Cluster

Data & Auth

Foundation layer

Postgres vs Mongo, Clerk vs Auth0, Prisma/Drizzle-era choices. Boring infrastructure that still decides if you sleep at night.

4 comparisons · 10 tools tracked

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Tools (10)

Airtable

A low-code platform that combines the simplicity of a spreadsheet with the power of a relational database. Build custom apps, automate workflows, and manage complex data with AI-powered tools — no coding required.

From $24/mo

Auth0

Okta Customer Identity platform: Universal Login, SSO, MFA, Organizations, Actions. Free to 25k MAU; Essentials from $35/mo (B2C). Enterprise-grade CIAM with pricing cliffs.

Free / custom

Clerk

Drop-in auth & user management: prebuilt UI, Organizations, MFA, SSO. Free to 50k MRU; Pro from $20/mo. Best DX for Next.js/React; watch MRU and B2B org costs.

Free / custom

Firebase

Google's app development platform: Firestore, Auth, Hosting, FCM, Functions, Crashlytics. Spark free quotas; Blaze pay-as-you-go.

Free / custom

Google Sheets

Google Sheets is a web-based spreadsheet program for data organization, analysis, and visualization. It targets individuals and teams, offering real-time collaboration, cloud accessibility, and seamless integration with Google Workspace.

Free / custom

MongoDB

Document database + Atlas multi-cloud DBaaS. Free M0 (512MB), Flex $8–$30/mo capped, Dedicated from ~$57/mo (M10). Search, Vector Search, SSPL server.

Free / custom

Neon

Serverless Postgres with scale-to-zero, branching, and usage pricing. Free tier; Launch $0.106/CU-hr; Scale $0.222/CU-hr; storage $0.35/GB-mo. No monthly minimum on paid plans.

Free / custom

PlanetScale

Managed Vitess (MySQL) and Postgres with Git-style branching, online schema changes, and Metal NVMe. No free tier; single-node Postgres from $5/mo; HA Vitess from ~$39/mo.

From $5/mo

PostgreSQL

Open-source object-relational database (PostgreSQL License). Free core; managed hosts from ~$5–$25/mo. ACID, JSONB, extensions, HA via ecosystem.

Free / custom

Supabase

Open-source Postgres development platform: DB, Auth, Storage, Realtime, Edge Functions, pgvector. Free tier; Pro $25/org/mo + compute.

Free / custom

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