Does Supabase sign a BAA?
Only on some plans or setups
Supabase signs BAAs for its hosted platform for organizations on at least the Team plan with the paid HIPAA add-on, and projects must be set to High Compliance. Supabase's HIPAA pages do not say whether the dashboard AI Assistant is covered.
Not fully covered by the BAA: Third-party AI APIs called from Edge Functions or Postgres (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face).
- Business associate
- Supabase
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- Plans with a BAA
- Team / Enterprise with HIPAA add-on
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By plan
| Plan | BAA | How to get it | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free / Pro | No BAA | Not offered | The pricing page shows HIPAA as not included on Free or Pro.[1] |
| Team / Enterprise with HIPAA add-on | Signs a BAA | Request by emailRequest page | Submit the HIPAA add-on request form to sign a BAA, enable the paid add-on, and mark projects High Compliance. Also required: Point in Time Recovery (needs at least a small compute add-on), SSL enforcement, network restrictions and MFA, with no PHI in public Storage buckets. The add-on price is not published.[2],[3],[1] |
| Self-hosted Supabase | No BAA | Not offered | Supabase says HIPAA controls are not supported out of the box when self-hosted, and that self-hosted HIPAA is out of scope.[4] |
Are the AI features covered?
Vendors often sign a BAA for the core product but leave some AI features out. Here is what Supabase says about each one.
| AI feature | Under the BAA | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase AI Assistant (dashboard SQL/policy helper)Team / Enterprise with HIPAA add-on | Not stated | Supabase's HIPAA and shared-responsibility pages do not mention the AI Assistant.[2],[4] |
| Third-party AI APIs called from Edge Functions or Postgres (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face)Team / Enterprise with HIPAA add-on | Excluded | Supabase makes customers responsible for third-party services they integrate. Those providers need their own arrangements and are not covered by Supabase's BAA.[2] |
Cloud AI platforms that offer a BAA
- Amazon BedrockBAA on: AWS accounts (standard AWS BAA)Signs a BAA
- AWS HealthScribeBAA on: AWS accounts with the AWS BAA accepted (US East, N. Virginia)Signs a BAA
- Google Cloud Vertex AI (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform)BAA on: Google Cloud customers (Agent Platform / Vertex AI, GA services)Signs a BAA
All BAA-ready alternatives to Supabase
Sources
- Supabase Pricing
- Shared Responsibility Model | Supabase Docs
- HIPAA Projects | Supabase Docs
- HIPAA Compliance and Supabase | Supabase Docs
A signed BAA is necessary but not sufficient for HIPAA compliance, which also depends on configuration, access controls, and your own policies. Verdicts summarize the vendor's own published terms as of the date checked; confirm with the vendor and your counsel before sending protected health information. Not legal advice.