Best Convex alternatives

Application backend and database platform with integrated vector search for AI retrieval.

Last updated November 13, 2026

Top Convex alternatives on usedby: Qdrant, Pinecone, and Weaviate. Convex has 19 public customers on usedby. 13 other tools of the same or a competing category, from other vendors, have public customers.Latest check Nov 13, 2026: 398 of 399 public lines checked. Every public proof counts as a customer, from case studies to job posts. The proof level stays visible: confirmed (a case study, a press release), observed (the vendor’s customer page), signal (a job post, the weakest proof).

Ranked by public customers

Tools of the same or a competing category, from another vendor. Open a row for its customers, sources and facts; shared customers never set the order.

1QdrantHigh-performance vector search at scale62customers
62 customers: 1 confirmed, 61 observed.
Customers include HubSpot, Disney, and Microsoft.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 21 customers.
1 company is listed on both Qdrant and Convex.
Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: qdrant.tech, latest capture Nov 10, 2026.
Who uses Qdrant Compare Convex and Qdrant
2PineconeVector database for AI applications59customers
59 customers: 16 confirmed, 38 observed, 2 job-post signals.
Customers include Gong, ZoomInfo, and TaskUs.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 16 customers.
3 companies are listed on both Pinecone and Convex.
Pricing: free plan and paid tiers. Source Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: pinecone.io, latest capture Nov 11, 2026.
Who uses Pinecone Compare Convex and Pinecone
3WeaviateVector database for AI-native apps with semantic search49customers
49 customers: 11 confirmed, 37 observed, 1 job-post signal.
Customers include Booking.com, Morningstar, and Delegance.
No company is listed on both Weaviate and Convex yet.
Pricing: free plan and paid tiers. Source Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: weaviate.io, latest capture Nov 10, 2026.
Who uses Weaviate
Simply put, the more internet we scan, the better we can protect our customers
Dr. Hirak Chhatbar, Co-founder and CTO, Loti AI. Source
4CoveoAI-powered search & relevance to turn data into profitable experiences.47customers
47 customers: 39 confirmed, 8 observed.
Customers include Dell, SAP, and Zoom.
No company is listed on both Coveo and Convex yet.
Source: coveo.com, latest capture Nov 12, 2026.
Who uses Coveo
When we piloted Relevance Generative Answering in Concur, it went so well it was shocking
Michelle Lewis-Miller, Head of Digital Experiences and Voice of Customer for SAP Customer Support, SAP. Source
5Neon33customers
33 customers: 0 confirmed, 32 observed.
Customers include Inkeep, Meta, and BCG.
Largest industry on usedby: DevTools & Infrastructure, 8 customers.
No company is listed on both Neon and Convex yet.
Pricing: free plan and paid tiers. Source Free trial or free plan available. Source
Latest capture across its sources: Nov 13, 2026.
Who uses Neon
Our users were asking for preview environments that already had their data in place. Neon’s branching was exactly what we needed
Marcus Kohlberg, Founder, Encore. Source
6AlgoliaAI search and retrieval platform for product discovery, site search and grounded generative AI experiences.23customers
23 customers: 21 confirmed, 2 observed.
Customers include Orange, Walgreens, and Ananas Ecommerce.
Largest industry on usedby: Retail, 5 customers.
No company is listed on both Algolia and Convex yet.
Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: algolia.com, latest capture Nov 7, 2026.
Who uses Algolia
Algolia alleviates a lot of work that we’d have to do manually, and configuring search that otherwise would require a lot of maintenance or the hiring of an engineer
Turk Anwar, Lead Product Manager, Gametime. Source
7ZillizManaged vector database and Vector Lakebase built on open-source Milvus, from serverless to dedicated clusters.22customers
22 customers: 12 confirmed, 10 observed.
Customers include Bosch, Airtable, and Consensus.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 7 customers.
No company is listed on both Zilliz and Convex yet.
Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: zilliz.com, latest capture Nov 7, 2026.
Who uses Zilliz
Milvus and Zilliz make it practical to power fast semantic retrieval across meeting intelligence workflows.
Rob Williams, Co-Founder & CTO, Plaud. Source
8turbopuffer21customers
21 customers: 10 confirmed, 9 observed.
Customers include Atlassian, fal, and Kepler.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 5 customers.
No company is listed on both turbopuffer and Convex yet.
Latest capture across its sources: Nov 12, 2026.
Who uses turbopuffer
We went from generating insights in 3 minutes to less than 10 seconds, with much better recall.
Maria Vinokurskaya, Founding Engineer, PlayerZero. Source
9VespaAI search platform combining vector, text and structured search with machine-learned ranking at large scale.20customers
20 customers: 4 confirmed, 16 observed.
Customers include Perplexity, DeviantArt, and Gem.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 5 customers.
No company is listed on both Vespa and Convex yet.
Latest capture across its sources: Nov 9, 2026.
Who uses Vespa
The ability for users to save image searches is something that would not exist at all if we hadn’t started with Vespa.
Sampo Karjalainen, Co-founder, GEM, Gem. Source
10LanceDBMultimodal lakehouse and vector database for search, feature engineering and training on AI data.20customers
20 customers: 0 confirmed, 20 observed.
Customers include Amazon, Nvidia, and Netflix.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 9 customers.
No company is listed on both LanceDB and Convex yet.
Source: lancedb.com, latest capture Nov 8, 2026.
Who uses LanceDB

More Vector databases & search engines tools on usedby

Same or competing category, from another vendor, after the ranking above: fewer public customers.

Elastic Cloud11 customers
Chroma9 customers
MongoDB Atlas4 customers

For an agent platform, the quality of the knowledge layer determines whether users stay or leave. Pinecone is what lets us store everything a user has ever worked on and retrieve exactly the right piece of it in milliseconds. That's the foundation our entire product is built on.

Boris Wang, Founder, Jenova. On Pinecone. Source

Convex and its top alternatives, side by side

Public customers at every proof level, and what each vendor states on its own pages. “Not checked yet” means usedby has no verified value; the vendor may publish it.

Convex and its top alternatives compared
Tool	Customers	Largest industry	Pricing	Free trial	Security
Convex	19	Artificial Intelligence	Not checked yet	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Qdrant	62	Artificial Intelligence	Not checked yet	Yes Source	SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA Source
Pinecone	59	Artificial Intelligence	free plan and paid tiers Source	Yes Source	ISO 27001, SOC 2 (type not stated) Source
Weaviate	49	No clear lead	free plan and paid tiers Source	Yes Source	Weaviate Cloud · SOC 2 Type II Source
Coveo	47	No clear lead	Not checked yet	Not checked yet	SOC 2 (type not stated), ISO 27001, ISO 27017 and 3 more Source
Neon	33	DevTools & Infrastructure	free plan and paid tiers Source	Yes Source	SOC 2 Type II Source

Best Convex alternative by industry

In the industries where Convex has the most customers, the alternative with the most customers of its own there (at least three).

Artificial IntelligenceQdrant21 customersConvex: 4
DevTools & InfrastructureNeon8 customersConvex: 1

Often used with Convex

Tools of other categories that Convex customers also use. They do another job: they are not alternatives.

CursorAI coding assistants & agents3 shared customers

Questions about Convex alternatives

What are the best Convex alternatives?

Ranked by their public customers on usedby: Qdrant (62 customers), Pinecone (59 customers), and Weaviate (49 customers). See who uses Qdrant.

Which Convex alternatives offer a free trial?

Qdrant, Pinecone, and Weaviate offer a free trial or a free plan, according to their own pricing pages.

What is the best Convex alternative for Artificial Intelligence companies?

Qdrant, with 21 customers in Artificial Intelligence on usedby. Convex has 4 there. Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby.

What is the best Convex alternative for DevTools & Infrastructure companies?

Neon, with 8 customers in DevTools & Infrastructure on usedby. Convex has 1 there. DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby.

Which tools are used with Convex?

Companies that use Convex also use Cursor (3 shared). These tools do another job: they are not alternatives.

How does usedby rank Convex alternatives?

Only tools of the same or a competing category, from another vendor, count. They are ranked by their public customers at every proof level, job posts included; a tie goes to the stronger proofs (more confirmed, then more observed). Each tool shows its mix: confirmed (a case study, a press release), observed (the vendor’s customer page), signal (a job post, the weakest proof). Shared customers are shown for information and never set the order. Tools of other categories that the same companies use are listed apart, as tools used with Convex. usedby does not publish departures, so no company is shown switching from Convex to another tool.