Database · October 2026

Firebase (Firestore) vs Supabase: which do AI models pick?

Supabase leads on being recommended first (54% vs 1%). Supabase leads on being named in AI-built apps (12% vs 3%).

Firebase (Firestore)Supabase
Recommended first
1%
54%
Mentioned
58%
84%
Named in AI-built apps
3%
12%
Firebase (Firestore)Supabase
Rank among database vendors recommended first#5 of 5#1 of 5
Rank in AI-built apps#3 of 3#2 of 3
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Based on 180 recommendation answers and 179 AI-built apps. Differences under about 7 points are within noise.

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Measured 2026-10-01 with claude-sonnet-5.5, gpt-6.1-sol, gemini-3.8-flash, grok-4.7, deepseek-v4.1-flash, qwen3.8-max-prime, 5 runs per recommendation prompt and 5 per build prompt, via public APIs with no system prompt. Methodology. DefaultRank is independent and not affiliated with any tool vendor or model provider.