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Comparison

MongoDB vs Supabase

No clear leader: Supabase (78.3) and MongoDB (75.6) 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.

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MongoDB76
Supabase78
Score
vioscaleAI score
MongoDB76 / 100medium · 72%
Supabase78 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Model
MongoDBfreemium
Supabasefreemium
Price level
MongoDBmid
Supabaselow
Starting price
MongoDB$25
Supabase$10
Transparent
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Integrations
Count
MongoDB6
Supabase12
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Fedramp
MongoDB✓
Supabase–
Gdpr
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Hipaa
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Iso27001
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Pci
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Scorecard
MongoDB4.7
Supabase–
Soc2
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
MongoDB99.99
Supabase–
Status page
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
MongoDB8
Supabase–
Github stars
MongoDB28,533
Supabase–
Stackoverflow questions
MongoDB170,000
Supabase–
Activity
Commits last 30d
MongoDB100
Supabase–
Release
Cadence days
MongoDB30
Supabase–
License
Spdx
MongoDBSSPL-1.0
Supabase–
Language
Primary
MongoDBC++
Supabase–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
MongoDB8 items
Supabase7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Data model
MongoDBDocument
SupabaseRelational
ACID transactions
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
SQL support
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Scale
Horizontal scaling / sharding
MongoDB✓
Supabase-
Replication
MongoDB-
Supabase-
Query
Full-text search
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Vector search
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Deployment
Managed cloud offering
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Hosting
MongoDBCloud + self-hosted
SupabaseCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

MongoDB

MongoDB is a fully managed cloud database that uses flexible document-based storage and supports complex queries, analytics, and advanced search capabilities including vector and full-text search functionality.

Independently observed

Supabase

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.

MongoDB

from $25/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free M0 tier; flex clusters from $8/month; dedicated clusters from $25/month

  • M0Free
    • 512 MB storage
    • 32 MB sort memory
    • 100 operations per second
    • shared vCPU
    • replica set deployments
  • Flex Clusters$8 to $30 per month based on usage
  • Dedicated ClustersStarting at $25/month through $56.94/month for higher tiers
    • dedicated vCPUs
    • replica sets and sharded clusters
    • auto-scaling
    • fully featured Atlas access
as of verify ↗

Supabase

from $10/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $25/month for Pro. Free tier available with usage-based overages for MAUs, storage, and bandwidth. Team plan starts at $599/month.

  • 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 base + usage overages
    • 100,000 monthly active users included
    • 8 GB database size per project
    • 250 GB egress
    • 250 GB cached egress
    • 100 GB file storage
    • +4 more
  • Team$599/month
    • Everything in Pro Plan
    • SOC2 & ISO 27001 certified
    • Project-scoped and read-only access
    • HIPAA available as paid add-on
    • SSO for Supabase Dashboard
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Designated support manager
    • Uptime SLAs
    • AWS PrivateLink support
    • 24×7×365 premium support
    • Private Slack channel
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
CLI
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
MongoDB✓
Supabase✓
Self-hosted
MongoDB✓
Supabase✗
On-premise
MongoDB✓
Supabase✗
Hybrid
MongoDB✓
Supabase✗

Integrations

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

MongoDB

12 total
  • Vertex AI
  • BigQuery
  • Datastream
  • Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Looker
  • Apigee
  • Apache Kafka
  • Google Vertex AI
  • Google Cloud BigQuery
  • Google Cloud Datastream
  • Google Cloud Functions
  • Kubernetes
Independently observed

Supabase

12 total
  • OpenAI
  • Hugging Face
  • Stripe
  • Algolia
  • AWS
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Figma
  • LangChain
  • Vercel
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Flutter
Independently observed
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MongoDB or Supabase: which one depends on you

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