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Best Alternatives to Convex

Explore 19 database tools similar to Convex. Compare features, pricing, and reviews to find the best fit for your stack.

Supabase
Supabase

1000+ Y Combinator companies

Postgres development platform with instant APIs, auth, realtime sync, storage, pgvector support, and an MCP experience that fits modern AI app teams.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
postgres
realtime
open-source
9/10
From $25/mo
PlanetScale
PlanetScale

Trusted by Block, Intercom & more

Managed MySQL and Postgres platform focused on high-scale production workloads, online schema changes, branching workflows, observability, and horizontal scaling.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
mysql
serverless
branching
8/10
From $39/mo
Neon
Neon

Open-source serverless Postgres

Serverless Postgres built for teams and agents with autoscaling, pooled and HTTP access, instant branching, fleet APIs, and MCP-native workflows.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
postgres
serverless
branching
8.5/10
From $19/mo
Turso
Turso

SQLite-compatible edge database

libSQL and SQLite platform for the agentic era with edge and device runtimes, vector search, branching, sync, and lightweight databases that can live everywhere.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
sqlite
edge
libsql
8/10
From $4.99/mo
Drizzle ORM
Drizzle ORM

20K+ GitHub stars, rapid growth

Headless TypeScript ORM for SQL-first schema management, migrations, and queries across Postgres, MySQL-compatible databases, and SQLite in serverless runtimes.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
typescript
orm
type-safe
8.5/10
Free
Prisma
Prisma

5M+ weekly npm downloads

Developer-focused ORM for readable schemas, generated clients, migrations, and visual database workflows across Postgres, MySQL-compatible, SQLite, and MongoDB stacks.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
typescript
orm
migrations
9/10
From $10/mo
Pinecone
Pinecone

Thousands of customers in production

Purpose-built vector database for production retrieval with hybrid search, reranking, tenant isolation, and managed serverless or BYOC deployment.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
vector
semantic-search
rag
8/10
From $50/mo
Weaviate
Weaviate

20M+ downloads, 21.5K stars

AI-first vector database for search, RAG, and agents with hybrid retrieval, model-provider integrations, automatic embeddings, and deploy-anywhere enterprise options.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
vector
open-source
multi-modal
7.5/10
From $20/mo
Qdrant
Qdrant

29K GitHub stars, 250M+ downloads

Rust-native vector database for production retrieval with dense and sparse hybrid search, metadata filtering, multivector support, and flexible cloud or private deployment.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
vector
open-source
filtering
7.5/10
From $10/mo
ChromaDB
ChromaDB

Trusted by millions of developers

AI-native retrieval database for vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search with serverless scaling, object-storage economics, and multi-tenant indexing.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
embeddings
open-source
simple
7.5/10
From $250/mo
MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB Atlas

Leading multi-cloud database service

Managed document database platform with native vector search, full-text search, stream processing, and multi-region cloud operations for modern application backends.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
nosql
document
multi-cloud
8.5/10
From $56.94/mo
Redis
Redis

Used by 69K+ companies worldwide

High-speed memory database and cache layer for realtime systems, semantic caching, vector search, and agent memory with flexible cloud, hybrid, and self-managed deployments.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
cache
realtime
in-memory
8.5/10
From $10/mo
CockroachDB
CockroachDB

Used by Netflix, Oxide & 996+ companies

Distributed SQL database for globally available transaction workloads with multi-region replication, scale-to-zero serverless tiers, and strong operational resilience.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
distributed
postgresql
resilient
7.5/10
From $0.18/mo
Xata
Xata

Serverless Postgres platform

Postgres branching platform for fast-moving teams that need instant copy-on-write environments, anonymized production data, scale-to-zero dev branches, and agent-safe workflows.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
serverless
search
ai-powered
7.5/10
From $25/mo
Upstash
Upstash

Serverless data platform

Serverless Redis, vector, and search platform built around HTTP access, scale-to-zero pricing, and low-latency edge usage for modern app and AI workloads.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
serverless
redis
kafka
8/10
From $10/mo
Fauna
Fauna

3000+ development teams, 180+ countries

Serverless transactional database for application backends that favors document-style development, global access patterns, and API-first delivery without cluster management.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
serverless
distributed
consistent
7/10
From $9.99/mo
EdgeDB
EdgeDB

Modern open-source database

Postgres-powered graph-relational platform with a high-level schema, migrations, integrated auth, built-in pooling, and AI extensions for embeddings and ready-made RAG endpoints.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
graph
type-safe
modern
7.5/10
From $19.5/mo
TiDB
TiDB

Open-source distributed SQL DB

MySQL-compatible distributed SQL platform with serverless tiers, autoscaling, managed operations, vector capabilities, and real-time analytics for production systems.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
mysql-compatible
distributed
htap
7/10
From $20/mo
DuckDB
DuckDB

30K+ GitHub stars, 1220+ users

Embeddable analytical database optimized for fast OLAP queries, local data science workflows, browser runtimes, and zero-ops deployment inside applications.

  • Data Storage
  • Query Performance
  • Security & Backup
analytics
olap
embedded
8/10
Free