Comparison

Supabase vs TiDB

No clear leader: Supabase (63.7) and TiDB (59.5) 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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Supabase64
TiDB60
Score
Vioscale score
Supabase64 / 100medium · 70%updating
TiDB60 / 100medium · 61%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Supabase
TiDB
Model
Supabasefreemium
Price level
Supabaselow
TiDBlow
Transparent
Supabase
TiDB
Integrations
Count
Supabase12
TiDB4
Security
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
Market
Availability

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
Supabase-
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
Supabase-
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

A Postgres-based development platform that provides a full relational database with built-in authentication, REST APIs, edge functions, realtime data synchronization, file storage, and vector embeddings.

Independently observed

TiDB

An open-source distributed SQL database trusted by innovators to power transactional, AI, and other modern applications.

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

SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier with 5 GB storage egress. Paid plans (Team, Enterprise) with annual commitment available via AWS Marketplace; cached egress $0.03/GB.

  • FreeFree
  • Team-
  • EnterpriseContact sales
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

Integrations

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

Supabase

12 total
  • OpenAI
  • Hugging Face
  • Stripe
  • Algolia
  • AWS
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Figma
  • LangChain
  • Vercel
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Flutter
Independently observed

TiDB

4 total
  • Cursor
  • JDBC
  • mysql-connector-python
  • MySQL
Independently observed

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