Comparison

MariaDB vs Supabase

On the evidence we track, Supabase leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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MariaDB50
Supabase64
Score
Vioscale score
MariaDB50 / 100low · 43%updating
Supabase64 / 100medium · 70%updating
Pricing
Free tier
MariaDB
Supabase
Model
Supabasefreemium
Price level
MariaDBfree
Supabaselow
Transparent
MariaDB
Supabase
Integrations
Count
MariaDB17
Supabase12
Security
Disclosure policy
MariaDB
Supabase
Gdpr
MariaDB
Supabase
Hipaa
MariaDB
Supabase
Iso27001
MariaDB
Supabase
Pci
MariaDB
Supabase
Scorecard
MariaDB4.7
Supabase
Soc2
MariaDB
Supabase
Reliability
Status page
MariaDB
Supabase
Adoption
Dependent repos
MariaDB0
Supabase
Github stars
MariaDB8,144
Supabase
Activity
Commits last 30d
MariaDB100
Supabase
Release
History
MariaDB20 items
Supabase
License
Spdx
MariaDBGPL-2.0
Supabase
Language
Primary
MariaDBC++
Supabase

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
MariaDBFull SQL
SupabaseFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
MariaDB-
SupabaseFull
Highest isolation level
MariaDB-
SupabaseSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
MariaDBTunable
SupabaseStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
MariaDBNatively distributed
Supabase-
Replication
Replication
MariaDBSync
Supabase-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
MariaDB
Supabase-
Deployment
Deployment
MariaDB-
SupabaseManaged
Serverless / scale-to-zero
MariaDB-
Supabase-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
MariaDBMySQL protocol
SupabasePostgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
MariaDB
Supabase
Licensing
Licence class
MariaDBCopyleft
Supabase-
Data types
JSON / document support
MariaDB
Supabase
Geo / spatial
MariaDBNative
Supabase-

What each one is

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

MariaDB

A widely deployed open source database that evolved from MySQL while maintaining compatibility, offering advanced SQL capabilities, native vector search, pluggable storage engines, and multi-primary clustering for production workloads.

Independently observed

Supabase

Leader

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.

MariaDB

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Supabase

Leader
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
MariaDB
Supabase
Windows
MariaDB
Supabase
Linux
MariaDB
Supabase
CLI
MariaDB
Supabase
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
MariaDB
Supabase
Self-hosted
MariaDB
Supabase

Integrations

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

MariaDB

17 total
  • MariaDB Connector/C
  • MariaDB Connector/Node.js
  • MariaDB Connector/ODBC
  • MariaDB Connector/J
  • MariaDB Connector/Python
  • MariaDB Connector/R2DBC
  • MariaDB Connector/C++
  • MySqlConnector for ADO.NET
  • ADO.NET Driver for MySQL
  • ODBC Driver for MySQL
  • JDBC Driver for MySQL
  • Node.js Driver for MySQL
  • C++ Driver for MySQL
  • C Driver for MySQL
  • C API for MySQL
  • PyMySQL
  • mysql-python
Independently observed

Supabase

Leader
12 total
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Independently observed

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