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Supabase vs Tigris

Supabase scores higher on the AgentReady, 74/100 against 63/100. They differ on 14 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Supabase. Supabase is an open-source Firebase alternative that provides a complete backend platform built on top of Postgres, offering database, authentication, storage, realtime, edge functions, and vector capabilities.

Tigris. Tigris is a globally distributed, multi-cloud object storage service with built-in support for the S3 API.

Where Supabase is ahead

Supabase passes structured api reference, and Tigris does not. That is understand, whether an agent can read the docs and work out how the API behaves before calling it.

Where Tigris is ahead

Tigris passes search discoverable and public docs discoverable, and Supabase does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: pricing understandable. Supabase misses it.

And on adopt, self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart and official typescript sdk. Supabase misses those.

Finally, on operate, canonical workflow succeeds, retry behavior documented, observable execution and agent compatibility verified. Supabase misses those.

What neither does

Both fail clear canonical domain, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented, programmatic credential creation, official python sdk, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover. Supabase leads 100 to 93. Supabase misses search discoverable, clear canonical domain, public docs discoverable; Tigris misses clear canonical domain.

Understand is whether an agent can read the docs and work out how the API behaves before calling it. Supabase leads 67 to 31. Supabase misses openapi / spec quality, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; Tigris misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. Tigris leads 70 to 63. Supabase misses self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, official typescript sdk, official python sdk; Tigris misses agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, official python sdk.

Operate. Supabase leads 67 to 59. Supabase misses canonical workflow succeeds, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified; Tigris misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable.

Pricing

Supabase does not publish a machine-readable starting price. Tigris starts at $0.02/GB/month and has a free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Tigris clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Supabase and Tigris. Alternatives to each: Supabase, Tigris.

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