Lambda
Mid (~500)
Supabase
Small (~250)
Best For
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Supabase
Best for: Open-source developers who want full remote freedom, minimal meetings, and the autonomy to ship constantly
Ratings
LambdaSupabase
3.6
4.8
Overall
3.7
3.0
Work-Life Balance
3.7
4.9
Culture & Values
3.6
4.8
Comp & Benefits
3.4
4.6
Senior Mgmt
3.4
4.6
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
👍 95% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Paul Copplestone)
Culture Values
Lambda only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Supabase only
🔓 Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
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
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
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
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Supabase — 42 jobs
💻 Engineering
25
💼 Sales / GTM
12
📣 Marketing
3
📋 Product
1
Summary
Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 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 1.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Lambda also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact. Supabase also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Lambda has 32 open roles and Supabase has 42 open roles.