# Powabase

A Supabase-style backend for AI apps: each project gets its own Postgres with pgvector, auth, storage and realtime, plus a document pipeline that OCRs, chunks, embeds and indexes uploads, an agent runtime with HTTP/MCP tools and visual workflows, all behind one REST API; hosted or self-hosted from an Apache-2.0 repo.

- Category: Backends and databases · by Agentic Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
- Website: https://powabase.ai/
- Live data: no
- Checked on the official pages: 2026-10-24

## API

- Official API: yes, docs https://docs.powabase.ai/
- Key needed: yes
- Price: Free tier; limits: Workflow execute endpoints: 20 requests per caller per 60 seconds; other AI endpoints are limited by credits; Free-plan projects suspend after 7 days inactive
- Formats: json, sse

## Price and code

- Free tier: Free $0 forever on Powabase Cloud: all platform features, $10 free credits on sign-up, pay-as-you-go usage, inactive projects suspend after 7 days and delete after 30; self-hosting is free; paid from $25/month (https://powabase.ai/pricing/)
- Open source: https://github.com/powabase-ai/powabase

## Data and license

- License: Apache-2.0 (self-hosted stack); Powabase Terms of Service (cloud) (https://powabase.ai/terms/); covers Self-hosted code under Apache-2.0; Powabase Cloud under the Terms for your internal business purposes
- Commercial use OK
- Credit: not stated
- Embedding unclear
- Quote (api_official): "Every API request requires two headers: an apikey header and a Bearer token in the Authorization header." (https://docs.powabase.ai/concepts/architecture)
- Quote (api_key): "The Service Role (Secret) Key gives full access and bypasses Row Level Security, so use it for server-side calls only. The Anon (Publishable) Key respects RLS policies and is safe to embed in browsers and mobile clients." (https://docs.powabase.ai/concepts/architecture)
- Quote (limits): "Powabase's only quantitative rate limit on the AI surface today applies to workflow execution endpoints." (https://docs.powabase.ai/concepts/rate-limits)
- Quote (free_tier): "Free $0 forever All platform features. Sign up, start a project, ship. Start a project $10 in free credits on sign-up" (https://powabase.ai/pricing/)
- Quote (free_limits): "Inactive projects suspend after 7 days, delete after 30" (https://powabase.ai/pricing/)
- Quote (paid_from): "Self Serve $25 /month For solo devs and small teams running steady workloads." (https://powabase.ai/pricing/)
- Quote (commercial): "we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to access and use the Services for your internal business purposes" (https://powabase.ai/terms/)
- Quote (open_source): "The whole stack lives in one repo under Apache-2.0: Postgres, auth, storage, REST, and the Powabase AI service." (https://powabase.ai/)
- Quote (maker): "These Terms form a legally binding agreement between you and Agentic Enterprise Solutions, Inc. and its affiliates" (https://powabase.ai/terms/)
- Quote (mcp): "The Powabase MCP server is live at https://mcp.powabase.ai/mcp." (https://powabase.ai/llms.txt)

## Rules for an agent

- claude mcp add --transport http powabase https://mcp.powabase.ai/mcp, or npx skills add powabase-ai/agent-skills; REST calls to your Project URL need an apikey header plus Authorization: Bearer (Service Role key server-side only, Anon key in browsers); bring your own LLM keys; self-host with docker compose up from github.com/powabase-ai/powabase
- Never ship the Service Role key to a browser; it bypasses row-level security
- Keep the Apache-2.0 license and NOTICE when you redistribute the self-hosted code
- Free cloud projects are suspended after 7 days of inactivity and deleted after 30

## Agent access

- llms.txt: https://powabase.ai/llms.txt
- MCP: https://mcp.powabase.ai/mcp

Human page: https://agentgid.com/resources/powabase/
Source: AgentGid (agentgid.com). Facts are quoted from the site's own pages; check the license page before you ship.