Convex vs Better Stack

Convex

Better Stack

Convex · 18 features

• Actions — Non-deterministic functions for external I/O (fetch, AI APIs, email). Cannot rea…
• Authentication — Convex Auth (built-in) or BYO provider (Clerk, Auth0, Kinde, WorkOS). ID tokens …
• Convex Agents — AI agent framework with durable memory, threads, tool use. Works with OpenAI / A…
• Convex Auth — First-party auth library: passwords, magic links, OAuth, phone — stored in your …
• Convex Components — Reusable backend modules (rate limiter, workflow, aggregate, action-retrier, etc…
• Cron Jobs — Recurring schedules defined in convex/crons.ts. UTC, cron-style patterns.
• Durable Workflows — Long-running multi-step workflows with retries and at-least-once guarantees.
• Exception Reporting — Auto-capture errors to Sentry, Axiom, Datadog.
• File Storage — Upload/download via storage API. Returns storage IDs referenced in documents.
• Full-Text Search — BM25 search index on table fields. withSearchIndex query helper.
• HTTP Actions — Expose public HTTP endpoints for webhooks, OAuth callbacks, third-party integrat…
• Log Streams — Stream function logs to Axiom, Datadog, Sentry. Pro+.
• Mutations — Transactional write functions. All reads + writes in one mutation are ACID; conf…
• Preview Deployments — Every Git branch gets its own isolated deployment. Integrates with Vercel/Netlif…
• Queries — Deterministic read-only TS functions. Automatically cached and re-run when under…
• Real-Time Subscriptions — useQuery auto-subscribes; server invalidates when data a query read changes. No …
• Scheduler — schedule.after / schedule.at — enqueue functions to run later. Durable, survives…
• Vector Search — Native vector index on tables. withIndex + filter fields. Up to 4096 dims.

Better Stack · 13 features

• Dashboards — SQL + chart-based dashboards.
• Distributed Tracing — OpenTelemetry traces with span analysis.
• Error Tracking — Sentry-style error capture per $0.000075/exception.
• Heartbeats (Cron) — Dead-man-switch style alerts for cron/scheduled jobs.
• Logs (formerly Logtail) — Centralized structured logging with live tail + SQL.
• Metrics — Prometheus-compatible metrics ingest + visualization.
• On-Call & Incidents — Schedules, escalations, incident response with postmortems.
• Phone + SMS Alerts — Unlimited phone + SMS on Responder license.
• Reporting & Analytics — +$5/member/month add-on.
• Session Replay — Integrated with error events.
• SQL Queries over Logs — ClickHouse-backed SQL on all ingested telemetry.
• Status Pages — Hosted status pages with custom domain + brandable.
• Uptime Monitoring — HTTP, keyword, ping, TCP, UDP monitors. Global checkpoints.