# Workflows are coming to Supabase

DevFeed: [Workflows are coming to Supabase](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/workflows-are-coming-to-supabase-685.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://supabase.com/blog/supabase-workflows>)

Author: Francesco Ceccon

Published: 2021-04-02T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Supabase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/supabase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Supabase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supabase.md>), [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [Elixir](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/elixir.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [AWS Step Functions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-step-functions.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-step-functions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-step-functions.md>), [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [cloudflare-workers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare-workers.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [elixir](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/elixir.md>), [gcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gcp.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

Supabase describes Workflows as an open-source orchestration engine intended to complement its Functions offering. The planned Elixir-based engine will manage complex workflows, queueing, and coordination of existing functions across cloud platforms and Postgres, with deep Postgres integration and SQL-accessible state.

## Source excerpt

Functions are great, but you know what's better?