Fauna vs Convex
Side-by-side — pricing, strengths, tradeoffs, and fit.
Fauna
The data API for modern applications
Convex
Reactive backend platform with a TypeScript database and realtime queries.
At a glance
Free Tier
· Not enough data·From Freemium
Free TierEnterprise
● Established·From $25/mo
Overview
One-liner
One-liner
The data API for modern applications
One-liner
Reactive backend platform with a TypeScript database and realtime queries.
Maturity
Maturity
Not enough dataMaturity
EstablishedOpen source
Open source
✕ NoOpen source
✕ NoPricing
Free tier
Free tier
✓ AvailableFree tier
✓ AvailableGenerous free tier
Starts at
Starts at
Freemium
Starts at
$25/mo
Model
Model
Hybrid
Model
Usage-based
Enterprise
Enterprise
✕ NoneEnterprise
✓ AvailableBest for
✓ Best for
Serverless and Jamstack apps needing a flexible, globally consistent database without managing replication
✓ Best for
Realtime, reactive appsAuto-updating queries without plumbing
TypeScript teamsEnd-to-end type safety
Not ideal for
✕ Not for
Teams that prefer SQL or need heavy analytical query capabilities
✕ Not for
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Strengths
↑ Strengths
FQL query language
Document-relational
ACID transactions
Global distribution
↑ Strengths
Reactive, realtime by default
TypeScript-native end to end
Great DX for app developers
Weaknesses
↓ Weaknesses
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↓ Weaknesses
Younger ecosystem
Less SQL-oriented