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Convex is a backend platform where your database queries and server functions are TypeScript and the client updates reactively. Use it when you want end-to-end TypeScript and realtime without wiring Postgres and a websocket yourself. Pricing: check site.
Convex scores 7.9 in Databases and backend (Somewhere for the app to remember). The 5 alternatives below are the other tools in that job, ordered by their StackPick score. How we score.
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