Convex
Reactive TypeScript backend: database, functions and live queries in one project.
Overall in convex alternatives
5of 11 · score 65.5
Data coverage
100%
26 of 26 fields sourced
Best for
- •Small teams shipping realtime-shaped product fast
- •Codebases where a coding agent does most of the plumbing
- •Apps whose lifespan is short enough that the exit never arrives
Strong on
- +Agent fit 5 1/11
- +Full-text search Yes 1/11
- +TS inference Yes 1/11
- +Optimistic writes Yes 1/11
- +Cron & scheduling Yes 1/11
- +Vector search Yes 1/11
Weak on
- −Exit cost 4 8/11Better: Neon + Drizzle: 1
- −Entry price $25/mo 7/10Better: Firebase: $0/mo
- −GitHub stars 8,000 6/10Better: Supabase: 90,000
- −Function timeout 10min 3/5Better: Firebase: 1h
vs Appwrite
- •Ahead on Optimistic writes: Yes vs No
- •Ahead on Vector search: Yes vs No
- •Behind on Auth: first-party-addon vs built-in
- •Behind on GitHub stars: 8,000 vs 52,000
How Convex scores among 11 convex alternatives26 of 26 fields known
Features13
Local-first sync
No
6/11
Leader: InstantDB · Yes
Auth
first-party-addon
7/11
Leader: Supabase · built-in
Hard limits
1 MiB per document; 32,000 documents or 16 MiB scanned per query; queries and mutations capped at 1s of user-code compute.
docs.convex.dev · 2026-11-06
Cold start1st
0ms
1/6
Function timeout3rd
10min
3/5
Leader: Firebase · 1h
Portability & exit5
Exit cost
4
8/11
Leader: Neon + Drizzle · 1
Schema changes
declarative-push
6/11
Leader: Supabase · sql-migrations
Agentic2
Agent fit1st
5
1/11
Pricing3
Traction2
GitHub stars
8,000
6/10
Leader: Supabase · 90,000
Backing3rd
venture-backed
3/11
Leader: Firebase · big-tech
Positioning1
Alternatives8
Appwrite
ElectricSQL
Firebase
InstantDB
Neon + Drizzle
Nhost
PocketBase
ZeroCompare
Sources15
- www.convex.dev/pricing3 fields
- docs.convex.dev/functions/query-functions1 field
- docs.convex.dev/database/schemas1 field
- docs.convex.dev/database/advanced/occ1 field
- docs.convex.dev/client/react/optimistic-updates1 field
- docs.convex.dev/scheduling1 field
- docs.convex.dev/file-storage1 field
- docs.convex.dev/search/vector-search1 field
- docs.convex.dev/search1 field
- docs.convex.dev/production/state/limits1 field
- docs.convex.dev/self-hosting1 field
- docs.convex.dev/database/import-export/1 field
- docs.convex.dev/database1 field
- docs.convex.dev/ai/convex-mcp-server1 field
- www.convex.dev1 field
