Best External Database for Long-Term Scalability?

samir.elkaddouri79 · 2025-01-15T12:18:55.606Z

Dear Bubble.io Community,

Recently, I posted on the forum about potential solutions for managing workload units, and I received many helpful responses. I want to thank you all for taking the time to share your insights and advice—it’s greatly appreciated!

After reflecting on the feedback, I’ve come to the conclusion that transitioning to an external database is likely the best way forward for my project. With that in mind, I’d love to hear your thoughts:

Which external databases are you using, and why?
What would you recommend for long-term scalability?
Which database is the most cost-effective and fastest in your experience?
What are the key pros and cons of options like Firebase, Supabase, SQL, Xano, or others?
etc…

I truly value the knowledge and experience of this community and appreciate any advice you can offer as I plan the next steps for my project.

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,
Samir

sem · 2025-01-15T13:23:07.502Z

Supabase
Supabase is open source
Supabase uses Postgres’s which can handle billions of rows just fine
Postgres’s is open source
Most important data is yours. Cannot be locked like Bubble can or Xano can
Supabase is free with generous tier
Supabase is about 1000x cheaper for data handling than Bubble
Supabase has a nice UX and since it is Postgres’s db AI will handle complex scripts for you or you can ask any developer out there as there are many who can deal with Postgres.
Postgres is a relation db which means it is in general easier to fetch data from when you are less familiar with databases and code
Supabase is growing like crazy so they will not go anytime soon.

samir.elkaddouri79 · 2025-01-15T13:29:28.739Z

Yeah its not the first i heard people praising Supabase. Thank you Sem for your response!

ahmed.elkaffas · 2025-01-15T14:51:15.387Z

I would suggest “Supabase” as long as your application requires a relational database.

lindsay_knowcode · 2025-01-15T15:33:12.298Z

Supabase is just Postgres under the covers (assuming you just use the Database features) so should you feel the need to move to another Postgres database (Xano, AWS RDS …) it’s very feasible.