# Convex

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Convex and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Backend platform people find easy to build on, with a free tier and good performance for modest loads. Critics note it doesn't work offline and suits lighter traffic.

## Why people recommend it

- Just works for backends (2 comments): "Between it and convex they are the best things right now in building backends." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45926990)) "Unless you're using Convex, of course. Then things tend to "just work."" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47883021))
- Good experience and performance (2 comments): "with very nice performance (plenty for our internal use cases)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490559)) "Convex has been quite good so far" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46358924))

## What people warn about

- Not for heavy load (1 comments): "OK as long as you don't expect huge load" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47875489))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Supabase](https://hackerapproved.com/p/supabase.md): 109 recommend
- [Firebase](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firebase.md): 26 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.convex.dev/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Convex", https://hackerapproved.com/p/convex/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).