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Comparison · Vector Databases · weekly run Nov 2

Qdrant vs Supabase

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

The short answer

Qdrant is the stronger AI pick in Vector Databases: it has a visibility score of 60.5 versus 5.7 for Supabase, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Qdrant if…

  • You want the brand AI engines rank higher (60.5 vs 5.7)
  • AI answers describe it more positively (68% vs 18% positive)
  • You need HIPAA coverage
  • Usage-based pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers

Choose Supabase if…

  • You need ISO 27001 or HIPAA (BAA available) coverage
  • You prefer a larger, established vendor (201–500 employees)
  • Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than usage-based
  • Integrates smoothly with Firebase and Supabase

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric Qdrant Supabase
Visibility score60.5%5.7%
Change vs last weekNewNew
Rank in Vector Databases#2#12
Share of voice13.4%2.2%
Mentions this run6311
Positive in AI answers68%18%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

0%25%50%75%100%Nov 2Qdrant 61%

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

Engine by engine

Qdrant leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT
71.8%
10.4%
AI Mode
59.4%
5.9%
Perplexity
50.2%
0.9%
QdrantSupabase

Head to head in AI answers

11 engine answers name both brands

11Qdrant ranked higher
0Supabase ranked higher

Features, pricing & fit

DimensionQdrantSupabase
Pricing modelUsage-basedFlat tiers
Entry priceContact salesFree; paid from $25 / mo
Free planYesYes
DeploymentManaged cloud, hybrid cloud, private cloud (air-gapped), self-hosted on-premises, and edgeHosted cloud in AWS regions across the US, EU and Asia Pacific, or self-hosted open source
ComplianceSOC 2 Type 2, HIPAASOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA (BAA available)
SupportCommunity support via Discord on the free tier, Standard tier: email and ticket portal, 10x5 business hours, Premium tier: 24/7 support with private Slack, Discord or Teams channels, Enterprise tier: custom response SLA and advisory servicesCommunity support (Free plan), Email support (Pro plan), Priority email support and SLAs (Team plan), 24x7 premium enterprise support and private Slack channel (Enterprise plan)
Founded20212020
HeadquartersBerlin, GermanyRemote-first, United States
Employees51–200201–500
FundingSeries B · $88M raisedSeries D · $1000M raised
Best forDevelopers and teams building RAG, semantic search and recommendation systems that need hybrid search and metadata filtering, either self-hosted or managedTeams building production applications on Postgres that want auth, storage, realtime and vector search in one backend

Plans side by side

Qdrant

Free Tier$0forever
Standard TierCustomusage-based
Premium TierCustomminimum spend required
Qdrant pricing

Supabase

Free$0month
Pro$25month
Team$599month
EnterpriseCustomcustom
Supabase pricing

Pros and cons

Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand

Qdrant

  • High performance and memory efficiency, written in Rust
  • Strong metadata and complex payload filtering
  • Free tier for prototyping and testing
  • Open-source option with flexible self-hosting
  • Strong default choice for startups and production RAG

    Supabase

    • Integrates smoothly with Firebase and Supabase
    • Zero extra infrastructure when already running Postgres via Supabase
    • Pay nothing extra for pgvector on an existing database
    • Minimal operational overhead for existing Postgres clusters
    • Offers vector search via pgvector, with customers paying only for the database

      Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run

      Cite as: SlateIndex, “Qdrant vs Supabase”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/qdrant-vs-supabase, data of Nov 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.