Convex vs Sanity

Convex

Sanity

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.

Sanity · 16 features

• Agent Context — Expose your content schema + docs to LLM agents.
• Content Agent (AI) — AI assistant inside Studio for generation + translation.
• Content History — Every change versioned. Rollback + diff.
• Content Lake — Distributed real-time DB for structured content. Multi-region replicas.
• Datasets — Logical content partitions (stage/prod/etc.). Easy cloning.
• GROQ — Graph-Relational Object Queries — JSON-native query language.
• Image CDN — Smart transforms (crop, format, quality) via URL params.
• Internationalization — Multiple locales per document with native i18n plugins.
• Live Previews — Draft previews with stega-encoded content.
• Media Library (Ent) — Org-wide media with DAM features.
• Portable Text — Structured rich text format (JSON). Portable across channels.
• Real-Time Collaboration — Live presence + collaborative editing.
• Sanity Studio — Open-source React editor — customize with your own components + workflow.
• Scheduled Publishing — Schedule content to publish at a future date.
• Visual Editing — Click-to-edit inline on your Next.js/etc. website.
• Webhooks — Events on create/update/delete with GROQ filter.