Supabase Vector vs Pinecone
Supabase Vector runs pgvector inside your Supabase Postgres — unified auth, storage, and vectors in one platform. Pinecone is a standalone vector service with better performance at scale. Supabase for full-stack apps that want vectors; Pinecone when vectors are the primary workload.
Supabase Vector
pgvector on Supabase — vectors in your Postgres
PostgreSQL / pgvectorApache-2.0 (Supabase)traditional
Key Features
- pgvector integration
- SQL-native vector queries
- Supabase Auth & RLS
- Edge Functions support
- Realtime subscriptions
- Dashboard & client libraries
Pricing
Free$0
Pro$25/mo
Team$599/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Use Cases
Full-stack AI appsStartup MVPs with vectorsAuthenticated RAGRapid prototyping
Pinecone
Serverless vector database for AI at scale
Managed ServiceProprietarycloud
Key Features
- Serverless architecture
- Hybrid sparse-dense search
- Metadata filtering
- Namespaces & multi-tenancy
- Real-time index updates
- SOC 2 Type II compliant
Pricing
Free$0
Standard~$0.45/GB/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Use Cases
Semantic searchRecommendation enginesRAG pipelinesAnomaly detection
Verdict
Supabase for full-stack apps that need vectors alongside Postgres. Pinecone for vector-first workloads.
Choose Supabase Vector if you need:
- ✓pgvector integration
- ✓SQL-native vector queries
- ✓Supabase Auth & RLS
Choose Pinecone if you need:
- ✓Serverless scaling and managed operations
- ✓Serverless architecture
- ✓Hybrid sparse-dense search
- ✓Metadata filtering