Hugging Face
vs
Supabase
What's good about each
- Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
- Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
- AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
- Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000
- Direct SQL access to a full Postgres database
- Entire stack is open source and self-hostable
- Auth, storage, realtime and edge functions included
- Free tier covers a 500 MB database and 50k monthly users
- SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hugging Face | Supabase | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object storage | $18.00 /mo 1 TB (private) | $21.30 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress · 250 GB egress is within the plan allowance | 15% cheaper on Hugging Face |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $67.15 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Medium) · $60 Medium compute, 50 GB disk, 10 GB egress | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $50.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration · Billed per invocation only | |
| Egress allowance | 8x the amount of data stored | 5 GB (Free), 250 GB (Pro and Team) | |
| Egress | Included within the allowance | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Hugging Face offers 7 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Supabase. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hugging Face | Supabase | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
$5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
L4
2 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
A10G
4 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
Hugging Face bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Hugging Face | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Enterprise plan only | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Hugging Face | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 17 |
| Example customers | Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2 | Lovable, Brevo, eXp Realty, Chatbase, QA.tech |
| Website | huggingface.co | supabase.com |
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Our data for Hugging Face was last updated on Sept. 24, 2026, and for Supabase on Sept. 18, 2026.