Insomnia vs Convex

Insomnia

Convex

Insomnia · 19 features

• API Design (OpenAPI) — Spec editor + preview.
• Auth Helpers — OAuth, AWS, Hawk, Bearer, etc.
• Cloud Sync (E2EE) — Opt-in encrypted sync.
• Environments — Variables per env.
• Git Sync — Version with your repo.
• GraphQL — Query + schema explorer.
• gRPC — gRPC client.
• HTTP Client — REST request builder.
• inso CLI — Run API tests + lint specs in CI.
• Insomnia AI — AI-assisted request building.
• Local-First Storage — No account required.
• Mock Server — Build mocks from OpenAPI (Pro).
• Plugins — Extend via Node.js.
• Request Collections — Grouped requests.
• Scratch Pad — Local-only mode (re-added after backlash).
• SOAP — WSDL + SOAP.
• Teams — Shared workspaces.
• Templating Engine — Nunjucks + JS snippets.
• WebSockets — WS connection + messages.

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.