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Powabase
Powabase is an all-in-one development platform for building AI-native applications. Each project gets its own isolated Postgres database with pgvector, plus auth, object storage, realtime, RAG pipelines, ReAct agents, and visual workflows behind a single REST API. Developers and teams use it when they want one backend that covers database, retrieval, and agent runtime instead of stitching together separate services.
The stack is tuned for AI workloads: retrieval, reranking, and the agent runtime are co-located with Postgres so vector lookups stay hot and agent loops stay short. Upload PDFs, office files, images, or URLs and Powabase handles extraction, chunking, embedding, and indexing with built-in OCR, hybrid BM25 plus vector search, and rerankers.
Powabase connects to coding agents and app builders through an installable agent skill, a REST API, or auth connection guides. Supported integrations include Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable, v0, Replit, and Bolt.new. Run on managed Powabase Cloud, self-host with Docker Compose or Kubernetes, and bring your own LLM keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or OpenRouter.
Each project gets isolated Postgres, pgvector, auth, storage, and realtime
Upload PDFs, images, or URLs and get OCR plus four indexing strategies on ingest
ReAct agents stream over SSE with tool calls, retrieval events, and citations
Drag-and-drop workflows deploy as HTTP endpoints, with a natural-language copilot
Agent skill for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor wires up RAG and agents natively
Self-host on Docker Compose or Kubernetes, or use managed Powabase Cloud
Free tier includes full platform access plus $10 in signup credits with no monthly minimum.
Each project runs on an isolated Postgres stack with bundled RAG, agents, and workflows.
Connects to Claude Code, Codex, Lovable, v0, and other coding tools via agent skill or REST API.
Self-host with Docker Compose or Kubernetes, or use managed Powabase Cloud.
Bring your own LLM keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or OpenRouter.
Inactive free-tier projects suspend after 7 days and delete after 30.
MCP support was listed as coming soon on the integrations page.
Open-source community edition (MIT) was announced as coming end of June 2026.
Enterprise SSO and phone MFA require higher compute tiers on paid infrastructure.
Does Powabase have a free plan?
Yes. Powabase offers a Free plan at $0 with all platform features, $10 in credits on sign-up, and pay-as-you-go usage with no monthly minimum. Inactive projects on the free tier suspend after 7 days and delete after 30.
How is Powabase priced?
Powabase uses usage-based credits. Paid Self Serve is $25/month with $25 in monthly credits, and Scale is $300/month with $300 in monthly credits. Unused credits roll over. Enterprise pricing is custom via sales. Compute, storage, auth MAU, and per-call AI operations are billed separately from subscription credits.
Can I self-host Powabase?
Yes. Powabase supports self-hosting the full stack with Docker Compose on a single host or Kubernetes via an official Helm chart. You can also run on managed Powabase Cloud at app.powabase.ai. Enterprise plans add private hosting in your VPC or on-prem with regional data residency.
Which coding agents work with Powabase?
Powabase integrates with Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, OpenCode, Replit, Lovable, v0, Base44, and Bolt.new. You can connect through the Powabase agent skill on GitHub, the REST API with service role keys, or auth connection guides in the docs.
Which LLMs does Powabase support?
Powabase lets you bring your own API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and OpenRouter, stored per project and encrypted at rest. You can also pay for inference from your Powabase credits without supplying keys.
What file formats can Powabase process for RAG?
Powabase ingests PDFs, images, office files, and URLs. Documents go through extraction, chunking, embedding, and indexing with built-in OCR. Indexing strategies include ChunkEmbed, PageIndex, Doc2JSON, and GraphIndex.
How does Powabase compare to Supabase or Firebase?
Powabase positions itself as a backend built specifically for AI apps, combining Postgres with pgvector, a RAG pipeline, ReAct agents, and visual workflows in one platform. Supabase and Firebase are general-purpose backends without the same bundled retrieval and agent runtime stack.