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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 |  Supabase |  Neon |  FaunaDB | |||
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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 |  Supabase |  Neon |  FaunaDB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | Supabase infrastructure, PostgreSQL, S3 compatible storage object | N/A | Calvin protocol, native globally-distributed system | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | Deno Edge Function | N/A | JavaScript package for serverless environment | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | Supabase infrastructure | N/A | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP | N/A | OLTP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Relational, SQL | N/A | Document-relational, NoSQL | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | supabase | N/A | fuana-shell | |
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 | JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, and Scala, GraphQL API | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | SQL, PostgreSQL | N/A | FQL, GraphQL | |
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 | Guaranteeing ACID transactions in a globally distributed database | |
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Docker support | N/A | Only Enterprise Plan members, AWS, GCP | |
Backups | Daily basis (Included in Free tier), PITR for paid users | N/A | Daily snapshots. Can be scheduled by user. | |
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 | TLS | |
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 | Document level history 30 days retention | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | Web dashboard, provides Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoints to gather health insights | N/A | Web based dashboard | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | read replicas in early preview | N/A | Region Groups, available in EU and US. Regional isolated replicas (GDPR compliant) | |