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Comparison

EDB Postgres 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.

EDB Postgres full profile →Supabase full profile →
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EDB Postgres36
★Supabase75
Score
vioscaleAI score
EDB Postgres36 / 100medium · 72%
Supabase75 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✓
Model
EDB Postgresopen_source
Supabasefreemium
Price level
EDB Postgresfree
Supabasemid
Starting price
EDB Postgres–
Supabase$25
Transparent
EDB Postgres–
Supabase✓
Integrations
Count
EDB Postgres10
Supabase12
Security
Certifications
EDB Postgres–
SupabaseSOC 2, ISO 27001
Disclosure policy
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✓
Gdpr
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✓
Hipaa
EDB Postgres–
Supabase✓
Iso27001
EDB Postgres–
Supabase✓
Pci
EDB Postgres–
Supabase✓
Scorecard
EDB Postgres2.5
Supabase–
Soc2
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
EDB Postgres99.999
Supabase–
Status page
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
EDB Postgres1
Supabase–
Github stars
EDB Postgres67
Supabase–
Activity
Commits last 30d
EDB Postgres0
Supabase–
Release
Cadence days
EDB Postgres20
Supabase–
History
EDB Postgres20 items
Supabase–
Language
Primary
EDB PostgresPython
Supabase–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
EDB Postgres5 items
Supabase7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
EDB PostgresFull SQL
SupabaseFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
EDB PostgresFull
SupabaseFull
Highest isolation level
EDB PostgresSerializable
SupabaseSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
EDB PostgresStrong
SupabaseStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
EDB PostgresNatively distributed
Supabase-
Replication
Replication
EDB PostgresAsync
SupabaseAsync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase-
Deployment
Deployment
EDB PostgresSelf-hosted
SupabaseManaged
Serverless / scale-to-zero
EDB Postgres✗
Supabase-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
EDB PostgresPostgres protocol
SupabasePostgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✓
Licensing
Licence class
EDB PostgresPermissive OSS
SupabasePermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✓
Geo / spatial
EDB Postgres-
Supabase-

What each one is

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

EDB Postgres

An open-source command-line tool that automates the provisioning of cloud resources and deployment of PostgreSQL, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, and enterprise infrastructure including high availability, backup and recovery, monitoring, and connection pooling.

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.

EDB Postgres

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
EDB Postgres✗
Supabase✓
macOS
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✗
Windows
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✗
Linux
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✗
CLI
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✓
Self-hosted
EDB Postgres✓
Supabase✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • AWS

EDB Postgres

24 total - 23 not shared
  • JDBC Connectors
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • Hadoop
  • HBASE
  • MySQL
  • Amazon S3
  • Parquet
  • Apache Spark
  • PEM (Postgres Enterprise Manager)
  • xDB Replication Server
  • EFM (EDB Failover Manager)
  • Backup and Recovery Tool
  • HARP
  • ETCD
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • PostgreSQL
  • EDB Postgres Advanced Server
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • PEM
  • EFM
Independently observed

Supabase

Leader
12 total - 11 not shared
  • OpenAI
  • Hugging Face
  • Stripe
  • Algolia
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Figma
  • LangChain
  • Vercel
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Flutter
Independently observed
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