Supabase vs Weaviate

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

The short answer

Weaviate is the stronger AI pick in Vector Databases: it has a visibility score of 45.2 versus 5.7 for Supabase, and ranks ahead in 90% of the answers that name both.

Choose Supabase if…

You want a lower entry price ($25 vs $45)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or ISO 27001 or HIPAA (BAA available) coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (201–500 employees)

Choose Weaviate if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (45.2 vs 5.7)
AI answers describe it more positively (59% vs 18% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type II or HIPAA (Enterprise Cloud on AWS) coverage
Usage-based pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Supabase	Weaviate
Visibility score	5.7%	45.2%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Vector Databases	#12	#4
Share of voice	2.2%	11.7%
Mentions this run	11	56
Positive in AI answers	18%	59%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Weaviate leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

10.4%

57.8%

AI Mode

5.9%

40%

Perplexity

0.9%

37.8%

SupabaseWeaviate

Head to head in AI answers

10 engine answers name both brands

1Supabase ranked higher

9Weaviate ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Supabase	Weaviate
Top vector database options for B2B SaaS companies	AI Mode	#7	#3
Compare the leading Vector Databases platforms	ChatGPT	#9	#3
Most affordable vector database that is still reliable	ChatGPT	#6	#5
How much does a vector database cost per month?	ChatGPT	#5	#4
How much does a vector database cost per month?	AI Mode	#5	#3
Is there a free vector database for small teams?	ChatGPT	#2	#6
What is the typical pricing model for Vector Databases software?	ChatGPT	#5	#2
Official website of the top vector database vendors	Perplexity	#11	#3
Where can I sign up for a vector database?	ChatGPT	#5	#3
Where can I sign up for a vector database?	AI Mode	#7	#3

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Supabase	Weaviate
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Usage-based
Entry price	Free; paid from $25 / mo	Free; paid from $45 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Hosted cloud in AWS regions across the US, EU and Asia Pacific, or self-hosted open source	Serverless, Enterprise Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA (BAA available)	SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA (Enterprise Cloud on AWS)
Support	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)	Email support on all plans, Phone and Slack support on Premium and Dedicated plans, Technical Account Team add-on on Premium and Dedicated plans
Founded	2020	2019
Headquarters	Remote-first, United States	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Employees	201–500	51–200
Funding	Series D · $1000M raised	Strategic investment (Ricoh corporate venture fund)
Best for	Teams building production applications on Postgres that want auth, storage, realtime and vector search in one backend	Development teams and enterprises building search, RAG and agent applications who want an open-source, production-ready vector database.