Decagon vs Supabase

Decagon vs Supabase: Culture Compared

Decagon (3.9 Glassdoor) vs Supabase (4.8 Glassdoor) — side-by-side on culture values, work-life balance, compensation, and open roles.

Decagon

Decagon

Small (~210)
Supabase

Supabase

Small (~250)
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Supabase
Best for: Open-source developers who want full remote freedom, minimal meetings, and the autonomy to ship constantly
DecagonSupabase
3.9
4.8
Overall
3.7
3.0
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.9
Culture & Values
3.2
4.8
Comp & Benefits
3.7
4.6
Senior Mgmt
3.7
4.6
Career Opps
πŸ‘ 75% Recommend πŸ‘€ 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
πŸ‘ 95% Recommend πŸ‘€ 95% CEO Approval (Paul Copplestone)
Decagon only
πŸ’Ž Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Supabase only
πŸ”“ Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly🀝 Flat HierarchyπŸ“‘ Async-First
Shared
βš™οΈ Engineering-DrivenπŸš€ Ship Fast & Iterate

Decagon

  • βœ“Strong engineering-driven culture with technical founders still deeply involved
  • βœ“Ship meaningful AI features to enterprise customers every week
  • βœ—Intense workload and high expectations β€” not a typical 40-hour week
  • βœ—SF-centric; most roles expect in-office presence

Supabase

  • βœ“Truly open-source DNA β€” build products millions of developers use daily
  • βœ“No-hierarchy remote culture with extreme autonomy and generous allowances
  • βœ—Intense workload β€” more work than a single person can reasonably manage
  • βœ—Work-life balance rated 3.0/5 β€” fast shipping pace can be relentless
Decagon
Choose Decagon if you want intense builder energy at a $4.5B Series D AI agents startup with real enterprise revenue β€” but expect SF office-centric culture and cash comp that trails top AI labs.
Supabase
Egoless, fully remote culture with just one meeting per week and extreme autonomy β€” but the relentless shipping pace means work-life balance takes a hit.

Decagon β€” 95 jobs

πŸ’Ό Sales / GTM
32
πŸ’» Engineering
25
πŸ“‹ Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
6
βš™οΈ Operations
3
βš–οΈ Legal
2
πŸ“£ Marketing
2
πŸ“Š Data
1
🎨 Design
1
πŸ‘€ HR / People
1

Supabase β€” 42 jobs

πŸ’» Engineering
25
πŸ’Ό Sales / GTM
12
πŸ“£ Marketing
3
πŸ“‹ Product
1

Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Supabase scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 3.0 WLB. That’s a 0.9-point gap on overall satisfaction.

Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Decagon also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact. Supabase also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First.

On the hiring front, Decagon has 95 open roles and Supabase has 42 open roles.

Read more: Working at Supabase