Comparison

EMQX vs Supabase Realtime

No clear leader: EMQX (53.8) and Supabase Realtime (50.5) 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
EMQX54
Supabase Realtime51
Score
Vioscale score
EMQX54 / 100medium · 61%
Supabase Realtime51 / 100low · 13%
Pricing
Free tier
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
Model
Supabase Realtimecommercial
Price level
EMQXlow
Supabase Realtime
Transparent
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
Integrations
Count
EMQX50
Supabase Realtime
Security
Disclosure policy
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
Gdpr
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
Iso27001
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
Soc2
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
Reliability
Sla pct
EMQX99.99
Supabase Realtime
Market
Availability
Supabase Realtime

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for realtime messaging infra. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Presence
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime
Message history replay
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-
Delivery guarantee
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-
Global edge network
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-
Scaling model
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-
Offline reconnect catchup
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-
Push notification bridge
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-
Auth model
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-
Self hostable
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-
Mqtt support
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-
Deployment
EMQX-
Supabase RealtimeCloud hosted
Pricing model
EMQX-
Supabase Realtime-

What each one is

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

EMQX

An MQTT-based infrastructure platform that enables real-time communication between numerous IoT devices and cloud systems, with built-in data processing, 50+ integrations to enterprise backends, and AI agent capabilities for autonomous device monitoring and control.

Independently observed

Supabase Realtime

A real-time service that synchronizes application state across clients, enabling database change notifications, user presence tracking, and low-latency message broadcasting for collaborative applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

EMQX

SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Tiered subscription model with different SLA levels (99.9% and 99.99%). Pricing not transparently displayed.

  • Standard-
  • Enterprise-
as of verify ↗

Supabase Realtime

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
Linux
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
CLI
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
Self-hosted
EMQX
Supabase Realtime
On-premise
EMQX
Supabase Realtime

Integrations

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

EMQX

23 total
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Oracle Cloud
  • AWS
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google Gemini
  • ClickHouse
  • Snowflake
  • Kafka
  • Pulsar
  • RabbitMQ
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • InfluxDB
  • TDengine
  • TimescaleDB
  • BigQuery
  • S3
  • Azure Blob
  • Confluent Cloud
  • Webhook
Independently observed

Supabase Realtime

Not documented yet.

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