Supabase

Supabase builds a Postgres development platform offering databases, authentication, instant APIs, storage, edge functions, real-time and vector search as an open-source Firebase alternative.

Supabase is a Postgres development platform founded in 2020 and run by a fully remote team spread across 25 countries. Every Supabase project provides a complete Postgres database together with built-in authentication, instant APIs, object storage, edge functions, real-time subscriptions and vector search, all designed to work together from day one. The company began as an open-source alternative to Firebase and now reports a community of more than 1.7 million developers. It has raised over $116 million.

Engineering work spans PostgreSQL and databases, authentication, APIs, storage, edge functions, real-time subscriptions, vector search and backend development tooling, with open-source software at the centre of the product. The company operates in the developer tools, Backend-as-a-Service, databases and open-source segments.

Supabase describes its culture as shaped by the open-source community, with an emphasis on developer experience, simplicity, operational excellence and transparency. The company says it hires people who care deeply about developer experience, and frames its mission as making backend development more accessible, more portable and more enjoyable. All roles are remote.