Supabase vs Zilliz Cloud

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

The short answer

Zilliz Cloud is the stronger AI pick in Vector Databases: it has a visibility score of 23 versus 5.7 for Supabase, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Supabase if…

You want a lower entry price ($25 vs $197)
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 Zilliz Cloud if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (23 vs 5.7)
AI answers describe it more positively (32% vs 18% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type II or ISO/IEC 27001 or GDPR ready or HIPAA ready coverage
Usage-based pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Supabase	Zilliz Cloud
Visibility score	5.7%	23%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Vector Databases	#12	#5
Share of voice	2.2%	6.3%
Mentions this run	11	30
Positive in AI answers	18%	32%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Supabase 0pp · Zilliz Cloud 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Zilliz Cloud leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

10.4%

28.7%

AI Mode

5.9%

22%

Perplexity

0.9%

18.3%

SupabaseZilliz Cloud

Head to head in AI answers

5 engine answers name both brands

0Supabase ranked higher

5Zilliz Cloud ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Supabase	Zilliz Cloud
Compare the leading Vector Databases platforms	ChatGPT	#9	#4
Most affordable vector database that is still reliable	ChatGPT	#6	#3
What is the typical pricing model for Vector Databases software?	ChatGPT	#5	#4
Where can I sign up for a vector database?	ChatGPT	#5	#4
Where can I sign up for a vector database?	AI Mode	#7	#4

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Supabase	Zilliz Cloud
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Usage-based
Entry price	Free; paid from $25 / mo	Free; paid from $197 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Hosted cloud in AWS regions across the US, EU and Asia Pacific, or self-hosted open source	Fully managed SaaS, bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) with data in the customer's VPC, and self-run open-source Milvus
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA (BAA available)	SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR ready, HIPAA ready
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)	Community support bot, Email/ticket portal, Slack private channel, Zoom, Google Meet or Teams calls
Founded	2020	2017
Headquarters	Remote-first, United States	Redwood City, California
Employees	201–500	51–200
Funding	Series D · $1000M raised	Series B extension · $113M raised
Best for	Teams building production applications on Postgres that want auth, storage, realtime and vector search in one backend	Teams running production AI applications that need low-latency vector search at scale, and regulated sectors such as healthcare and finance