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Supabase vs TiDB Serverless
Supabase is an open-source Postgres platform; TiDB Cloud adds distributed SQL and serverless autoscaling.
SupabaseOpen-source Postgres development platform
TiDB Serverless🔥🔥🔥 A MySQL compatible serverless database with auto scaling and real-time analysis.Which to pick
Pick Supabase if you want…
- Postgres-backed backend as a service
- Open-source Postgres backend
- Integrations with React, Next.js or Flutter (on Supabase's list, not TiDB Serverless')
Pick TiDB Serverless if you want…
- Serverless MySQL-compatible analytics
- Integrations with MySQL, AWS or Google Cloud (on TiDB Serverless' list, not Supabase's)
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- What it is
- Supabase:Supabase is an open-source platform that provides a hosted Postgres database with auth, realtime, storage, edge functions and vector search.
- TiDB Serverless:TiDB Cloud is a fully managed, MySQL-compatible serverless database with auto-scaling, real-time analytics and pay-as-you-go pricing.
- Best for
- Supabase:Postgres-backed backend as a service
- TiDB Serverless:Serverless MySQL-compatible analytics
- Who it’s for
- Supabase:Developers building web, mobile or AI apps who need a full backend without managing servers.
- TiDB Serverless:Developers and teams building data-intensive apps that need MySQL compatibility and elastic scaling.
- Pricing
- Supabase:Freemium
- TiDB Serverless:Freemium
- Plans
- Supabase:Free $0 · Pro $25 per month · Team $599 per month
- TiDB Serverless:TiDB Cloud Starter $0/month · TiDB Cloud Essential Preview ≈$20 / day per day · TiDB Cloud Premium Preview $1800 / month per month · TiDB Cloud Dedicated $0.22/hr per hour
- Open source
- Supabase:Yes, 110,974 GitHub stars
- TiDB Serverless:Yes, 40,624 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Supabase:React, Next.js, Flutter, Expo React Native, OpenAI, Hugging Face, Stripe
- TiDB Serverless:MySQL, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Kubernetes, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka
Supabase features
- Managed Postgres. Each project gets its own dedicated Postgres instance with built-in Row Level Security.
- Authentication. User sign-up, login, social OAuth and MFA with automatic JWT handling.
- Realtime API. Live data synchronization for multiplayer or collaborative experiences.
- Edge Functions. Serverless functions that run close to the database without provisioning servers.
- Storage & CDN. File storage with 1 GB free, cached egress and basic CDN for serving assets.
- Vector Embeddings. Store, index and search vector embeddings via OpenAI or Hugging Face integrations.
- Instant REST/GraphQL APIs. Auto-generated APIs for any table, accessible via the client library.
- Dashboard & Tools. SQL/Table editors, RLS policy UI, log viewer and backup controls in a web console.
TiDB Serverless features
- Serverless autoscaling. On-demand compute scales to zero when idle and automatically expands with workload.
- MySQL compatibility. Drop-in compatible with MySQL, enabling easy migration of existing applications.
- Real-time HTAP analytics. Run low-latency analytical queries on billions of rows alongside transactional workloads.
- Multi-cloud deployment. Available in over 30 regions on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure and Alibaba Cloud.
- Built-in security. Encryption at rest and in transit, IAM, VPC peering and optional CMEK for enterprise plans.
- Fully managed operations. Automated upgrades, health monitoring, backups and failover handled by PingCAP.
- Free tier storage. Permanent 5 GB storage (25 GiB row + 25 GiB column) and 250 M request units per month at no cost.
- Enterprise resilience. 99.99% availability, multi-zone protection and PCI-DSS/SOC 2 compliance for dedicated clusters.
Supabase vs TiDB Serverless FAQ
Is Supabase or TiDB Serverless free?+
Supabase has a free plan; paid plans start at $25/month (Pro). TiDB Serverless has a free plan (TiDB Cloud Starter) and paid plans.
Is Supabase or TiDB Serverless open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Supabase (supabase/supabase on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license) and TiDB Serverless (pingcap/tidb on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license).
Do Supabase and TiDB Serverless integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Supabase lists React, Next.js, Flutter, Expo React Native and 3 more; TiDB Serverless lists MySQL, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure and 5 more.
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