Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Convex
Convex clearly comes out ahead of PlanetScale on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Convex has a free tier; PlanetScale does not. Paid plans start at $25/mo for Convex and $5/mo for PlanetScale.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Convex | - |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | moderate |
| Integration | - | low |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | database | developer-toolsdatabase |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Convex
freemium
per user
custom
usage based
custom
| Feature | convex | planetscale |
|---|---|---|
| Auth | ||
| 100Gb Egress Bandwidth Included | ||
| Crons | ||
| Automated Backups Every 12 Hours | ||
| Custom Domains | ||
| Business Or Enterprise Support | ||
| Custom Msa | ||
| Custom Audit Log Retention | ||
| Daily Backups | ||
| Database Branching | ||
| Email Support | ||
| Dedicated Technical Account Management | ||
| Everything In Free & Starter | ||
| Everything In Base | ||
| Everything In Professional | ||
| High Availability (1 Primary + 2 Replicas) | ||
| Exception Reporting | ||
| Horizontal Sharding (Vitess) | ||
| File Storage | ||
| Non-Blocking Schema Changes | ||
| Health & Insights Dashboard | ||
| Pci Dss Compliance | ||
| High-Scale Dedicated Deployments | ||
| Planetscale Cli And Api Access | ||
| Hipaa/Soc 2 Reports | ||
| Planetscale Insights Query Analytics | ||
| Log Streaming | ||
| Planetscale Managed (Bring Your Own Cloud) | ||
| Node.Js Actions | ||
| Service Level Agreement (Sla) |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Convex comes out ahead overall, though PlanetScale can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Convex's paid plans start at $25/mo and PlanetScale's start at $5/mo, so PlanetScale is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Convex offers a free tier; PlanetScale does not currently list one.
