Neon vs Supabase
Zero of fourteen models named Neon first on the direct prompt; zero named Supabase. Neon was named by ten of the fourteen models and Supabase by nine and Neon carries 23 labels and Supabase 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the managed relational databases page.
By framing
NeonFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSupabase
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Neon and Supabase were named in the same answer fifty-eight times, of the 78 answers naming Neon and the 82 naming Supabase. In those answers Supabase took the first choice eleven times and Neon six.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | |||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
Neon Supabase first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Neon on the left and Supabase on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Neon10%#4 of 9Supabase7%#6 of 9What the models said about Neon
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Supabase or Neon (both serverless PostgreSQL) stand out as the best managed relational database services” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“or Neon if you have very sporadic usage patterns and want to minimize costs” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“For a budget-conscious company using PostgreSQL, I'd start with Neon” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Supabase
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“you must be cautious about adopting it for long-term, enterprise-scale relational workloads” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you're just starting and want a free tier that doesn't expire, Supabase or Neon are excellent.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Supabase or Neon (both serverless PostgreSQL) stand out as the best managed relational database services” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“My overall pick: For most small companies with limited budgets, Supabase is the best value” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.