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Convex

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Free & Starter, Professional, Business & Enterprise
Added
Sep 16 2023

About Convex

Convex provides a reactive backend platform designed to run with the user and their agents. It combines database, functions, workflow, sync, search, file storage, and more, all with TypeScript support and minimal glue. The platform targets developers building apps who want a cohesive backend experience that keeps up with fast-changing AI-enabled workflows.

Convex explains how to set up and use the product across projects and editor setups. It includes command-line instructions to initialize Convex in an existing folder and integrate Convex with various coding agents. The setup process is described step by step and emphasizes compatibility with multiple models, agents, and editors.

Convex highlights core capabilities such as ACID transactions, end-to-end type safety, automatic caching and scaling, and real-time data updates. It also presents a library of components and building blocks (workpool, workflow, agent, etc.) that can be installed to extend functionality.

Convex outlines plans, platform coverage, and integrations including a free tier, paid plans, and enterprise options. It mentions regions, deployment types, RBAC, SSO, and other enterprise features, along with integration-ready components and developer tooling.

Use cases

  • Build a backend for AI-enabled apps with type-safe schemas and real-time updates.

Key features

  • End-to-end type safety
  • Real-time sync
  • ACID transactions
  • Automatic caching & scaling
  • Sandboxed components
  • Agent and workflow support
  • Library of built-in building blocks

Pros and cons

Pros

Reactive database is core to Convex.

Cons

Deployment limits and resource tiers are defined by plans.

Pricing

Free & Starter
$0/month
  • Developers (1-6)
  • File storage
  • Text search
  • Vector search
  • Crons
  • Auth
  • Node.js actions
  • Health & insights dashboard
  • Preview deployments
  • Selectable data region
Professional
$25 per developer/month
  • Developers (1-20)
  • Log streaming
  • Exception reporting
  • HIPAA/SOC 2 reports
  • Daily backups
  • Custom domains
  • Email support
Business & Enterprise
$2,500 monthly minimum
  • Developers (50+)
  • SAML/SSO
  • Service SLAs
  • High-scale dedicated deployments
  • Custom MSA
  • Volume pricing

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Frequently asked questions

Is Convex a database?
Yes, but it is a lot more than this. Convex is a full cloud backend designed to replace your database, server functions, backend functionality, and the interface all the way out to your application. See the docs for a full list of features.
What makes Convex realtime?
Convex’s realtime database tracks all dependencies for every query function. Whenever any dependency changes, including any database rows, Convex reruns the query function and triggers an update to any active subscription on the client.
Where do Convex functions run?
Convex functions run server-side in an isolated execution environment within the Convex database itself.
What database does Convex use?
Convex has a custom database engine designed to support live reactivity, incremental schema, automatic scaling, etc. Durability is provided by a write-ahead log that is stored persistently on AWS RDS.
Can Convex talk to external services like OpenAI or Stripe?
Yes! Convex provides a function type we call actions that are designed to talk to the outside world.
Is Convex open source?
Yes! You can clone, build, and run the open-source Convex backend on your own hardware.

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