Convex vs Fastly

Convex

Fastly

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.

Fastly · 16 features

• API Security — Schema validation + rate limiting.
• Bot Management — Behavioral bot detection + mitigation.
• CDN — Global Varnish-based CDN with VCL customization.
• Compute@Edge — Wasm-based serverless at 200+ POPs. Rust, JS, Go.
• DDoS Protection — Included on all plans.
• Fanout (WebSockets) — Persistent connection fan-out at edge.
• Image Optimization — On-the-fly resize/format/quality.
• Instant Purge — <150ms global cache invalidation.
• KV Store (Config) — Edge key-value store for config.
• Live Streaming — HLS + DASH live video delivery.
• Log Streaming — Real-time logs to S3, Datadog, Splunk, Azure, GCS, Kafka.
• Managed TLS — Automated cert issuance + renewal.
• Next-Gen WAF — Signal Sciences acquired — runtime app protection.
• Real-Time Analytics — Sub-second log streaming + metrics.
• Secret Store — Encrypted secrets at edge.
• Shield POP — Origin shield to reduce origin load.