theStacc · infra decision · Oct 2026

Where should our data and images live?

Three options compared on our real numbers: staying on Supabase, moving images to Cloudflare R2, or self-hosting everything on our own server.

4.6 GB database 12 GB images · 25,684 files 724 users 2,511 / 2,530 live posts use Supabase image links 14 / 29 customer sites load images from Supabase

Option A

Stay on Supabase

~$30 /month

Upgrade the database from 1 GB to 2 GB RAM. Nothing moves.

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Option B · Amit's idea

Supabase + R2 for images

~$30 /month

Database stays on Supabase. New images go to R2 on our own domain. R2 costs about $0.

Option C

Self-host everything

~$1 /month later

~$26 until old images are moved off Supabase. Everything runs on our one server.

Side by side

	A · Stay	B · + R2	C · Self-host
Work to switch	10 minutes	2–3 days	1–2 weeks + upkeep
Downtime	~2 min restart	None	~20 min
Fixes Monday's database stall	Yes	Yes, with the upgrade	Yes
Image resizing	Over quota, ~$1–6/mo	Free	Free with R2
Image speed	OK	Fast, global edge	Fast with R2
Backups	Handled for us	Handled for us	We build them, none today
If it breaks at 3am	Supabase fixes it	Supabase fixes it	We fix it
Tied to Supabase	Fully	Database only	No

What happens to images

	A · Stay	B · + R2	C · Self-host
New images	Supabase link, as today	Our domain	Our domain
Old images on customer sites	Keep working	Keep working	Break when Supabase closes
Posts customers edited or disconnected	Fine	Fine	Can't be fixed
Logo in emails already sent	Fine	Fine	Breaks
Social posts waiting to publish	Fine	Fine	Needs a careful switch

Old images point at a supabase.co address, and only Supabase controls it. In B, Supabase stays up for the database anyway, so old images never break.

What switching looks like

A · Stay

10 minutes

Upgrade to the 2 GB plan
2 min restart at a quiet hour
Done

B · + R2

2–3 days

Create R2 + images.thestacc.com
One upload helper for all images
Copy the 12 GB across
Point saved links at the new domain
Thumbnails via Cloudflare

C · Self-host

1–2 weeks

Offsite backups + a restore test
Lock down the server's open ports
Copy database and users over
Rehearse, then switch ~20 apps
Re-sync all posts, close Supabase

Do A now, then B.

About $30 a month. Nothing breaks, the stall is fixed today, and new images move to our own domain within a week. Self-hosting saves ~$29 a month at most, and only once the old images are gone, in exchange for running backups and outages on one old disk.