Mercury
Large (~1,300)
Supabase
Small (~250)
Best For
Mercury
Best for: Engineers who want product ownership and fast growth building startup banking infrastructure
Supabase
Best for: Open-source developers who want full remote freedom, minimal meetings, and the autonomy to ship constantly
Ratings
MercurySupabase
4.3
4.8
Overall
3.8
3.0
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.9
Culture & Values
4.0
4.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.6
Senior Mgmt
3.9
4.6
Career Opps
👍 79% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Immad Akhund)
👍 95% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Paul Copplestone)
Culture Values
Mercury only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
Supabase only
🔓 Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Mercury
- Strong talent density with smart, motivated teammates and genuine autonomy and ownership
- Great Place to Work certified — product-first mindset with meaningful scope for every engineer
- Still figuring out how to scale processes — expect some ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Work-life balance rated 3.8/5 — periods of higher intensity during rapid growth phases
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
Mercury
Choose Mercury if you want product ownership, fast growth, and to build banking infrastructure for startups — but expect growing pains and occasionally intense workloads.
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
Mercury — 70 jobs
💻 Engineering
15
💼 Sales / GTM
13
👤 HR / People
4
📋 Product
4
🎨 Design
3
⚖️ Legal
3
⚙️ Operations
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
2
📣 Marketing
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
🎧 Support
1
Supabase — 42 jobs
💻 Engineering
25
💼 Sales / GTM
12
📣 Marketing
3
📋 Product
1
Summary
Mercury scores 4.3/5.0 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 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Mercury also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats. Supabase also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Mercury has 70 open roles and Supabase has 42 open roles.