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Comparison

CockroachDB vs Supabase

No clear leader: Supabase (63.7) and CockroachDB (63.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

CockroachDB full profile →Supabase full profile →
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CockroachDB63
Supabase64
Score
Vioscale score
CockroachDB63 / 100medium · 66%
Supabase64 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
CockroachDB✓
Supabase✓
Model
CockroachDBcommercial
Supabasefreemium
Price level
CockroachDBlow
Supabaselow
Transparent
CockroachDB✓
Supabase✗
Integrations
Count
CockroachDB8
Supabase12
Security
Disclosure policy
CockroachDB✓
Supabase✓
Gdpr
CockroachDB✓
Supabase✓
Hipaa
CockroachDB✓
Supabase✓
Iso27001
CockroachDB✓
Supabase✓
Pci
CockroachDB✓
Supabase✓
Scorecard
CockroachDB5.1
Supabase–
Soc2
CockroachDB✓
Supabase✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
CockroachDB99.999
Supabase–
Status page
CockroachDB–
Supabase✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
CockroachDB235
Supabase–
Github stars
CockroachDB32,415
Supabase–
Activity
Commits last 30d
CockroachDB15
Supabase–
Language
Primary
CockroachDBGo
Supabase–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
CockroachDBFull SQL
SupabaseFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
CockroachDBFull
SupabaseFull
Highest isolation level
CockroachDBSerializable
SupabaseSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
CockroachDBStrong
SupabaseStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
CockroachDBNatively distributed
Supabase-
Replication
Replication
CockroachDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)
Supabase-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
CockroachDB✓
Supabase-
Deployment
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)
Supabase-
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

CockroachDB is a PostgreSQL-compatible distributed SQL database designed for global applications requiring high availability, automatic scaling, and strong consistency across data centers. It eliminates downtime, simplifies operations, and scales seamlessly without manual intervention.

Independently observed

Supabase

A Postgres-based development platform that provides a full relational database with built-in authentication, REST APIs, edge functions, realtime data synchronization, file storage, and vector embeddings.

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

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available with $400 in free credits. Provisioned capacity and on-demand pricing models for production workloads.

  • BasicFree
as of verify ↗

Supabase

SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier with 5 GB storage egress. Paid plans (Team, Enterprise) with annual commitment available via AWS Marketplace; cached egress $0.03/GB.

  • FreeFree
  • Team-
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

15 total - 13 not shared
  • Datadog
  • Splunk
  • Dynatrace
  • New Relic
  • Terraform
  • HashiCorp
  • pgvector
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Kubernetes
  • MOLT (Migration Tool)
  • PostgreSQL drivers
  • SQLAlchemy
Independently observed

Supabase

12 total - 10 not shared
  • OpenAI
  • Hugging Face
  • Stripe
  • Algolia
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Figma
  • LangChain
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Flutter
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.