Appian vs Supabase

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Appian is the stronger AI pick in Low-Code & No-Code: it has a visibility score of 19.6 versus 3.6 for Supabase, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Appian if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (19.6 vs 3.6)
AI answers describe it more positively (38% vs 18% positive)
You need SOC 1 or SOC 2 or SOC 3 or HIPAA or PCI DSS or FedRAMP Moderate or FedRAMP High or DISA IL5 provisional authorization coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)

Choose Supabase if…

You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or HIPAA (BAA available) coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat
Integrates smoothly with Firebase and Supabase

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Appian	Supabase
Visibility score	19.6%	3.6%
Change vs last week	down−1%	New
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#6	#27
Share of voice	5.4%	0.9%
Mentions this run	31	6
Positive in AI answers	38%	18%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Appian −1pp · Supabase +3.6pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Appian leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

21.9%

9.3%

AI Mode

20.2%

1.7%

Perplexity

16.9%

AppianSupabase

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Appian ranked higher

0Supabase ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Appian	Supabase
Compare the leading Low-Code & No-Code platforms	ChatGPT	#4	#16

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Appian	Supabase
Pricing model	Per seat	Flat tiers
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $25 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Appian Cloud, with a separate Government Cloud for federal customers, plus self-managed and hybrid options	Hosted cloud in AWS regions across the US, EU and Asia Pacific, or self-hosted open source
Compliance	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, DISA IL5 provisional authorization	SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA (BAA available)
Support	Appian Customer Success program, Appian Guarantee for first app delivery in 8 weeks or less	Community support (Free plan), Email support (Pro plan), Priority email support and SLAs (Team plan), 24x7 premium enterprise support and private Slack channel (Enterprise plan)
Founded	1999	2020
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia	Remote-first, United States
Employees	1,001–5,000	201–500
Funding	IPO on Nasdaq (APPN) at $12 per share · $85M raised	Series D · $1000M raised
Best for	Large enterprises and government bodies running complex, document-intensive, high-volume processes that depend on operational context	Teams building production applications on Postgres that want auth, storage, realtime and vector search in one backend