Brex
Large (~1,600)
Supabase
Small (~250)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Supabase
Best for: Open-source developers who want full remote freedom, minimal meetings, and the autonomy to ship constantly
Ratings
BrexSupabase
4.0
4.8
Overall
3.9
3.0
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.9
Culture & Values
4.0
4.8
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.6
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.6
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 95% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Paul Copplestone)
Culture Values
Brex only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Supabase only
🔓 Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Strong benefits and time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
- Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
- Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
Supabase
- Truly open-source DNA — build products millions of developers use daily
- No-hierarchy remote culture with extreme autonomy and generous allowances
- Intense workload — more work than a single person can reasonably manage
- Work-life balance rated 3.0/5 — fast shipping pace can be relentless
Bottom Line
Brex
Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.
Supabase
Egoless, fully remote culture with just one meeting per week and extreme autonomy — but the relentless shipping pace means work-life balance takes a hit.
Open Roles
Brex — 235 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
72
💻 Engineering
49
📋 Product
18
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
👤 HR / People
13
📊 Data
10
⚖️ Legal
6
💰 Finance
3
⚙️ Operations
3
🎧 Support
2
Supabase — 42 jobs
💻 Engineering
25
💼 Sales / GTM
12
📣 Marketing
3
📋 Product
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Supabase scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 3.0 WLB. That’s a 0.8-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven. Brex also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Transparent. Supabase also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and Supabase has 42 open roles.