Convex
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 3 backend platforms by recommenders
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.
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.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 10 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 10 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Just works for backends
“Between it and convex they are the best things right now in building backends.”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Encore – Type-safe back end framework that generates infra from code” “Unless you're using Convex, of course. Then things tend to "just work."”
Comment from 23 Apr 2026 on Hacker News Good experience and performance
“with very nice performance (plenty for our internal use cases)”
Comment from 29 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript” “Convex has been quite good so far”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Your Supabase is public if you turn off RLS”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Not for heavy load
“OK as long as you don't expect huge load”
Comment from 23 Apr 2026 in “I Am Building a Cloud”
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See all 3 backend platforms, rankedWhat people said
9 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“with very nice performance (plenty for our internal use cases)”
“Convex's free tier is plenty, and it gives me a db and hosting as well now.”
“with limits to ensure one mutation or query doesn't take down the whole DB”
“Unless you're using Convex, of course. Then things tend to "just work."”
“OK as long as you don't expect huge load”
“As of today Convex doesn't work offline, and you have to write optimistic updates manually.”
“Solid project! Definitely hits the pain point we’re experiencing at Trace.”
“Convex has been quite good so far”
“Between it and convex they are the best things right now in building backends.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.