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Convex
✓ verifiedFreemium
TypeScript backend-as-a-service with a reactive database, server functions, auth and file storage for full-stack and AI apps.
692K visits/mo20K saves
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Magic Patterns
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI prototyping tool that generates UI matching your design system, letting product teams test features fast.
242K visits/mo3.8K saves
Pricing
Free & Starter: $0/mo (pay-as-you-go, 1-6 developers)
Professional: $25/developer/mo
Business & Enterprise: $2,500/mo minimum
Hobby: FREE
Plus: $19/month
Enterprise: Custom
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦Reactive real-time database
- ✦TypeScript server functions (queries/mutations/actions)
- ✦Built-in authentication
- ✦Cron jobs and backend workflows
- ✦File storage, text and vector search
- ✦ACID transactions; open-source/self-host
- ✦AI-powered app generation
- ✦Text-to-code conversion
- ✦Full-stack Next.js app creation
- ✦Custom domain deployment
- ✦Automatic SSL certificate provisioning
- ✦Fork versions of your app
- ✦AI UI generation from prompts
- ✦Match existing styling and design systems
- ✦Rapid, high-fidelity prototyping
- ✦Live team editing and sharing
- ✦Enterprise security and compliance
Use cases
- →Building real-time reactive apps
- →Backends for AI agents
- →Replacing Firebase or Supabase
- →Full-stack TypeScript development
- →Generating SaaS templates
- →Creating local business websites (e.g., restaurant templates)
- →Building blogs and news sites
- →Developing mobile app landing pages
- →Creating chatbots
- →Prototype new product features
- →Test designs with customers
- →Build design-system-consistent mockups
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