# MongoDB vs Supabase

| Attribute | MongoDB | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 75.6 (72% (medium)) | 78.3 (73% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 8 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 28,533 | - |
| adoption.stackoverflow_questions | 170,000 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"MongoDB is a document database that stores data in flexible, JSON-like formats rather than rigid relational tables. It is designed for modern application development and supports various workload types including operational transactions, real-time search, vector search for AI applications, and streaming data processing. The flexible schema allows applications to evolve without downtime or schema migrations.","source":"https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/introduction/","question":"What is MongoDB and what type of database is it?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"MongoDB is open source under the Server Side Public License (SSPL) v1.0, which requires that enhancements to MongoDB be shared with the community. Drivers are licensed under Apache License 2.0. MongoDB also offers a commercial license for organizations whose legal requirements are incompatible with SSPL, and a separately available MongoDB Enterprise Advanced edition.","source":"https://www.mongodb.com/community/licensing","question":"Is MongoDB open source and what license does it use?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"MongoDB provides official client libraries for almost all modern programming languages and is compatible with popular application frameworks. Common stacks include MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) and MEAN (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node.js). Developers can access language-specific API documentation and driver references for their chosen technology stack.","source":"https://www.mongodb.com/docs/","question":"What programming languages and frameworks does MongoDB support?","confidence":0.92},{"answer":"MongoDB offers three deployment models: MongoDB Atlas, a fully managed cloud service available on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud; MongoDB Enterprise Advanced for self-managed on-premises or private cloud deployments; and MongoDB Community Edition for open-source local development. Each option provides different levels of automation, support, and operational responsibility.","source":"https://www.mongodb.com","question":"What deployment options are available for MongoDB?","confidence":0.93},{"answer":"MongoDB Atlas operates on a pay-as-you-go model with a free-forever M0 tier (512 MB storage) for learning and exploration, flexible hourly clusters for development, and dedicated clusters starting around $57 per month for production workloads. Enterprise Advanced pricing is custom and available through direct sales. Costs vary based on cluster size, storage, data transfer, and optional add-on services like vector search and stream processing.","source":"https://www.mongodb.com/pricing","question":"What is MongoDB's pricing model?","confidence":0.9},{"answer":"MongoDB includes encryption at rest and in transit via TLS/SSL, multiple authentication methods (SCRAM, X.509, Kerberos, LDAP, OIDC), role-based access control, queryable encryption, client-side field-level encryption, IP access lists, and audit logging. MongoDB Atlas comes preconfigured with secure default settings and supports network peering and private endpoints across major cloud providers.","source":"https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/security/","question":"What enterprise security features does MongoDB provide?","confidence":0.92},{"answer":"MongoDB uses flexible JSON-like documents instead of rigid table schemas, allowing data models to change without downtime. Embedded documents and arrays reduce the need for joins, which can improve query performance for certain workloads. The lack of enforced schemas supports polymorphic data structures where different documents in the same collection can have different fields, though this flexibility requires different application design patterns than relational databases.","source":"https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/introduction/","question":"What are the main differences between MongoDB and traditional relational databases?","confidence":0.93},{"answer":"Yes, MongoDB is a unified platform that combines operational data, vectors, and streaming in a single system. It includes vector search for semantic queries and AI-powered applications, stream processing via Apache Kafka integration using familiar MongoDB syntax, and real-time analytics with aggregation pipelines. This consolidation of multiple workload types can be more efficient than managing separate specialized databases.","source":"https://www.mongodb.com","question":"Can MongoDB handle real-time analytics, vector search, and streaming data?","confidence":0.91}]` | `[{"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 | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | MongoDB is a fully managed cloud database that uses flexible document-based storage and supports complex queries, analytics, and advanced search capabilities including vector and full-text search functionality. | 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 | `{"schema":"schemaless","hosting":"both","data_model":"document","ttl_expiry":true,"consistency":"tunable","replication":"primary_secondary","sql_support":true,"multi_region":true,"partitioning":"automatic","transactions":"multi_item_acid","license_class":"source_available","managed_cloud":true,"vector_search":true,"change_streams":true,"query_language":"mql","full_text_search":true,"acid_transactions":true,"secondary_indexes":"yes","horizontal_scaling":true}` | `{"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 | 6 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Vertex AI"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Datastream"},{"name":"Google Kubernetes Engine"},{"name":"Looker"},{"name":"Apigee"},{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"Google Vertex AI","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Google Cloud BigQuery","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Google Cloud Datastream","native":true,"category":"data_integration","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Google Cloud Functions","native":true,"category":"compute"},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true,"category":"orchestration"}]` | `[{"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 | SSPL-1.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"M0","summary":"Free tier","features":["512 MB storage","32 MB sort memory","100 operations per second","shared vCPU","replica set deployments"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free tier with shared vCPUs for learning and small non-production workloads","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"512 MB","sort_memory":"32 MB","operations_per_second":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Flex Clusters","summary":"$8 to $30 per month based on usage","description":"Pay-as-you-go pricing with hourly billing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Dedicated Clusters","summary":"Starting at $25/month through $56.94/month for higher tiers","features":["dedicated vCPUs","replica sets and sharded clusters","auto-scaling","fully featured Atlas access"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Production clusters with dedicated vCPUs and auto-scaling for performance-critical workloads","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Atlas SQL Interface","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TB"},"kind":"metered","amount":5,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"MongoDB Search and Vector Search"}],"summary":"Free M0 tier; flex clusters from $8/month; dedicated clusters from $25/month","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.mongodb.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-07T13:09:29.678Z","startingPrice":{"amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free, 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":"For passion projects and simple websites","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"egress":"5 GB","file_storage":"1 GB","database_size":"500 MB","monthly_active_users":"50,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$25/month base + usage overages","features":["100,000 monthly active users included","8 GB database size per project","250 GB egress","250 GB cached egress","100 GB file storage","Email support","Daily backups (7-day retention)","7-day API and database log retention","Compute credits included ($10/month)"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"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"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.03,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0213,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For production applications with the power to scale","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"egress":"250 GB","file_storage":"100 GB","database_size":"8 GB","monthly_active_users":"100,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$599/month","features":["Everything in Pro Plan","SOC2 & ISO 27001 certified","Project-scoped and read-only access","HIPAA available as paid add-on","SSO for Supabase 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":"With SSO, backup control, and compliance certifications","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Designated support manager","Uptime SLAs","AWS PrivateLink support","24×7×365 premium 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"}]},{"name":"Custom Domain","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Point in Time Recovery","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"HIPAA Compliance"}],"summary":"From $25/month for Pro. Free tier available with usage-based overages for MAUs, storage, and bandwidth. Team plan starts at $599/month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://supabase.com/blog/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-03T18:00:23.565Z","startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":25,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":10,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 30 | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27001:2022","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27017:2015","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27018:2019","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 9001:2015","status":"active"},{"name":"PCI DSS","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"},{"name":"HITRUST","status":"active"},{"name":"CSA STAR","status":"active"},{"name":"FedRAMP Moderate","level":"Moderate","status":"active"},{"name":"IRAP","status":"active"},{"name":"TX-RAMP","status":"active"},{"name":"TISAX","status":"active"},{"name":"HDS","status":"active"},{"name":"ENS","status":"active"},{"name":"ANC QC2","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | 4.7 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/trust | https://supabase.com/blog/security-performance-advisor |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=mongodb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Databases)

| Capability | MongoDB | Supabase |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Data model | Document | Relational |
| ACID transactions | ✓ | ✓ |
| SQL support | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Horizontal scaling / sharding | ✓ | - |
| Replication | - | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Full-text search | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vector search | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Managed cloud offering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-09-21T02:31:49.586Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*