Convex
A backend platform designed for modern AI and agent applications
- Also known as
- convex
What is Convex?
Convex is a comprehensive backend-as-a-service platform that provides database, serverless functions, workflows, real-time sync, search, and file storage capabilities, all with TypeScript support and end-to-end type safety.
Convex pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier with usage-based metered overages on paid plans
Free
FreeStarter
Starter Plus
Professional
What Convex does
The capabilities that matter for backend as a service, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Database model
- -
- Built in auth
- ✓
- Row level security
- -
- File storage
- ✓
- Serverless functions
- ✓
- Edge functions
- -
- Realtime subscriptions
- ✓
- API style
- -
- Offline sync
- -
- Vector AI support
- ✓
- Self hostable
- -
- Deployment model
- Managed saas only
- Pricing model
- Tiered subscription
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- PostHog
- Cloudflare
- Automerge
- WorkOS
- Mastra
Convex alternatives
Other backend as a service we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- FirebaseComplete backend platform from Google Cloud for building and scaling mobile and web applicationslow · 26%
- Back4Appmedium · 55%
- XanoA no-code backend platform combining visual development, AI assistance, and managed infrastructure for building APIs and databaseshigh · 76%
- AppwriteA unified backend platform that combines multiple services into one subscriptionlow · 43%
- PocketBaselow · 20%
- AWS AmplifyA unified platform for building and scaling web and mobile applications with integrated deployment, backend services, and UI development toolslow · 42%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Convex, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 60 | 0.07 | 4.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.05 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 22 | 0.04 | 0.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | File storage: Yes · Built in auth: Yes · Pricing model: tiered-subscription · Deployment model: managed-saas-only · Vector ai support: Yes · Serverless functions: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-25 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 5 | mediumsource · 2026-08-25 · 60% |