Comparison

MySQL vs Supabase

On the evidence we track, Supabase leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

MySQL full profile →Supabase full profile →

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MySQL65

★Supabase75

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MySQL	SupabaseLeader
vioscaleAI score	65 / 100medium · 53%	75 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$25
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	12
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2, ISO 27001
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.1	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://supabase.com/blog/security-performance-advisor
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=mysql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	664	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	12,441	-
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	230,000	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	90	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

MySQL65 / 100medium · 53%

Supabase75 / 100medium · 70%

Pricing

Free tier

MySQL✓

Supabase✓

Model

MySQLopen_source

Supabasefreemium

Price level

MySQLfree

Supabasemid

Starting price

MySQL–

Supabase$25

Transparent

MySQL✗

Supabase✓

Integrations

Count

MySQL–

Supabase12

Security

Certifications

MySQL–

SupabaseSOC 2, ISO 27001

Disclosure policy

MySQL–

Supabase✓

Gdpr

MySQL–

Supabase✓

Hipaa

MySQL–

Supabase✓

Iso27001

MySQL–

Supabase✓

Pci

MySQL–

Supabase✓

Scorecard

MySQL5.1

Supabase–

Soc2

MySQL–

Supabase✓

Trust center

MySQL–

Supabasehttps://supabase.com/blog/security-performance-advisor

Vulnerabilities

MySQLCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=mysql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Supabase–

Reliability

Status page

MySQL–

Supabase✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

MySQL664

Supabase–

Github stars

MySQL12,441

Supabase–

Stackoverflow questions

MySQL230,000

Supabase–

Activity

Commits last 30d

MySQL100

Supabase–

Release

Cadence days

MySQL90

Supabase–

License

Spdx

MySQLGPL-2.0

Supabase–

Language

Primary

MySQLC++

Supabase–

Market

Availability

MySQLAvailable worldwide

SupabaseAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

MySQL8 items

Supabase7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	MySQL	Supabase
Core
SQL model	Full SQL	Full SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Highest isolation level	Serializable	Serializable
Consistency
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Scale
Horizontal scale	Natively distributed	-
Replication
Replication	Async	Async
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	-
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Managed
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✓	-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	MySQL protocol	Postgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✓	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Copyleft	Permissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support	✓	✓
Geo / spatial	-	-

Core

SQL model

MySQLFull SQL

SupabaseFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

MySQLFull

SupabaseFull

Highest isolation level

MySQLSerializable

SupabaseSerializable

Consistency

MySQLStrong

SupabaseStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

MySQLNatively distributed

Supabase-

Replication

MySQLAsync

SupabaseAsync

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

MySQL✓

Supabase-

Deployment

MySQLSelf-hosted

SupabaseManaged

Serverless / scale-to-zero

MySQL✓

Supabase-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

MySQLMySQL protocol

SupabasePostgres protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

MySQL✓

Supabase✓

Licensing

Licence class

MySQLCopyleft

SupabasePermissive OSS

Data types

JSON / document support

MySQL✓

Supabase✓

Geo / spatial

MySQL-

Supabase-

What each one is

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

MySQL

MySQL is an open-source SQL database server. MySQL Cluster extends it with real-time transaction processing capabilities for distributed deployments.

Independently observed

Supabase

Leader

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.

MySQL

Open sourceFree tier

Community edition free; Enterprise/Standard/Classic editions require contacting sales

MySQL Community ServerFree
MySQL Enterprise EditionContact sales
MySQL Standard EditionContact sales
MySQL Classic EditionContact sales

as of 2026-07-08verify ↗

Supabase

Leader

from $25/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Pro from $25/month, Team $599/month, Enterprise custom pricing. Usage-based billing for compute and overages.

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 for first project, additional projects $10/month
- Everything in Free Plan
- 100,000 monthly active users (overage: $0.00325/MAU)
- 8 GB database size (overage: $0.125/GB)
- 250 GB egress (overage: $0.09/GB)
- 250 GB cached egress (overage: $0.03/GB)
- +5 more
Team$599/month
- Everything in Pro Plan
- SOC2 Type II & ISO 27001 compliance
- Project-scoped and read-only access controls
- HIPAA available as paid add-on
- Single Sign-On (SAML 2.0) for Dashboard
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom pricing
- Designated support manager
- Uptime SLAs
- AWS PrivateLink support
- 24×7×365 premium enterprise support
- +2 more

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	MySQL	Supabase
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

MySQL✓

Supabase✓

CLI

MySQL✗

Supabase✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

MySQL✗

Supabase✓

Self-hosted

MySQL✓

Supabase✗

Integrations

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

MySQL

Not documented yet.

Supabase

Leader

12 total

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