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Comparison

HiveMQ vs Supabase Realtime

On the evidence we track, HiveMQ leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★HiveMQ68
Supabase Realtime51
Score
Vioscale score
HiveMQ68 / 100medium · 62%
Supabase Realtime51 / 100low · 13%
Pricing
Free tier
HiveMQ✓
Supabase Realtime–
Model
HiveMQfreemium
Supabase Realtimecommercial
Price level
HiveMQlow
Supabase Realtime–
Starting price
HiveMQ$0.34
Supabase Realtime–
Transparent
HiveMQ✓
Supabase Realtime–
Integrations
Count
HiveMQ5
Supabase Realtime–
Security
Iso27001
HiveMQ✓
Supabase Realtime✓
Soc2
HiveMQ✓
Supabase Realtime✓
Reliability
Sla pct
HiveMQ99.99
Supabase Realtime–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

HiveMQ

Leader

HiveMQ is a real-time data streaming platform built on MQTT that provides reliable, high-performance connectivity for industrial systems and AI applications. It supports both fully-managed cloud deployments and self-hosted installations, enabling enterprises to move operational data reliably at enterprise scale.

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.

HiveMQ

Leader
from $0.34/hrHybridFree tier15-day trial

Free tier available. Starter from $0.34/hour + $0.80/million messages. Enterprise custom.

  • Serverless FreeFree
    • 100 connections
    • 10 GB/month throughput
    • Shared MQTT broker
    • TLS encryption
    • RBAC
    • +2 more
  • Starter$0.34/hour + $0.80/million messages; 15-day free trial
    • Production-ready MQTT with clustering and high availability
    • 1 MB/sec max throughput
    • 10,000 connections
    • TLS encryption, authentication, advanced authorization
    • Data Streaming Extensions
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Complete HiveMQ Platform
    • Custom connection and throughput limits
    • Distributed Data Intelligence
    • Agentic AI for Operations (coming soon)
    • Up to 99.99% uptime SLA
    • +2 more
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
HiveMQ✗
Supabase Realtime✓
CLI
HiveMQ✓
Supabase Realtime✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
HiveMQ✓
Supabase Realtime✓
Self-hosted
HiveMQ✓
Supabase Realtime✗
On-premise
HiveMQ✓
Supabase Realtime✗
Hybrid
HiveMQ✓
Supabase Realtime✗

Integrations

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

HiveMQ

Leader
5 total
  • Kafka
  • Amazon Kinesis
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • Prometheus
  • Graphite
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.