Europees-only alternatief voor Supabase.
Supabase is the open-source Firebase alternative: hosted Postgres + Auth + Storage + Edge Functions + Realtime with a polished developer experience. Supabase Inc. is a Delaware US corporation; the EU regions (Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Paris) run on AWS infrastructure under both Supabase and AWS US-jurisdictional control. The good news: Supabase is open-source. You can self-host the entire stack on EU infrastructure with full feature parity — that is the sovereign alternative we deploy for clients.
"EU-regio" is geen soevereiniteit. Vier vragen bepalen het.
Data-residency vertelt waar de bits staan. Soevereiniteit vertelt welk rechtssysteem toegang kan afdwingen. Het antwoord moet op alle vier kloppen — anders is de stack niet soeverein.
Waar staat de data fysiek opgeslagen?
Niet "in de cloud" — welk datacenter, in welk land, onder welke rechtsmacht.
Wie zit er nog meer in uw datapad?
Iedere leverancier die data raakt: de CDN, de e-mailrelay, de error-tracker, de analytics-pipeline.
Wiens wetten kunnen openbaarmaking afdwingen?
Een leverancier met hoofdkantoor in de VS valt onder FISA 702 en de CLOUD Act — ook als de bits in Frankfurt staan.
Wie heeft daadwerkelijk de encryptiesleutels?
Als de cloudprovider zowel de data als de sleutels heeft, kan hij de data lezen — ongeacht welke DPA dan ook.
Faalt op rechtsmacht en sleutelbeheer.
EU-bits, Amerikaanse moedermaatschappij, US-subprocessoren in het standaardpad, sleutels beheerd door provider.
Slaagt op alle vier.
EU-gehost op EU-hoofdkantoor infrastructuur. Nul US-subprocessoren in het standaardpad. Klant- of EU-KMS-sleutels. Bij naam vermeld in uw Artikel 28 DPA.
Waarom teams weggaan Supabase
Supabase exits we have run come from one consistent trigger: a B2B SaaS that picked Supabase for its DX, grew to enterprise customers, and discovered that "Supabase Frankfurt on AWS Ireland" is two layers of US-jurisdictional processors that fail Schrems II analysis. The Supabase team itself has publicly discussed the data sovereignty constraints on their blog. Self-hosting Supabase on EU infrastructure preserves the full DX (the same supabase-js client works) while moving to full EU jurisdiction.
Supabase diensten en hun EU-only equivalenten
Een migratie is niet "vervang één doos door een andere". De mapping hieronder is wat we draaien voor klanten die weggaan bij Supabase op basis van Schrems II — volledige EU-rechtsmacht, geen US-moeder in het datapad.
| Supabase dienst | EU-only alternatief | Engineering-notitie |
|---|---|---|
| Postgres (managed) | Self-hosted Supabase on Hetzner, OVH Managed PostgreSQL with Supabase services on top, Aiven | Self-hosted Supabase deploys via Docker Compose; the managed-by-Binadit version on Hetzner is the cleanest sovereign equivalent. |
| Auth (GoTrue) | Self-hosted GoTrue (it's open-source), Keycloak, Authentik (DE) | GoTrue is part of the open Supabase stack; self-hosting preserves the JWT-based auth with social logins, magic links, MFA. |
| Storage (S3-compatible) | Self-hosted Supabase Storage with MinIO backend, OVH Object Storage as direct alternative | Supabase Storage is a service layer over S3-compatible storage; works with any EU S3 backend. |
| Edge Functions (Deno) | Self-hosted Deno runtime on EU compute, Scaleway Serverless Functions, EdgeDB on EU infra | Edge Functions are Deno runtimes; the self-hosted equivalent runs on any EU container platform. |
| Realtime (Postgres CDC) | Self-hosted Supabase Realtime on EU compute, native Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY, Hasura on EU | Realtime is open-source; self-hosting preserves the WebSocket-based pub/sub. |
| Vector embeddings (pgvector) | Self-hosted Postgres + pgvector on EU compute, Qdrant (DE-headquartered) self-hosted or cloud | For dedicated vector workloads, Qdrant Cloud EU is a sovereign-by-default alternative. |
| Studio (admin UI) | Self-hosted Supabase Studio (it's open-source), pgAdmin self-hosted | Studio is part of the self-hosted distribution. |
| Database backups | pg_dump scheduled to EU object storage, WAL-G to S3-compatible EU storage, Borgbase EU | WAL-G with EU object storage backend is the production-grade pattern. |
| API (PostgREST) | Self-hosted PostgREST on EU compute, Hasura, custom API layer | PostgREST is open-source; self-hosting preserves the REST API generation. |
| CLI / Migrations | Standard supabase-cli works with self-hosted instances, sqitch, Atlas | The Supabase CLI supports `--db-url` to point at self-hosted instances. |
Hoe we migreren af van Supabase
Een typische mid-market migratie loopt in drie fasen. De getallen hieronder gaan uit van een team van 6-10 engineers en een gemiddeld complexe applicatie-stack.
Self-hosted Supabase deployment
Deploy self-hosted Supabase stack on Hetzner (Docker Compose or Kubernetes). Configure auth providers, storage backend, Edge Functions runtime. Set up monitoring and backups.
Database + auth migration
Postgres dump+restore to self-hosted instance. User accounts migrated via auth provider data export. Storage buckets mirrored. Edge Functions redeployed.
Application cutover
Application config updated to point at self-hosted Supabase URL. Same supabase-js client, same RLS policies, same auth flows. Cutover with a verification window.
Self-hosted Supabase on a single Hetzner CCX23 (€25/month) replaces Supabase Pro at $25/month-per-project plus per-project usage. For multi-project workloads, savings compound: a typical Supabase team plan ($599/month) becomes €40-100/month in raw infrastructure plus the managed-partner fee if you don't want to operate it yourself. Plus full EU jurisdiction.
Veelgestelde vragen
Is Supabase's EU region (Frankfurt, Ireland) sufficient for GDPR?
Residency yes, sovereignty no. Supabase Inc. is US-headquartered, and the Frankfurt/Ireland regions run on AWS — also US-jurisdictional. For Schrems II analyses, both layers are exposed.
Does self-hosted Supabase have full feature parity?
Yes for the core stack: Postgres, Auth (GoTrue), Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime, Studio, PostgREST. The supabase-js client works identically. The features that aren't in self-hosted: paid-tier features like team management UI and integrated logging dashboards (you build those with Loki + Grafana on EU infra).
How operationally complex is self-hosted Supabase?
For single-environment production, a single CCX23 Hetzner VM with Docker Compose is sufficient and operationally manageable for an experienced engineering team. For multi-environment or HA setups, Kubernetes with Helm chart is the production pattern; we operate this for clients.
Does the supabase-js client need code changes?
Just one: the URL points at your self-hosted instance instead of `*.supabase.co`. RLS policies, auth flows, storage URLs, realtime subscriptions — all unchanged.
What about managed Supabase EU equivalents?
There are emerging EU-headquartered offerings (Supascale, Supafast — both early-stage), but the production-ready answer is self-hosted Supabase managed by an EU partner. We deploy and operate this exact pattern.
How long does a Supabase exit take?
For a single-environment project (one Postgres, basic auth, a few buckets): 1–2 weeks elapsed. For multi-environment or large-data setups: 3–6 weeks. The migration is mechanically clean because everything is open-source upstream.
Plan je exit van Supabase.
Gesprek van 30 minuten. We mappen je stack tegen EU-only alternatieven, schatten de migratie-inspanning en zeggen je of het de juiste keuze is.