Plaid
Mid (~800)
Supabase
Small (~250)
Best For
Plaid
Best for: Engineers who want transparent leadership and real fintech impact at a top-rated company
Supabase
Best for: Open-source developers who want full remote freedom, minimal meetings, and the autonomy to ship constantly
Ratings
PlaidSupabase
4.6
4.8
Overall
4.2
3.0
Work-Life Balance
4.2
4.9
Culture & Values
4.1
4.8
Comp & Benefits
4.0
4.6
Senior Mgmt
3.9
4.6
Career Opps
👍 91% Recommend
👤 83% CEO Approval (Zach Perret)
👍 95% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Paul Copplestone)
Culture Values
Plaid only
🪟 Transparent🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact🛡️ Safe to Fail🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Supabase only
🔓 Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Plaid
- 91% of employees recommend — highly accessible and transparent senior leadership
- Strong engineering culture with competitive compensation (4.1/5 comp rating) and real product impact
- Organizational changes can create uncertainty as the company scales
- Career opportunities rated 3.9/5 — growth paths may vary by department
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
Plaid
Choose Plaid if you want top-tier engineering culture, transparent leadership, and real fintech impact — but expect some growing pains as the company navigates organizational change.
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
Plaid — 94 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
28
💻 Engineering
24
📋 Product
11
📣 Marketing
7
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
2
⚖️ Legal
2
🧠 ML / AI
2
⚙️ Operations
2
👤 HR / People
1
Supabase — 42 jobs
💻 Engineering
25
💼 Sales / GTM
12
📣 Marketing
3
📋 Product
1
Summary
Plaid scores 4.6/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.2 work-life balance rating. Supabase scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 3.0 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven. Plaid also emphasizes Transparent, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Safe to Fail, Diverse & Inclusive. Supabase also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Ship Fast & Iterate, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Plaid has 94 open roles and Supabase has 42 open roles.