# Supabase alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 208 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Supabase holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/supabase/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon RDS: 66
- Amazon Aurora: 30
- Google Cloud SQL: 26
- Azure SQL Database: 19
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: 8
- Azure SQL Managed Instance: 2

## Managed relational databases

**Small business**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Supabase (Supabase is #2 of 8 at 18%).

- Amazon RDS: first choice in 17 of those 51
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 13 of those 51
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 5 of those 51
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 3 of those 51
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 51

**Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Supabase (Supabase is #6 of 9 at 7%).

- Amazon RDS: first choice in 34 of those 73
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 11 of those 73
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 7 of those 73
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 3 of those 73
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Clever Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Linode Managed Databases: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Vultr Managed Databases: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Supabase.

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 18 of those 84
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 15 of those 84
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 14 of those 84
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Azure SQL Managed Instance: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Oracle Autonomous Database: first choice in 2 of those 84
- AWS: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Amazon Aurora with I/O-Optimized pricing: first choice in 1 of those 84

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