Mailgun vs Convex

Mailgun

Convex

Mailgun · 14 features

• Batch Sending — Send up to 1,000 recipients per API call via recipient variables.
• Dedicated IPs — IP pools with auto warmup. Scale+ tier.
• Deliverability Suite — Inbox placement testing, DMARC reporting, seed lists.
• Email Logs — Searchable log of all send attempts + events.
• Email Templates — Template builder + variables + versioning.
• Email Validation — Real-time email verification (syntax, MX, role accounts, disposable).
• EU Region — Data stored in EU for GDPR-sensitive customers.
• Inbound Routing — Route incoming emails to URLs/SMTP. Attachment forwarding.
• Mailing Lists — Unlimited mailing lists with bulk subscribe/unsubscribe.
• Open/Click Tracking — HTML + text tracking with configurable tracking domain.
• SAML SSO — Scale+ tier.
• Send API — REST/SMTP send with MIME + tracking.
• Tags — Tag messages to slice stats.
• Webhook Events — delivered, opened, clicked, unsubscribed, complained, permanent_fail, temporary_…

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.