• Vela Team • 11 min read
Postgres BaaS Comparison: Supabase OSS vs Neon OSS vs Vela (BYOC Focus)
A practical Postgres BaaS comparison of Supabase OSS, Neon OSS, and Vela with a BYOC lens: control, workflows, operations, and total platform fit.
Short, practical reads about PostgreSQL platforms, self‑hosting trade‑offs, and developer workflows.
A practical Postgres BaaS comparison of Supabase OSS, Neon OSS, and Vela with a BYOC lens: control, workflows, operations, and total platform fit.
A practical PostgreSQL disaster recovery guide covering RPO, RTO, PITR architecture, restore runbooks, and restore testing drills for production teams.
A practical roundup of the most useful open source PostgreSQL tools in 2026, covering backup, migration, cloning, performance, and operations.
A practical guide to the best open source PostgreSQL backup and restore tools, and why modern teams need more than backups alone.
A practical guide to the best open source PostgreSQL data migration tools, when to use them, and where modern teams hit limits.
A practical guide to open source PostgreSQL cloning options, when they work well, and why modern teams outgrow snapshots and restores.
A practical guide to open source PostgreSQL monitoring and observability tools, what they reveal, and where teams still struggle.
How a free Postgres database with out-of-the-box tooling and extensions powers AI backends in 2026, from fast iteration to safe experiments and scalable production workflows.
An overview of Neon OSS alternatives in 2026 for teams seeking Postgres branching, performance, and infrastructure control.
A practical guide to open source PostgreSQL HA and failover tools, when to use them, and where complexity shows up.
A practical guide to Supabase OSS alternatives in 2026, focused on Postgres-first platforms for modern AI and application backends.
A practical guide to open source PostgreSQL performance tuning tools, what they measure, and how teams move from insight to action.
Neon pricing in 2026 with full details on Free, Launch, and Scale plans. After Databricks acquisition, compute costs dropped 15-25%, storage fell to $0.35/GB, and the free plan doubled to 100 CU-hours. Compare costs and understand usage-based billing.
Vela Storage powers the next generation of Postgres with instant cloning, elastic scaling, and NVMe-backed durability. Built for AI workloads, developer platforms, and modern data infrastructure.
BYOC Postgres lets you run Vela's PostgreSQL Data Platform inside your cloud account. Keep data in your VPC, enforce compliance, and gain instant branching with zero vendor access.
Learn how to build realtime Postgres applications with durable channels, replay, and RBAC. Vela delivers low-latency Postgres streaming without brokers or complex CDC pipelines.
Learn how scale-to-zero for Postgres reduces idle cost while preserving latency and reliability. Vela enables serverless-style autoscaling, fast cold starts, and BYOC control for modern platforms.
Supabase OSS gives control, but self-hosting Postgres means operating auth, storage, realtime, and backups yourself. Learn why most teams move to a Postgres Data Platform like Vela for simplicity and scale.
Replace a shared staging database with isolated PostgreSQL branches. Run CI/CD and QA on production-like data using copy-on-write cloning to improve reliability, speed up releases, and reduce cost.
Use PostgreSQL Time Travel to query any past state without restores. Vela implements storage-level versioning and bookmarks for precise point-in-time reads, faster debugging, audit evidence, and quick recovery.