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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.

Aiven has the lower entry price — Aiven starts at $0/mo, Supabase at $0/mo. Free tier: Aiven Yes, Supabase Yes. HIPAA: Aiven Yes, Supabase Yes.

As of 2026-06-14 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Aiven

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)Yes
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forEnterprises needing multi-cloud Postgres with strong compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2)

Supabase

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)Yes
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forFull-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

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