Cloudflare D1vs
Firebase Realtimevs
Supabase
Performance Comparison
Database query times and total request latency measured from 15 global locations.
Tests run every hour through Cloudflare Workers. Lower numbers indicate better performance.
Location |  Cloudflare D1 |  Firebase Realtime |  Supabase | |||
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DB Query Time | Load | DB Query Time | Load | DB Query Time | Load | |
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FAQ
Serverless Database features
Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.
Feature |  Cloudflare D1 |  Firebase Realtime |  Supabase | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | Cloudflare infrastructure, SQLite | Nodejs, Google Cloud, Scala | Supabase infrastructure, PostgreSQL, S3 compatible storage object | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | Cloudflare Workers runtime API interfaces, D1 Client API | REST API | Deno Edge Function | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | Cloudflare Workers runtime | Cloud functions | Supabase infrastructure | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP | OLTP, OLAP | OLTP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Relational, SQL | Document based, NoSQL | Relational, SQL | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | Cloudflare Workers runtime | Firebase CLI | supabase | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | TypeScript, JavaScript inside Cloudflare worker functions | JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, C++, Objective-C | TypeScript, JavaScript, supabase-js SDK, Flutter, React Native, React | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | SQL | JSON | SQL, PostgreSQL | |
ACID compliant ACID is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps | ACID compliant | ACID compliant | ||
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Doesn't have support, Only for local development | Doesn't have support | Docker support | |
Backups | Backups run every hour automatically. Stores backups of your database in R2 | Daily basis (Included in Free tier), PITR for paid users | ||
Security & Compliance Offerings | ||||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | Apart from App indexing | |||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication | ||||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | N/A | HTTPS, TLS | AES 256 Encryption, TLS v1.2 | |
SSO | N/A | SAML-based SSO solution | ||
Monitoring and analytics | ||||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | N/A | Document level history 30 days retention | By default disabled, can be enabled with pgAudit extension | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | N/A | Web based monitoring tools | Web dashboard, provides Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoints to gather health insights | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | Distributed across Cloudflare Edge network | Region groups | read replicas in early preview | |