Supabase: Migration

Moving the data is one job. Moving user logins and updating your app code are two more.

Moving Without Breaking Things

Your current backend limits what you can build, or it no longer fits your data. You want to move, but you can’t afford to lose records or lock users out.

We manage the whole move to Supabase from Firebase, custom backends or other platforms. That covers schema design, data transfer, login migration and updates to your app code, so the new backend works with what you’ve built.

Diagram of a backend moving from Firebase to Supabase through schema design, data transfer and user migration.

What Moves Across

A schema designed for your new PostgreSQL database

Data migration with validation and integrity checks

User accounts moved across to Supabase Auth

App code updated for Supabase’s APIs

How We Move Your Backend

1

Design Schema

We map your current data into a PostgreSQL schema, which can simplify complex Firebase structures.

2

Transfer Data

Data, files and user accounts move across, with validation and integrity checks along the way.

3

Update App

Your application code gets switched to Supabase’s APIs, and we handle any password reset notices.

4

Cut Over

Critical apps run on both systems during the move. We switch once everything is validated.

Why Choose System Strats

We’ve architected Supabase backends for web and mobile applications. A migration gives you the chance to build that backend properly, so we design for where your app is going as well as what it holds today.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. We handle Firestore data migration to PostgreSQL, Firebase Auth users, file storage and app code updates. The relational model often simplifies complex Firebase data structures.

We plan for minimal or zero downtime. For critical applications, we run both systems in parallel during the move and cut over once everything is validated.

Yes. Whether you run a custom Node.js or Python API with a separate database or use another backend platform, we design the Supabase schema and migrate your data and application logic.

We migrate user accounts, including email, hashed passwords where possible, and profile data. Some users may need to reset passwords, depending on how the old platform stored them. We handle the notices for that.

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