Our take
Pick Hasura if app teams who will stay on DDN Free at $0 (1 supergraph developer, 15-minute traces, unlimited models) or self-host v3, then move to DDN Base at $5 per active model / month when they need unlimited developers and 30-day observability. Pick PocketBase if indie and small-app teams who will self-host at $0 (one binary) while they open a first Admin log, then stay on that bill until they outgrow a
single-binary backend desk
Best for
Hasura A supergraph you start at $0
PocketBase A backend you start at $0
Free plan
Hasura $0 · unlimited models at any scale. 1 supergraph developer. Observability: last 15 minutes. Unlimited API requests and concurrent users. Self-hosting with v3 graphql-engine. Optional connector hosting $0.075/vCPU-hour, $0.0075/GiB-hour
PocketBase $0 · open source. Realtime database, authentication, file storage, admin dashboard. You run 127.0.0.1:8090
Lowest paid
Hasura DDN Base $5/mo
PocketBase Not published by the vendor
Next step up
Hasura DDN Advanced $30/mo
PocketBase
Runs where
Hasura Local or hosted
PocketBase Hosted
Watch out
Hasura $5 / $30 is per active model / month
PocketBase $0 is the license, not HA
Last checked
Hasura 2026-10-22 · hasura.io/pricing
PocketBase 2026-10-23 · pocketbase.io
app teams who will stay on DDN Free at $0 (1 supergraph developer, 15-minute traces, unlimited models) or self-host v3, then move to DDN Base at $5 per active model / month when they need unlimited developers and 30-day observability.
Read the Hasura pageindie and small-app teams who will self-host at $0 (one binary) while they open a first Admin log, then stay on that bill until they outgrow a single-node backend.
Read the PocketBase page