Datadog
Large (~6,000)
Supabase
Small (~250)
Best For
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Supabase
Best for: Professionals interested in Supabase
Ratings
DatadogSupabase
4.2
4.8
Overall
3.8
3.0
Work-Life Balance
4.3
4.9
Culture & Values
4.4
4.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.6
Senior Mgmt
4.0
4.6
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
👍 95% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Datadog only
🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Supabase only
🔓 Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Datadog
- Excellent compensation and equity — stock has been a genuine wealth builder for early employees
- Strong engineering culture with smart coworkers and interesting technical challenges at scale
- Fast pace can lead to long hours and pressure to deliver, work-life balance varies by team
- Rapid growth has led to organizational growing pains and bureaucracy creeping in
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
Datadog
Choose Datadog if you want strong comp, interesting scale challenges in observability, and a fast-paced engineering culture — but expect long hours and growing bureaucracy.
Supabase
Supabase — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Datadog — 451 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
217
💻 Engineering
118
📋 Product
28
📣 Marketing
15
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
8
🎨 Design
7
⚙️ Operations
6
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Supabase — 38 jobs
💻 Engineering
23
💼 Sales / GTM
8
📣 Marketing
3
📊 Data
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Supabase scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 3.0 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Datadog also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity. Supabase also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Datadog has 451 open roles and Supabase has 38 open roles.