Perplexity AI
Mid (~500)
Supabase
Small (~250)
Best For
Perplexity AI
Best for: Builders who thrive on speed and want massive user-facing impact at a rocketship
Supabase
Best for: Open-source developers who want full remote freedom, minimal meetings, and the autonomy to ship constantly
Ratings
Perplexity AISupabase
4.7
4.8
Overall
3.3
3.0
Work-Life Balance
4.8
4.9
Culture & Values
4.5
4.8
Comp & Benefits
4.5
4.6
Senior Mgmt
4.2
4.6
Career Opps
👍 92% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Aravind Srinivas)
👍 95% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Paul Copplestone)
Culture Values
Perplexity AI only
🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌱 Learning & Growth
Supabase only
🔓 Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Perplexity AI
- Fastest-growing AI product — real users, real revenue, genuine product-market fit
- Small team, massive impact per engineer — your work ships to millions quickly
- Startup intensity — expect long hours and high expectations
- Growing pains as the team scales — roles and responsibilities shift frequently
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
Perplexity AI
Choose Perplexity if you want the fastest-growing AI product and huge per-engineer impact — but expect startup intensity.
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
Perplexity AI — 74 jobs
💻 Engineering
37
🧠 ML / AI
8
📊 Data
5
⚖️ Legal
4
📣 Marketing
3
⚙️ Operations
3
💼 Sales / GTM
2
🎧 Support
2
👤 HR / People
1
📋 Product
1
Supabase — 42 jobs
💻 Engineering
25
💼 Sales / GTM
12
📣 Marketing
3
📋 Product
1
Summary
Perplexity AI scores 4.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.3 work-life balance rating. Supabase scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 3.0 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven. Perplexity AI also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity, Learning & Growth. Supabase also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Perplexity AI has 74 open roles and Supabase has 42 open roles.