# EMQX vs Supabase Realtime

| Attribute | EMQX | Supabase Realtime |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.2 (74% (medium)) | 62.2 (32% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An enterprise MQTT broker and platform that enables scalable, real-time data collection and routing from IoT devices across edge, cloud, and on-premises deployments. It provides native integrations with AI platforms, databases, and cloud services, along with advanced features like rule engines and flexible authentication. It is indexed under Realtime Messaging Infra.","source":"https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing","question":"What is EMQX?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"EMQX offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $234 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing","question":"Is EMQX free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"EMQX supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing","question":"What platforms does EMQX support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. EMQX can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing","question":"Can EMQX be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 23 integrations for EMQX, including Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, AWS, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini and ClickHouse, plus 15 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing","question":"What does EMQX integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for EMQX. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as EMQX not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.emqx.com/zh/security-and-trust-center","question":"What security certifications does EMQX have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"A server that monitors PostgreSQL databases for data changes and broadcasts updates instantly to connected clients. It polls PostgreSQL's replication logs, converts modifications to JSON, and delivers them to authorized subscribers via WebSocket. It is indexed under Realtime Messaging Infra.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","question":"What is Supabase Realtime?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Supabase Realtime offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $25 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","question":"Is Supabase Realtime free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Supabase Realtime. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/storage-500gb-uploads-cheaper-egress-pricing","question":"What platforms does Supabase Realtime support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Supabase Realtime can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","question":"Can Supabase Realtime be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA for Supabase Realtime. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Supabase Realtime not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","question":"What security certifications does Supabase Realtime have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Supabase Realtime is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","question":"Where is Supabase Realtime available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | EMQX is an MQTT-based message broker designed to connect and manage millions of IoT devices in real time. It supports multiple deployment models (cloud-hosted, self-managed, and bring-your-own-cloud), comprehensive protocol support beyond MQTT, and integrations with 50+ external systems for data routing and processing. | A server that monitors PostgreSQL databases for data changes and broadcasts updates instantly to connected clients. It polls PostgreSQL's replication logs, converts modifications to JSON, and delivers them to authorized subscribers via WebSocket. |
| features.capabilities | `{"mqtt_support":true,"pricing_model":"connections-metered","scaling_model":"native-cluster","self_hostable":true,"delivery_guarantee":"exactly-once","global_edge_network":true,"message_history_replay":true,"offline_reconnect_catchup":true}` | `{"presence":true,"deployment":"cloud-hosted","self_hostable":true}` |
| integrations.count | 50 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Oracle Cloud"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Pulsar"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"InfluxDB"},{"name":"TDengine"},{"name":"TimescaleDB"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Azure Blob"},{"name":"Confluent Cloud"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Amazon S3","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure Blob Storage","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure","native":true,"category":"cloud"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Serverless","summary":"Free quota, pay-as-you-go overage","features":["Up to 1000 connections","TLS/SSL encryption","Basic monitoring & alerts","8/5 support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fully managed, pay-as-you-go MQTT broker with generous free monthly quota","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"connections":"1000","free_monthly_quota":"sessions, traffic, rule actions"}},{"free":false,"name":"Dedicated Flex","summary":"$234/month with included traffic allowance","features":["Dedicated isolated cluster","VPC peering & private link","40+ integrations","99.99% uptime SLA","24/7 premium support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":234,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Single-tenant isolated cluster with hourly billing and included traffic","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"tenant_isolation":"dedicated VPC","traffic_allowance":"included"}},{"free":false,"name":"BYOC","summary":"Custom pricing based on requirements","features":["Deployed in your VPC","Custom data plane & control plane","Managed upgrades and observability","Compliance tailored to your needs"],"description":"EMQ-managed service running in your cloud infrastructure","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing for self-managed deployments","features":["Deploy anywhere (on-prem, edge, cloud)","Custom plugins & extensions","Professional services","Priority feature requests"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Self-managed deployment for full infrastructure control","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From free tier to $234/month managed, or custom enterprise pricing","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-05T21:09:09.294Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":234,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier for hobby projects and experiments","features":["Unlimited API requests","50,000 monthly active users","500 MB database size","5 GB cached egress","1 GB file storage","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"file_storage":"1 GB","cached_egress":"5 GB","database_size":"500 MB","monthly_active_users":"50,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$25/month for first project; $10/month for additional projects","features":["Everything in Free Plan","100,000 monthly active users (then $0.00325 per MAU)","8 GB disk size per project (then $0.125 per GB)","250 GB egress (then $0.09 per GB)","250 GB cached egress (then $0.03 per GB)","100 GB file storage (then $0.0213 per GB)","Email support","Daily backups (7-day retention)","7-day log retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Most Popular","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"egress":"250 GB","file_storage":"100 GB","cached_egress":"250 GB","database_size":"8 GB","monthly_active_users":"100,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$599/month","features":["Everything in Pro Plan","SOC2 & ISO 27001 compliance","Project-scoped and read-only access","HIPAA available as paid add-on","SSO for Supabase Dashboard","Priority email support with SLAs","Daily backups (14-day retention)","28-day log retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":599,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Custom","features":["Designated support manager","Uptime SLAs","AWS PrivateLink support","24/7/365 premium enterprise support","Private Slack channel","Custom security questionnaires"],"contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Log Drains","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":60,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"events"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Custom Domain","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Point in Time Recovery"},{"name":"Branching","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"branch-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01344,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Pipelines","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"pipeline-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.053,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Replication (ongoing)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":3,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Replication (initial sync)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.6,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier available. Pro from $25/month for first project. Team $599/month. Usage-based add-ons for storage, bandwidth, compute, and additional features.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-09T16:16:22.966Z","startingPrice":{"amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | high | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":234,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":25,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type 1","status":"active"},{"name":"SOC 2 Type 2","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27001:2022","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27701:2019","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 9001:2015","status":"active"},{"name":"VDA-TISAX AL2","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.emqx.com/ja/security-and-trust-center | - |

## Capabilities (Realtime Messaging Infra)

| Capability | EMQX | Supabase Realtime |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Presence | - | ✓ |
| Message history replay | ✓ | - |
| Delivery guarantee | Exactly once | - |
| Global edge network | ✓ | - |
| Scaling model | Native cluster | - |
| Offline reconnect catchup | ✓ | - |
| Push notification bridge | - | - |
| Auth model | - | - |
| Self hostable | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mqtt support | ✓ | - |
| Deployment | - | Cloud hosted |
| Pricing model | Connections metered | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T08:50:56.182Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*