Vercel vs Convex

Vercel

Convex

Vercel · 15 features

• Cron Jobs — Scheduled serverless functions. JSON config in vercel.json.
• Edge Functions — V8-isolate serverless functions at edge locations. Lower cold start than Lambda.
• Edge Middleware — Intercept requests at edge before hitting origin — auth, routing, A/B tests.
• Git-based Deploys — Auto-deploy from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket on every push. Preview URLs for every…
• Image Optimization — On-the-fly resize, format conversion (AVIF, WebP), CDN caching.
• Incremental Static Regeneration — Re-generate static pages on-demand or via revalidate. Next.js-native.
• Log Drains — Stream logs to Datadog, Axiom, Logtail, HTTP endpoints.
• Preview Deployments — Unique URL per Git branch/PR. Password-protect or share. Infinite.
• Serverless Functions — Node.js, Python, Go. AWS Lambda under the hood. Up to 15 min duration.
• Speed Insights — Real User Monitoring. FCP, LCP, CLS, INP per page.
• Vercel Blob — Managed object storage (S3-compatible API).
• Vercel KV (Redis) — Managed Redis via Upstash. Edge-accessible.
• Vercel Marketplace — One-click integrations: Supabase, Clerk, Sentry, PostHog, Resend, 100+ services.
• Vercel Postgres — Managed Neon Postgres. Edge-accessible with @vercel/postgres.
• Web Analytics — Privacy-friendly web analytics. Core Web Vitals, visitors, pages.

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.