Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
Supabase
Small (~250)
Best For
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
Supabase
Best for: Open-source developers who want full remote freedom, minimal meetings, and the autonomy to ship constantly
Ratings
Cursor (Anysphere)Supabase
4.0
4.8
Overall
3.5
3.0
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.9
Culture & Values
4.2
4.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.6
Senior Mgmt
3.5
4.6
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
👍 95% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Paul Copplestone)
Culture Values
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🧩 Wears Many Hats
Supabase only
🔓 Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Pros & Cons
Cursor (Anysphere)
- Building the most-loved AI code editor — massive developer love and daily impact
- Tiny team, extreme ownership — every person shapes the product directly
- Extremely small team = no specialists; everyone does everything
- Intense pace — the speed of shipping can be relentless
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
Cursor (Anysphere)
Choose Cursor if you want to shape the future of AI-assisted coding on a tiny team — but the pace is relentless.
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
Cursor (Anysphere) — 77 jobs
💻 Engineering
33
💼 Sales / GTM
19
📊 Data
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
🎨 Design
2
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
📣 Marketing
1
Supabase — 42 jobs
💻 Engineering
25
💼 Sales / GTM
12
📣 Marketing
3
📋 Product
1
Summary
Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 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, Flat Hierarchy. Cursor (Anysphere) also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Wears Many Hats. Supabase also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Cursor (Anysphere) has 77 open roles and Supabase has 42 open roles.