Storage
Use Supabase to store and serve files.
Supabase Storage is a robust, scalable solution for managing files of any size with fine-grained access controls and optimized delivery. Whether you're storing user-generated content, analytics data, or vector embeddings, Supabase Storage provides specialized bucket types to meet your specific needs.
Key features#
- Multi Protocol - S3 compatible Storage, RESTful API, TUS resumable uploads
- Global CDN - Serve your assets with lightning-fast performance from over 285 cities worldwide
- Image Optimization - Resize, compress, and transform media files on the fly with built-in image processing
- Fine-grained Access Control - Manage file permissions with row-level security and custom policies
- Multiple Bucket Types - Specialized storage solutions for different use cases
Get started#
Choose the bucket type that fits your use case:
- Store and serve images, videos, documents, and general-purpose files with direct URL access and row-level security.
Files buckets
- Store data in Apache Iceberg tables for data lakes, logs, and Supabase Pipelines. Query from Postgres via foreign tables with partitioning.
Analytics buckets
- Store embeddings and run similarity search for semantic matching, AI, and RAG. Use HNSW indexing, distance metrics, and metadata filtering.
Vector buckets
Examples#
Working sample projects for common Storage integration patterns:
Resources#
Source code and REST API reference for the Storage service: