Neon + Drizzle
The DIY baseline: serverless Postgres, a typed SQL query builder, nothing else.
Overall in convex alternatives
7of 11 · score 63.6
Data coverage
96%
25 of 26 fields sourced
Best for
- •Teams that already know what backend they want to build
- •Applications expected to outlive several vendor relationships
- •Anyone whose realtime requirement is smaller than it first appeared
Strong on
- +Exit cost 1 1/11
- +Full-text search Yes 1/11
- +Backing big-tech 1/11
- +TS inference Yes 1/11
- +Schema changes sql-migrations 1/11
- +Vector search Yes 1/11
Weak on
- −Reactivity manual 11/11Better: Convex: push
- −Auth bring-your-own 8/11Better: Supabase: built-in
- −File storage No 8/11Better: Convex: Yes
- −Optimistic writes No 7/11Better: Convex: Yes
vs ElectricSQL
- •Ahead on MCP server: Yes vs No
- •Ahead on Agent fit: 4 vs 2
- •Behind on Reactivity: manual vs push
- •Behind on Local-first sync: No vs Partial
How Neon + Drizzle scores among 11 convex alternatives25 of 26 fields known
Features13
Reactivity
manual
11/11
Leader: Convex · push
Local-first sync
No
6/11
Leader: InstantDB · Yes
Optimistic writes
No
7/11
Leader: Convex · Yes
Cron & scheduling
No
7/11
Leader: Convex · Yes
File storage
No
8/11
Leader: Convex · Yes
Full-text search1st
Yes
1/11
Auth
bring-your-own
8/11
Leader: Supabase · built-in
Hard limits
Postgres limits. The operational ceiling is your compute size and connection count, both dials you control.
Function timeout
—
Portability & exit5
Exit cost1st
1
1/11
Self-hostable
Partial
9/11
Leader: Convex · Yes
Bulk export1st
Yes
1/11
Raw SQL1st
Yes
1/11
Agentic2
Agent fit2nd
4
2/11
Leader: Convex · 5
Pricing3
Traction2
GitHub stars
18,000
4/10
Leader: Supabase · 90,000
Positioning1
Positioning
Serverless Postgres with branching, paired with a typed SQL query builder.
neon.com · 2026-07-20
Alternatives8
Appwrite
Convex
ElectricSQL
Firebase
InstantDB
Nhost
PocketBase
ZeroCompare
Sources9
- neon.com/pricing2 fields
- orm.drizzle.team/docs/overview1 field
- neon.com/docs1 field
- neon.com/docs/extensions/pgvector1 field
- neon.com/docs/introduction/auto-suspend1 field
- orm.drizzle.team/docs/kit-overview1 field
- neon.com/docs/ai/neon-mcp-server1 field
- neon.com/blog/neon-and-databricks1 field
- neon.com1 field
