head-to-head- moat comparison
envato.comvssupabase.com
which is easier to compete with?
- attack supabase first.matched moat depth.
clone time
3 months
contested3 months
envato.com
unlimited creative assets subscription
50/ 100
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clone time
3 months
contested3 months
supabase.com
Postgres backend-as-a-service platform
56/ 100
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moat
how deep is each moat.
-0.6
envato.com · aggregate
5.0/10real moat
moat delta-0.6
supabase.com · aggregate
4.4/10shallow moat
6.0
capital-6.0 →
0.0
5.6
technical±0
5.6
4.0
network-4.0 →
0.0
0.0
switching+4.0 →
4.0
0.0
data±0
0.0
0.0
regulatory±0
0.0
9.5
distribution-0.2 →
9.3
overlap
where they fight, where they don't.
features only one ships, plus the small middle they share.
only envato.com · 33
marketplacetransactional emailvideo transcoding
shared · 11
subscriptions
only supabase.com · 33
serverless / edge platformapi platformllm inference
stack
what they're built on.
shared infra and the differentiating bits.
only envato.com · 33
bandwidthFFmpegStripe
shared infra · 77
CloudflareNext.jsPostgresCloudflare R2ResendSupabaseVercel
only supabase.com · 66
elixirFly.ioGitHubhetzner vpsReactSentry
floor
cost + time, side by side.
monthly floorenvato.com wins
envato.com
$47 + usage
supabase.com
$54 + usage
delta −$7envato.com costs less per month to keep the lights on.
time to clonetie
envato.com
3 months
supabase.com
3 months
comparable build windows on both sides.
the verdict
same comparison surface, two different walls. give the supabase attack a month. circle back to envato only if you genuinely need what it does that the other doesn't.
full reportcontested · 50
→ read the envato.com report
full reportcontested · 56
→ read the supabase.com report
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