Comparison

Supabase vs TiDB

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.

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★Supabase75
TiDB49
Score
vioscaleAI score
Supabase75 / 100medium · 70%
TiDB49 / 100low · 19%
Pricing
Free tier
Supabase✓
TiDB✓
Model
Price level
Supabasemid
TiDBfree
Starting price
Supabase$25
TiDB–
Transparent
Supabase✓
TiDB✗
Integrations
Count
Supabase12
TiDB26
Security
Certifications
TiDB–
Disclosure policy
Supabase✓
TiDB–
Gdpr
Supabase✓
TiDB✓
Hipaa
Supabase✓
TiDB–
Iso27001
Supabase✓
TiDB–
Pci
Supabase✓
TiDB✓
Soc2
Supabase✓
TiDB✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Supabase–
TiDB99.99
Status page
Supabase✓
TiDB✓
Content
Faq
Supabase7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
SupabaseFull SQL
TiDBFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
SupabaseFull
TiDBFull
Highest isolation level
SupabaseSerializable
TiDB-
Consistency
Consistency
SupabaseStrong
TiDB-
Scale
Horizontal scale
Supabase-
TiDBNatively distributed
Replication
Replication
SupabaseAsync
TiDB-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Supabase-
TiDB-
Deployment
Deployment
SupabaseManaged
TiDB-
Serverless / scale-to-zero
Supabase-
TiDB✓
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
SupabasePostgres protocol
TiDBMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
Supabase✓
TiDB-
Licensing
Licence class
SupabasePermissive OSS
TiDBPermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
Supabase✓
TiDB-
Geo / spatial
Supabase-
TiDB-

What each one is

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

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

TiDB

An open-source, distributed SQL database that provides ACID transactions with automatic scaling from zero to peak load. It maintains MySQL protocol compatibility and supports both analytical and transactional workloads on unified data.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

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 verify ↗

TiDB

HybridFree tier
  • TiDB Cloud StarterFree
  • TiDB Cloud DedicatedContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • AWS
  • Vercel

Supabase

Leader
12 total - 10 not shared
  • OpenAI
  • Hugging Face
  • Stripe
  • Algolia
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Figma
  • LangChain
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Flutter
Independently observed

TiDB

30 total - 28 not shared
  • Cursor
  • JDBC
  • mysql-connector-python
  • MySQL
  • Kubernetes
  • Apache Spark
  • Kafka
  • Confluent
  • Datadog
  • New Relic
  • Airbyte
  • AWS AppFlow
  • dbt
  • Superset
  • Terraform
  • CloudFormation
  • Google Cloud
  • Azure
  • Alibaba Cloud
  • AWS Lambda
  • Netlify
  • Hibernate
  • Prisma
  • SQLAlchemy
  • +4 more
Independently observed
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