# SQLite vs Supabase

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Supabase

| Attribute | SQLite | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 60.1 (53% (medium)) | 75 (70% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 10,602 | - |
| adoption.stackoverflow_questions | 40,000 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"SQLite is a C-language library that provides a lightweight, self-contained SQL database engine with no external dependencies or separate server process. It is embedded directly into applications and is the most widely deployed database engine in the world, found in virtually all mobile phones and most computers.","source":"https://www.sqlite.org","question":"What is SQLite?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Yes. SQLite's source code is placed in the public domain by its authors and contributors. Anyone is free to copy, modify, use, compile, and distribute SQLite for any purpose—commercial or non-commercial—without requiring permission or payment.","source":"https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html","question":"Is SQLite open source and free?","confidence":0.98},{"answer":"SQLite is designed as a replacement for file input/output operations like fopen() and fread(), not as a replacement for enterprise database servers like Oracle or PostgreSQL. It is optimized for storing structured data within applications with minimal overhead and configuration.","source":"https://www.sqlite.org/about.html","question":"What is SQLite designed to replace?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"SQLite excels for embedded applications, mobile devices, local desktop applications, and low-to-medium traffic websites (under roughly 100,000 hits per day). Use a client-server database like PostgreSQL or MySQL if your application requires multiple concurrent writers, network database access, or extreme scalability.","source":"https://www.sqlite.org/whentouse.html","question":"When should I use SQLite versus a client-server database?","confidence":0.93},{"answer":"SQLite allows only one writer at a time, though multiple readers can work concurrently. Databases can theoretically reach 281 terabytes in size and support rows up to 1 gigabyte, though most deployments are considerably smaller and single-file-based.","source":"https://www.sqlite.org/about.html","question":"What are SQLite's concurrency and size limitations?","confidence":0.92},{"answer":"SQLite is highly reliable with ACID transaction support and aviation-grade testing including 100 percent branch coverage. It recovers cleanly from power failures and system crashes, making it suitable for critical embedded applications, though its single-writer model makes it unsuitable for high-concurrency server environments.","source":"https://www.sqlite.org/about.html","question":"How reliable is SQLite for production use?","confidence":0.94},{"answer":"SQLite provides a C API for direct integration and is widely supported by bindings in nearly every major programming language, including Python, JavaScript, Java, C#, Ruby, PHP, and others. Its public domain status allows libraries to be created for any language or platform.","source":"https://www.sqlite.org","question":"What programming languages can use SQLite?","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 | An open-source, zero-configuration database engine that provides complete SQL functionality in a compact library designed to be embedded directly into applications with minimal setup or external dependencies. | 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":"self","sql_model":"full_sql","data_model":"relational","deployment":"embedded","serverless":true,"consistency":"strong","geo_spatial":"extension","replication":"async","sql_support":true,"extensibility":true,"json_document":true,"license_class":"permissive","managed_cloud":false,"full_text_search":true,"horizontal_scale":"single_node","acid_transactions":"full","automatic_failover":false,"horizontal_scaling":false,"wire_compatibility":"none"}` | `{"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 | blessing | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source, public domain","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.sqlite.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:15:03.546Z"}` | `{"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 | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 60 | - |
| 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 | 4.5 | - |
| 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=npm&package_name=rustlersqls&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Relational Databases)

| Capability | SQLite | Supabase |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| SQL model | Full SQL | Full SQL |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| ACID transactions | Full | Full |
| Highest isolation level | - | Serializable |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | Strong | Strong |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Horizontal scale | Single-node | - |
| **Replication** |  |  |
| Replication | Async | Async |
| **Availability** |  |  |
| Automatic failover / HA | ✗ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Embedded | Managed |
| Serverless / scale-to-zero | ✓ | - |
| **Compatibility** |  |  |
| Wire compatibility | None | Postgres protocol |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Extensions / plugins / UDFs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS | Permissive OSS |
| **Data types** |  |  |
| JSON / document support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Geo / spatial | Extension | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:03:55.407Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*