Samsara
Large (~5,200)
Supabase
Small (~250)
Best For
Samsara
Best for: Sales and ops professionals who thrive in a high-growth public company selling real IoT hardware+software to physical industries
Supabase
Best for: Open-source developers who want full remote freedom, minimal meetings, and the autonomy to ship constantly
Ratings
SamsaraSupabase
4.0
4.8
Overall
3.9
3.0
Work-Life Balance
4.1
4.9
Culture & Values
4.0
4.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.6
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.6
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Sanjit Biswas)
👍 95% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Paul Copplestone)
Culture Values
Samsara only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Supabase only
🔓 Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly⚙️ Engineering-Driven🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Samsara
- Clear career trajectory with frequent promotions in sales
- Real-world product impact building IoT for physical operations
- Engineers rate WLB at only 2.9/5 despite company average of 3.9
- Remote work used to justify overwork including weekends
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
Samsara
Strong sales culture and real-world product impact at massive scale, but engineers report significantly worse WLB than the company average suggests.
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
Samsara — 403 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
190
💻 Engineering
54
📋 Product
38
🧠 ML / AI
12
📣 Marketing
10
📊 Data
8
🎧 Support
7
⚙️ Operations
5
👤 HR / People
3
🎨 Design
2
⚖️ Legal
2
Supabase — 37 jobs
💻 Engineering
22
💼 Sales / GTM
8
📣 Marketing
3
📊 Data
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Samsara scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Supabase scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 3.0 WLB. That’s a 0.8-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate. Samsara also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Strong Comp & Equity. Supabase also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Engineering-Driven, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Samsara has 403 open roles and Supabase has 37 open roles.