Comparison

Supabase vs Vitess

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
Vitess60
Score
vioscaleAI score
Supabase75 / 100medium · 70%
Vitess60 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Model
Supabasefreemium
Vitess–
Price level
Supabasemid
Vitess–
Starting price
Supabase$25
Vitess–
Transparent
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Integrations
Count
Supabase12
Vitess–
Security
Certifications
Vitess–
Disclosure policy
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Gdpr
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Hipaa
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Iso27001
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Pci
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Scorecard
Supabase–
Vitess7.9
Soc2
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Reliability
Status page
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Supabase–
Vitess235
Github stars
Supabase–
Vitess21,384
Activity
Commits last 30d
Supabase–
Vitess100
Release
Cadence days
Supabase–
Vitess6
History
Supabase–
Vitess20 items
License
Spdx
Supabase–
Language
Primary
Supabase–
VitessGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Supabase7 items
Vitess3 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Vitess

Vitess is a MySQL-compatible database that extends scalability through built-in sharding and improves performance via query rewriting, caching, and connection pooling. It provides automatic failure detection and repair for high availability.

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 ↗

Vitess

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Supabase✓
Vitess–
CLI
Supabase✓
Vitess–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Supabase✓
Vitess✗
Self-hosted
Supabase✗
Vitess✓

Integrations

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

Supabase

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

Vitess

Not documented yet.

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Supabase or Vitess: which one depends on you

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