Case Study: Good Tape achieves 60% cost reduction and database efficiency with Supabase

Good Tape migrates to Supabase managed Postgres and Authentication and achieves database efficiency and a 60% cost reduction

Good Tape is a secure transcription service for journalists and other professionals. As it scaled rapidly, the team struggled with expensive authentication via Auth0 and unreliable database operations on Fly Postgres, including a severe outage that left the cluster in an irreparable state. They needed a more managed, dependable backend so the company’s lone full-time developer could spend less time on infrastructure and more time building the product.

Supabase provided managed Postgres and Authentication, along with support during both migrations, and Good Tape moved its database and auth workloads to Supabase in a single month. The result was a major reduction in backend complexity and a 60% cost cut, lowering monthly infrastructure spend from about $4,100 to $1,600. With Supabase, Good Tape also gained peace of mind, improved reliability, and the equivalent of adding a full-time engineer back to the team.

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Jakob Steinn

Lead Developer