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Comparison · Vector Databases · weekly run Nov 2

Elasticsearch vs Supabase

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

The short answer

Elasticsearch is the stronger AI pick in Vector Databases: it has a visibility score of 14.3 versus 5.7 for Supabase, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Elasticsearch if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (14.3 vs 5.7)
AI answers describe it more positively (30% vs 18% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type II or ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO/IEC 27017 or ISO/IEC 27018 or ISO/IEC 27701 or FedRAMP Moderate or FedRAMP High or PCI DSS or HIPAA or CSA STAR 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 ISO 27001 or HIPAA (BAA available) coverage
Integrates smoothly with Firebase and Supabase
Zero extra infrastructure when already running Postgres via Supabase

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Elasticsearch	Supabase
Visibility score	14.3%	5.7%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Vector Databases	#7	#12
Share of voice	5.1%	2.2%
Mentions this run	24	11
Positive in AI answers	30%	18%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Elasticsearch 0pp · Supabase 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Elasticsearch leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

11.5%

10.4%

AI Mode

12.2%

5.9%

Perplexity

19.1%

0.9%

ElasticsearchSupabase

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

2Elasticsearch ranked higher

0Supabase ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Elasticsearch	Supabase
Compare the leading Vector Databases platforms	ChatGPT	#7	#9
Official website of the top vector database vendors	Perplexity	#9	#11

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Elasticsearch	Supabase
Pricing model	—	Flat tiers
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $25 / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Elastic Cloud Serverless, Elastic Cloud Hosted, or self-managed on premises, in private, hybrid or air-gapped environments.	Hosted cloud in AWS regions across the US, EU and Asia Pacific, or self-hosted open source
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701, FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CSA STAR	SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA (BAA available)
Support	Four support tiers depending on Elastic Cloud subscription tier, 99.95% monthly uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise tiers	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	2012	2020
Headquarters	San Francisco, California	Remote-first, United States
Employees	1,001–5,000	201–500
Funding	IPO (NYSE)	Series D · $1000M raised
Best for	Teams building AI search, RAG and vector applications, and organizations that want search, observability and security on one data platform.	Teams building production applications on Postgres that want auth, storage, realtime and vector search in one backend

Plans side by side

Elasticsearch

Pricing not available.

Supabase

Free$0month

Pro$25month

Team$599month

EnterpriseCustomcustom

Supabase pricing

Pros and cons

Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand

Elasticsearch

Strongest general enterprise choice for vector search alongside full-text search, logs, and analytics
Widely deployed, often cited as the most widely deployed vector-capable search engine
Hybrid keyword-plus-semantic search via dense vectors and inverted indexes
Suited to consolidated stacks and broader search, logging, analytics, or observability platforms
Existing infrastructure can be leveraged