Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Convex
Convex clearly comes out ahead of SurrealDB on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Convex's paid plans start at $25/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Convex | SurrealDB Ltd. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentData & Analytics |
| Categories | database | database |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | convex | surrealdb |
|---|---|---|
| Auth | ||
| Additional Support Options | ||
| Crons | ||
| Cloud Rbac And Abac | ||
| Custom Domains | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Custom Msa | ||
| Daily Automated Backups | ||
| Daily Backups | ||
| Fault Tolerant Deployments | ||
| Email Support | ||
| Horizontal Scalability | ||
| Everything In Free & Starter | ||
| Limited Compute Node Size | ||
| Everything In Professional | ||
| Single-Tenant Storage | ||
| Exception Reporting | ||
| Social Authentication | ||
| File Storage | ||
| Standard Support | ||
| Health & Insights Dashboard | ||
| Surreal Sidekick Ai Copilot | ||
| High-Scale Dedicated Deployments | ||
| Team Collaboration | ||
| Hipaa/Soc 2 Reports | ||
| Vertical Scalability | ||
| Log Streaming | ||
| Node.Js Actions | ||
| Preview Deployments | ||
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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 SurrealDB can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Convex and SurrealDB offer a free tier.
Convex scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
