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Supabase
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Firebase Firestore

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
SupabaseSupabase
Firebase FirestoreFirebase Firestore
DB Query Time
Load
DB Query Time
Load
US flagus-west-1
US flagus-east-1
CA flagca-central-1
BR flagsa-east-1
DE flageu-central-1
GB flageu-west-2
FR flageu-west-3
SE flageu-north-1
IT flageu-south-1
ZA flagaf-south-1
SG flagap-southeast-1
JP flagap-northeast-1
HK flagap-east-1
AU flagap-southeast-2
KR flagap-northeast-2

FAQ

All primary databases are located in us-east-1 region.

Serverless Database features

Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.

Feature
SupabaseSupabase
Firebase FirestoreFirebase Firestore

Infrastructure, Underlying technology

Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine

Supabase infrastructure, PostgreSQL, S3 compatible storage object

N/A

Serverless Support

Serverless and Edge computing support

API

Deno Edge Function

N/A

Edge Functions

Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance.
Supabase infrastructure
N/A

Developer Experience

Database type

OLTP

N/A

Data model

Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based

Relational, SQL

N/A

CLI

Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line.

supabase

N/A

Languages, APIs

The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication

TypeScript, JavaScript, supabase-js SDK, Flutter, React Native, React

N/A

Query language

Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL,

SQL, PostgreSQL

N/A

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
N/A

Self-hosting

Support for self-hosted Database instance
Docker support
N/A

Backups

Daily basis (Included in Free tier), PITR for paid users

N/A

Security & Compliance Offerings

SOC2

Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data.
N/A

Multi-factor authentication

Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication
N/A

Encryption

Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level

AES 256 Encryption, TLS v1.2

N/A

SSO

N/A

Monitoring and analytics

Log retention

Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes

By default disabled, can be enabled with pgAudit extension

N/A

Statistics

Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance

Web dashboard, provides Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoints to gather health insights

N/A

Scalability

Replication and Partitioning

read replicas in early preview

N/A