Monthly cost
$0–$25 / mo
Free tier; $25+/mo Pro
Popularity
2/5
LLM knowledge
2/5
Difficulty
Easy
#realtime#typescript#serverless
What Convex is good at
Strengths
- +Great DX
- +Realtime subscriptions built-in
- +TypeScript end-to-end
Tradeoffs
- −Young platform
- −Vendor lock-in
Coding-agent prompt
Drop into Claude / Cursor to get idiomatic Convex code.
You're working with Convex. Reactive backend-as-a-service with TypeScript-native queries. Best practices: - Lean on: great dx - Lean on: realtime subscriptions built-in - Lean on: typescript end-to-end Things to watch for: - Watch out for: young platform - Watch out for: vendor lock-in General guidance: - Canonical docs: https://convex.dev — check here before inventing APIs. - Keep secrets in environment variables, never commit them. - Write TypeScript where the ecosystem supports it; add types to every exported function. - Add tests for the critical paths before declaring the task done. - Read-the-docs is usually faster than guessing — cite the docs page in code comments when you apply a non-obvious pattern.
Beginner's guide to Convex
In one line: A TypeScript-first backend-as-a-service with realtime reactivity built in.
Convex gives you a database, server functions, and realtime sync — all written in TypeScript. Your React components re-render automatically when the underlying data changes.
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