Comparison

CockroachDB vs Supabase

On the evidence we track, Supabase leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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CockroachDB65

★Supabase75

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CockroachDB	SupabaseLeader
vioscaleAI score	65 / 100medium · 65%	75 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$0.06	$25
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	12
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 42001 +2 more	SOC 2, ISO 27001
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.1	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.cockroachlabs.com/trust-center/	https://supabase.com/blog/security-performance-advisor
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcockroachdb%2Fcockroach&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.99	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	235	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	32,549	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	11	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

CockroachDB65 / 100medium · 65%

Supabase75 / 100medium · 70%

Pricing

Free tier

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Model

CockroachDBfreemium

Supabasefreemium

Price level

CockroachDBlow

Supabasemid

Starting price

CockroachDB$0.06

Supabase$25

Transparent

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Integrations

Count

CockroachDB6

Supabase12

Security

Certifications

CockroachDBSOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 42001 +2 more

SupabaseSOC 2, ISO 27001

Disclosure policy

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Gdpr

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Hipaa

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Iso27001

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Pci

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Scorecard

CockroachDB5.1

Supabase–

Soc2

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Trust center

CockroachDBhttps://www.cockroachlabs.com/trust-center/

Supabasehttps://supabase.com/blog/security-performance-advisor

Vulnerabilities

CockroachDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcockroachdb%2Fcockroach&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Supabase–

Reliability

Sla pct

CockroachDB99.99

Supabase–

Status page

CockroachDB–

Supabase✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

CockroachDB235

Supabase–

Github stars

CockroachDB32,549

Supabase–

Activity

Commits last 30d

CockroachDB11

Supabase–

Language

Primary

CockroachDBGo

Supabase–

Market

Availability

CockroachDBAvailable worldwide

SupabaseAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

CockroachDB6 items

Supabase7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	CockroachDB	Supabase
Core
SQL model	Full SQL	Full SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Highest isolation level	Serializable	Serializable
Consistency
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Scale
Horizontal scale	Natively distributed	-
Replication
Replication	Consensus (Raft/Paxos)	Async
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	-
Deployment
Deployment	Managed	Managed
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✓	-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	Postgres protocol	Postgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✗	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available (BSL/SSPL)	Permissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support	✗	✓
Geo / spatial	None	-

Core

SQL model

CockroachDBFull SQL

SupabaseFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

CockroachDBFull

SupabaseFull

Highest isolation level

CockroachDBSerializable

SupabaseSerializable

Consistency

CockroachDBStrong

SupabaseStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

CockroachDBNatively distributed

Supabase-

Replication

CockroachDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)

SupabaseAsync

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

CockroachDB✓

Supabase-

Deployment

CockroachDBManaged

SupabaseManaged

Serverless / scale-to-zero

CockroachDB✓

Supabase-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

CockroachDBPostgres protocol

SupabasePostgres protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

CockroachDB✗

Supabase✓

Licensing

Licence class

CockroachDBSource-available (BSL/SSPL)

SupabasePermissive OSS

Data types

JSON / document support

CockroachDB✗

Supabase✓

Geo / spatial

CockroachDBNone

Supabase-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

CockroachDB

A cloud-native SQL database that scales automatically across machines without manual sharding, supporting ACID transactions and multi-region deployments. It survives node, zone, and regional failures with minimal disruption and is compatible with PostgreSQL applications.

Independently observed

Supabase

Leader

Supabase is a PostgreSQL-based platform offering hosted databases with automatically generated REST and GraphQL APIs, real-time subscriptions via websockets, database functions, and vector search capabilities. It combines open source components to provide a managed alternative to proprietary backend platforms.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

CockroachDB

from $0.06/vCPU-hourUsage-basedFree tier30-day trial

From $0.057/vCPU-hr. Free 30-day trial with $400 credit.

StandardFrom $0.057/vCPU-hr, 99.99% SLA
- 99.99% availability SLA
- Single- or multi-region on AWS and GCP
- Row-level security
- Column-level encryption
- Private connectivity
- +2 more
Mission Critical$0.162/vCPU-hr, 99.999% SLA
- 99.999% availability SLA with multi-region
- Egress controls
- CMEK
- PCI DSS & HIPAA compliance
- All add-ons available
- +1 more

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

Supabase

Leader

from $25/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Pro from $25/month, Team $599/month, Enterprise custom pricing. Usage-based billing for compute and overages.

FreeFree
- Unlimited API requests
- 50,000 monthly active users
- 500 MB database size
- Shared CPU, 500 MB RAM
- 5 GB egress
- +3 more
Pro$25/month for first project, additional projects $10/month
- Everything in Free Plan
- 100,000 monthly active users (overage: $0.00325/MAU)
- 8 GB database size (overage: $0.125/GB)
- 250 GB egress (overage: $0.09/GB)
- 250 GB cached egress (overage: $0.03/GB)
- +5 more
Team$599/month
- Everything in Pro Plan
- SOC2 Type II & ISO 27001 compliance
- Project-scoped and read-only access controls
- HIPAA available as paid add-on
- Single Sign-On (SAML 2.0) for Dashboard
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom pricing
- Designated support manager
- Uptime SLAs
- AWS PrivateLink support
- 24×7×365 premium enterprise support
- +2 more

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	CockroachDB	Supabase
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

CLI

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✓

Self-hosted

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✗

On-premise

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✗

Hybrid

CockroachDB✓

Supabase✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)

Vercel
AWS

CockroachDB

16 total - 14 not shared

Datadog
Splunk
Dynatrace
New Relic
Terraform
HashiCorp
pgvector
GCP
Azure
Kubernetes
MOLT (Migration Tool)
PostgreSQL drivers
SQLAlchemy
Google Cloud

Independently observed

Supabase

Leader

12 total - 10 not shared

OpenAI
Hugging Face
Stripe
Algolia
Amazon Bedrock
Figma
LangChain
Next.js
React
Flutter

Independently observed

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