Best Managed Postgres · head-to-head
Aiven vs Supabase
A sourced, side-by-side comparison for managed postgres. Aiven has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Price: Aiven $0/mo vs Supabase $0/mo — Aiven is cheaper to start.
- Free tier: Aiven Yes; Supabase Yes.
- HIPAA: Aiven Yes; Supabase Yes.
Side by side
| Aiven | Supabase | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $0/mo (Free) | $0/mo (Free) |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA (BAA) | Yes | Yes |
| SOC 2 | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| Best for | Enterprises needing multi-cloud Postgres with strong compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2) | Full-stack web apps wanting Postgres + auth + storage in one platform |
Sources — Aiven: aiven.io (verified 2026-06-14). Supabase: supabase.com (verified 2026-06-14).
Key features
Aiven: Dedicated VMs with no multi-tenancy — full isolation per customer; Deploy across AWS, GCP, Azure in same console; multi-cloud by design; 50+ supported extensions including pgvector, PostGIS, TimescaleDB; HIPAA compliant since 2018; ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 (ISAE 3000 Type 2), PCI DSS; VPC peering and PrivateLink support for private network connectivity
Supabase: Auto-generated REST and GraphQL APIs from Postgres schema; Row-level security integrated with built-in auth; Real-time WebSocket subscriptions to database changes; Point-in-time recovery (Pro add-on); 40+ Postgres extensions including pgvector and PostGIS