record the count every hour. A deleted project stops counting from the next hour; unclaimed temporary projects never count. Studio is billed flat instead, regardless of project count up to its cap.
Why ask for a card at sign-up?
To keep the platform for real projects. Starting the per-project plan takes a one-time $1 card check, credited to your balance and applied to your first invoice, so your backend is live right away.
How do I cancel?
From Billing in the console: choose “Manage or cancel”. Your plan stops renewing and nothing is charged after it ends other than the per-project usage of the period you canceled in. Credit you paid for stays on your account and is refundable on request: email support@scribase.com. Promotional or trial credit is not refundable and ends when the account closes.
What happens if a payment fails?
Our payment provider retries it and we ask you to update your card. Until it is paid you cannot create new projects; your existing projects and their data are kept.
Is there a flat plan for many projects?
Yes: Studio is $199/month flat for up to 25 projects, self-serve from Billing — no need to email us. Running more than that? Email support@scribase.com for a quote.
Do idle projects cost the full price?
On Hobby and Pro, a project costs the same whether it is busy or idle, and idle compute scales to zero and wakes on the next request. Studio's projects stay warm instead, with no cold starts.
Can I move an existing project in?
Yes. The importer keeps user ids and password hashes, moves data and files, and ends with a verification report. See /migrate for the supported sources.