# MySQL vs Supabase

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Supabase

| Attribute | MySQL | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.2 (53% (medium)) | 75 (70% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 664 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 12,441 | - |
| adoption.stackoverflow_questions | 230,000 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"MySQL is a relational database management system that organizes data into structured tables and is one of the most widely deployed databases globally. It powers web applications, content management systems, e-commerce platforms, and services built with development stacks like LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) or LEMP. The database is known for ease of use, reliability, and solid performance for read-heavy workloads.","source":"https://www.mysql.com","question":"What is MySQL and what is it primarily used for?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"MySQL is open-source software distributed under the GNU General Public License, making it free to download, use, and modify. Oracle offers a commercial license for organizations with specific legal or support requirements, but the core database engine costs nothing. Managed hosting services and enterprise support may incur fees depending on the provider and service tier.","source":"https://www.mysql.com/about/","question":"Is MySQL open-source and what are the licensing and cost options?","confidence":0.93},{"answer":"MySQL is language-agnostic and supports connections from all major programming languages including PHP, Python, Node.js, Java, C++, Ruby, Go, and .NET. Virtually every web framework has built-in or third-party database drivers that work with MySQL, making it compatible with diverse technology stacks.","source":"https://www.mysql.com/products/connector/","question":"What programming languages and frameworks can connect to MySQL?","confidence":0.94},{"answer":"MySQL runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, and other Unix-based systems, giving developers flexibility to work in their preferred environment. This cross-platform support makes MySQL deployable across different infrastructure and simplifies consistency between development and production environments.","source":"https://www.mysql.com/downloads/","question":"What operating systems can run MySQL?","confidence":0.96},{"answer":"MySQL can be deployed either as a self-hosted database on your own servers or cloud infrastructure, or accessed as a fully managed database service through providers like Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, and Azure Database for MySQL. Self-hosting offers maximum control and customization, while managed services handle routine maintenance, backups, patching, and scaling.","source":"https://www.mysql.com/","question":"How is MySQL typically deployed: self-hosted or managed service?","confidence":0.94},{"answer":"MySQL's InnoDB storage engine (the default since version 5.5) provides full ACID compliance, supporting transactions that guarantee data consistency and durability across failures. Older storage engines like MyISAM lack transaction support, but InnoDB has become the standard for production applications requiring reliable data integrity.","source":"https://www.mysql.com/","question":"Does MySQL support transactions and ACID compliance?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"PostgreSQL is a feature-rich open-source relational database; MariaDB is an open-source MySQL fork; SQLite is a lightweight embedded option; commercial databases include Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database. The choice depends on requirements for specific features, scalability needs, compliance mandates, and budget.","source":"https://www.mysql.com/","question":"What are the main open-source and commercial alternatives to MySQL?","confidence":0.92},{"answer":"MySQL powers major platforms including Wikipedia, YouTube, and many large social networks, demonstrating its capability to handle massive workloads and billions of data operations. It is equally effective for startups and smaller applications, making it viable across organizations of all sizes from single-server deployments to global-scale distributed systems.","source":"https://www.mysql.com/","question":"At what scale can MySQL operate and who uses it?","confidence":0.9}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Relational Databases.","source":"https://supabase.com","question":"What is Supabase?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Supabase offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.00. 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 free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Supabase supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","question":"What platforms does Supabase support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Supabase, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://supabase.com","question":"Can Supabase be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Supabase, including OpenAI, Hugging Face, Stripe, Algolia, AWS, Amazon Bedrock, Figma and LangChain, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","question":"What does Supabase integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Supabase. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Supabase not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/security-performance-advisor","question":"What security certifications does Supabase have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Supabase is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","question":"Where is Supabase available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | MySQL is an open-source SQL database server. MySQL Cluster extends it with real-time transaction processing capabilities for distributed deployments. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","isolation":"serializable","sql_model":"full_sql","data_model":"relational","deployment":"self_hosted","serverless":true,"consistency":"strong","replication":"async","sql_support":true,"extensibility":true,"json_document":true,"license_class":"copyleft","vector_search":true,"horizontal_scale":"distributed_native","acid_transactions":"full","automatic_failover":true,"wire_compatibility":"mysql"}` | `{"hosting":"both","isolation":"serializable","sql_model":"full_sql","data_model":"relational","deployment":"managed","consistency":"strong","replication":"async","sql_support":true,"extensibility":true,"json_document":true,"license_class":"permissive","managed_cloud":true,"vector_search":true,"full_text_search":true,"acid_transactions":"full","wire_compatibility":"postgres"}` |
| integrations.count | - | 12 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"Algolia"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock"},{"name":"Figma"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"Next.js"},{"name":"React"},{"name":"Flutter"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | - |
| license.spdx | GPL-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"MySQL Community Server","description":"Free open source database","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"MySQL Enterprise Edition","description":"Advanced features, management tools, and technical support","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"MySQL Standard Edition","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"MySQL Classic Edition","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Community edition free; Enterprise/Standard/Classic editions require contacting sales","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.mysql.com","retrievedAt":"2026-07-08T12:01:40.782Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free with 2 active projects max, paused after 1 week of inactivity","features":["Unlimited API requests","50,000 monthly active users","500 MB database size","Shared CPU, 500 MB RAM","5 GB egress","5 GB cached egress","1 GB file storage","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Perfect for passion projects & simple websites.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"egress":"5 GB","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, additional projects $10/month","features":["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)","100 GB file storage (overage: $0.0213/GB)","Email support","Daily backups (7-day retention)","7-day log retention","$10/month compute credits"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00325,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.125,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For production applications with the power to scale.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"egress":"250 GB","file_storage":"100 GB","cached_egress":"250 GB","database_size":"8 GB","log_retention_days":"7","monthly_active_users":"100,000","backup_retention_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$599/month","features":["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","Priority email support with SLAs","Daily backups (14-day retention)","28-day log retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":599,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Add features such as SSO, control over backups, and industry certifications.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"log_retention_days":"28","backup_retention_days":"14"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing and features","features":["Custom pricing","Designated support manager","Uptime SLAs","AWS PrivateLink support","24×7×365 premium enterprise support","Private Slack channel","Custom security questionnaires"],"description":"For large-scale applications running Internet scale workloads.","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"}]},{"name":"Custom Domain","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Point in Time Recovery"}],"summary":"Free tier available. Pro from $25/month, Team $599/month, Enterprise custom pricing. Usage-based billing for compute and overages.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:11:46.609Z","startingPrice":{"amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":25,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 90 | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.1 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://supabase.com/blog/security-performance-advisor |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=mysql&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (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 | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:17:03.882Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*