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CorroboratedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
Self Hosted Database Alternative
In their words
"I wouldn't mind paying for the additional egress but $25 for the subscription doesn't sound worth it to me" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗
What they tried & dropped
Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.
Pain, in numbers
Quantified only where a builder stated a real figure — no LLM estimates.
$25 a month“Im really getting over paying supabase $25 a month”
Hard requirements
Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.
free or pay-per-useself-hosting1 click install for a VPS
Competitor pricing
Named rivals · prices not yet verified 🔒
Pricing collected · names — log in ↗
Open-source check · GitHub · 2026-06-30
⚠️ Established open-source player: pubkey/rxdb ⭐23,243 — The local-first database that runs on every JS runtime and replicates with your existing backend - no vendor, no lock-in
Competitor adoption · official registry · 2026-08-01
Supabase: 2,966,360 npm downloads/week ↗
How we checked
Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
61 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
7d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days
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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts
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5 tracked posts (2 asks · 3 product/news)
first post Apr 2026
▲ 1 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
3 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.
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