Supabase is an open source backend as a service (BaaS) alternative to Firebase. It provides a suite of tools built around PostgreSQL, including database hosting, authentication, real time subscriptions, and storage. Supabase is positioned to give developers the productivity of a BaaS without the vendor lock in, offering the full power of SQL and an open source architecture. The infrastructure accelerates software deployment cycles, reducing the technical debt and maintenance burden for large-scale engineering organizations.