Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Supabase
Best for: Professionals interested in Supabase
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 (CEO)
Culture Values
Brex only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Supabase only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌐 Remote-Friendly
Pros & Cons
Brex
✓Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
✓Remote-first with strong benefits — 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.