⚡ The Trick to Keep Your Supabase Project Awake – Free Tier ⚡

On the free plan, Supabase can quietly archive a project after inactivity — taking your backend (database, API, storage, auth) offline until it’s restored.

How it works in one line: A daily Edge Function writes a tiny record to your DB, drops a file in Storage, and is triggered automatically so your Supabase project never pauses.

There might be other ways to do it, but here’s the approach we’ve tested:

Create a tiny Edge Function that runs once a day
Add a timed data ping to write a small record to the database
Drop a lightweight file into Storage
Use a daily trigger (e.g., Google Apps Script) to run it automatically

Because Supabase is its own backend, this works no matter what you built your app in — Lovable.dev, Bolt.new, Softr, Bubble, or any other no-code/low-code tool.

Who this is for:

Non-technical creators launching low-traffic AI apps or prototypes
People setting up landing pages, sales funnels, or lead magnets on the free tier
Founders or students running demo projects where downtime could hurt credibility
Makers of apps with minimal data storage needs who don’t want to upgrade tiers just for uptime

Set it up once — it runs for the lifetime of your project.

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