Convex
The backend application platform.
Overview
Convex is a backend-as-a-service platform that provides a real-time database, serverless functions, and file storage. It ensures data consistency and transactional integrity for all backend operations. A key part of its workflow is deployment environments, which function like branches. When you deploy a new version of your code for preview, Convex creates an isolated copy of your entire backend, including the database, allowing for safe testing of both code and data migrations.
✨ Key Features
- Real-time Database
- Serverless Functions (TypeScript)
- Transactional Guarantees
- File Storage
- Deployment Environments (Branching)
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Strong transactional consistency across the entire backend (database and functions).
- Real-time by default.
- Stateful serverless functions that are easy to write and reason about.
Unique Value: Build full-stack, real-time applications with guaranteed transactional consistency, and test them safely with isolated backend environments for every deployment.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Building a collaborative whiteboard application where changes are synced in real-time.
- Creating a preview deployment that includes a full, isolated copy of the backend and database to test a new feature.
- Writing complex business logic in serverless functions that execute transactionally with database queries.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Applications that need direct SQL access or compatibility with the PostgreSQL/MySQL ecosystem.
- Teams that are not using a TypeScript/JavaScript stack.
🏆 Alternatives
Unlike other BaaS platforms, Convex provides strong ACID guarantees across both database queries and serverless function execution, simplifying state management. Its deployment environments provide a more holistic branching capability than just database branching alone.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: 1 project, 2 environments, 1M records read/mo, 100k records written/mo
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