Recursiv vs Supabase

How Does Recursiv Compare to Supabase?

Supabase is a great general-purpose app backend with Postgres, auth, storage and real-time. It is not agent-native. Recursiv is a backend built for agents: an agent runtime, orchestration, memory and govern, and it still does the app backend with Postgres, auth and storage.

The differentiator is that agents are the design center, not an add-on. Recursiv runs the agents with a dispatcher, jobs, sandboxes, memory and govern, while also giving you the database, auth and storage you expect from a backend.

Quick Comparison

The Build vs Buy Decision

Building an agent layer on Supabase requires assembling the runtime yourself:

When Supabase Is the Better Choice

• Your app is a standard CRUD product with no autonomous agents
• You want a general-purpose database and do not need an agent runtime, memory or govern
• You need specific Supabase features such as Edge Functions or Vault
• You want to build any agent behavior fully custom on top of a plain backend

Best Together

Recursiv and Supabase can complement each other:

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// Use Recursiv for the agent runtime and govern
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import { Recursiv } from '@recursiv/sdk';
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const recursiv = new Recursiv({ apiKey: 'sk_live_...' });
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await recursiv.agents.create({ name: 'support-agent' });
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// Use Supabase for your app-specific data
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import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';
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const supabase = createClient(url, key);
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await supabase.from('products').insert({ name: 'Widget', price: 9.99 });

Recursiv runs and governs the agents. Supabase handles the rest of your app data.

Get Started

If you need a backend built for agents that still does the app backend, start with the quickstart.