Why I use Convex over Supabase as my BaaS

links to both services if you're interested.

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:29 - Setup
00:02:57 - Paradigm
00:06:46 - Schema
00:10:17 - ORM
00:15:07 - Functions
00:18:30 - Authentication
00:21:19 - Security
00:25:15 - Transactions
00:29:30 - Real Time
00:33:42 - Storage
00:35:28 - DX
00:37:20 - Local Support
00:41:42 - Migrations
00:47:13 - Vector Search
00:48:06 - Learning Curve
00:50:53 - Conclusion

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[ninjagaskin]

Phenomenal post. Thank you Cody! Always providing relevant and insightful content

[Marcus-Lim]

Hey, thanks for this video, has helped me understand convex more. I’ve ran into some of the issues you’ve pointed out with supabase, going to try out convex now 🙏

[andreh.]

Thanks for the video! I've been using Supabase for work over the past 6 months. You can generate types based on your schema using the Supabase CLI and pass it as a type arg when using the SDK to provide type safety. I've enjoyed using it, but I'm interested in trying Convex for a personal project.

[techwithsaran]

Thanks for going in such details man! Much appreciated!

[ahsanali]

Greatly explained each aspects from both!

[robwatson]

This video dropped at just the right time - I'm a Supabase user but have been watching your videos using Convex with Clerk and I'm torn between the two. I only want to choose 1 of them going forward so this video could help!

[VideoTechDude]

Thank you for this video! I may give convex a try and see how it goes. I've been trying to use supabase for a side project but have run into a lot of the pitfalls mentioned in this video.

[joebashour]

Great introspection. Thanks for your unfiltered review :)

[rioredwards]

I attended a coding bootcamp and we used Supabase for the first couple months…

It allowed us to get feel for backend development so when we continued on to learning Express and PostgreSQL, we were more familiar with the concepts (Tables, Joins, SQL, Auth, RLS, etc).

I think it’s the perfect tool when you’re learning or just want to get an app up and running.

[zb]

Interesting. First time hearing about Convex

[isaackoz]

Something I've always wondered is how well these scale and if they're suitable for projects beyond a SaaS? If I'm not mistaken, most, if not all, BaaS are just wrappers around AWS? I get that the DX is the main selling point of them, but what is the tradeoff from using these all in one backend solutions versus building up your own infrastructure via AWS?

I mean the function calls on convex are $2 per million versus $0.2 per million on AWS lamda (or $0.60 per million for edge). That's a 10x markup!

Btw great video on the comparison. Love your vids as always. This was just something I've always been curious about.

[abdullahislam]

Going to give convex another shot after watching this. I'm a supabase fan but you've articulated my fusturations over some of the things like rpc very well. Convex for me is a slight learning curve and I really wish there was more guides and tutorials and tutorials that are not 3 hours long going over it.

[juanvieira]

I always wanted to like Supabase. I do like a few things, but I have always felt friction. Will give Convex a go, thanks!

[chiubaca]

Thoughts on pricing between both services?

[wilbertdune]

Hello can you create a video how you handle stripe taxes across 200+ countries?

[hyper-stack]

i am having a seperate backend that used for generating ai response. How can i use convex to make an api request to my be endpoints. Thank you

[eshw]

Cody please tell me what you use for the flowcharts, do you use a graphics tablet? Or normal mouse? You have strong eraserio skills lol

[abdelghafour]

You should switch the icons in the thumbnail, the heaviest side should be the best, in this case, convex.
Very important information

[funnynews]

with supabase, we can connect to postgresql with third party data analyst and follow everything we want. And in convex? How to connect with other data analyst tools?

[furycorp]

With Convex they only host it right? Like there's no way to actually own your app/platform/data like is at least possible with Supabase (and with other BaaS)?