Convex vs DigitalOcean

Convex

DigitalOcean

Convex · 18 features

• Actions — Non-deterministic functions for external I/O (fetch, AI APIs, email). Cannot rea…
• Authentication — Convex Auth (built-in) or BYO provider (Clerk, Auth0, Kinde, WorkOS). ID tokens …
• Convex Agents — AI agent framework with durable memory, threads, tool use. Works with OpenAI / A…
• Convex Auth — First-party auth library: passwords, magic links, OAuth, phone — stored in your …
• Convex Components — Reusable backend modules (rate limiter, workflow, aggregate, action-retrier, etc…
• Cron Jobs — Recurring schedules defined in convex/crons.ts. UTC, cron-style patterns.
• Durable Workflows — Long-running multi-step workflows with retries and at-least-once guarantees.
• Exception Reporting — Auto-capture errors to Sentry, Axiom, Datadog.
• File Storage — Upload/download via storage API. Returns storage IDs referenced in documents.
• Full-Text Search — BM25 search index on table fields. withSearchIndex query helper.
• HTTP Actions — Expose public HTTP endpoints for webhooks, OAuth callbacks, third-party integrat…
• Log Streams — Stream function logs to Axiom, Datadog, Sentry. Pro+.
• Mutations — Transactional write functions. All reads + writes in one mutation are ACID; conf…
• Preview Deployments — Every Git branch gets its own isolated deployment. Integrates with Vercel/Netlif…
• Queries — Deterministic read-only TS functions. Automatically cached and re-run when under…
• Real-Time Subscriptions — useQuery auto-subscribes; server invalidates when data a query read changes. No …
• Scheduler — schedule.after / schedule.at — enqueue functions to run later. Durable, survives…
• Vector Search — Native vector index on tables. withIndex + filter fields. Up to 4096 dims.

DigitalOcean · 14 features

• App Platform — Heroku-style PaaS. Deploy from Git. Auto-HTTPS, auto-scale, zero-downtime deploy…
• Backups — Weekly automated backups (20% of Droplet cost). Manual snapshots.
• Block Storage Volumes — SSD block storage attachable to Droplets. Snapshot support.
• DigitalOcean GenAI Platform — Managed AI agents, model-as-a-service (Llama, Mistral), knowledge bases.
• DNS — Free DNS hosting for your domains.
• DOKS (Kubernetes) — Managed Kubernetes. Free control plane. Node auto-repair.
• Droplets — Virtual machines with shared or dedicated CPU. 20+ one-click Marketplace images.
• Functions — Serverless functions. Node, Python, Go, PHP, Ruby. Pay-per-execution.
• Load Balancers — Layer 4/7 load balancing with HTTP/3 + Let's Encrypt.
• Managed Databases — Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, OpenSearch, Valkey. Automated backups + …
• Marketplace — 300+ one-click Droplet + Kubernetes apps.
• Monitoring — Built-in metrics + alerts for Droplets, DBs, Load Balancers.
• Spaces — S3-compatible object storage with built-in CDN.
• VPC — Private networking. Free. Automatic default VPC per region.