Our take
Pick Convex if typeScript app teams who will stay on Free $0 (1M function calls, 0.5 GB database, 1–6 developers) while they ship a prototype, then buy Professional at $25 per developer / month when they need 25M calls, log streaming, and daily backups. Pick Liveblocks if product teams who will stay on Free $0 (3,000 collab minutes, 200 comments, Liveblocks watermark, no card) while they drop Comments on a canvas,
reactive TypeScript backend
realtime collab kit for people and agents
Best for
Convex A hosted backend you start at $0, then $25 per developer
Liveblocks Rooms you start at $0 (hard caps) or Pro at $30
Free plan
Convex $0 · /month. 1–6 developers. 1M function calls then $2.20/1M (Starter pay-as-you-go). 20 GB-hours of action compute then $0.33/GB-hour. 0.5 GB database then $0.22/GB. 1 GB files then $0.033/GB. 0.5 GB search then $0.55/GB. 1 GB database I/O then $0.22/GB. 3,000 search query-GBs then $0.11/1K. 1 GB egress then $0.132/GB. 40 deployments. 1,000 concurrent sessions. Query/mutation compute is free
Liveblocks $0 · no card. Hard caps: 3,000 collab minutes, 200 comments, 3M storage updates, 1 GB realtime data, 512 MB files, 200 custom notification events. 10 projects. 3 seats. 10 connections/room. 24-hour version history. Liveblocks branding required. Feature pauses at the cap
Lowest paid
Convex Business & Enterprise $2/mo
Liveblocks Pro $30/mo yearly
Next step up
Convex Professional $25
Liveblocks
Coding agent
Convex
Liveblocks Sync
Runs where
Convex Hosted
Liveblocks
Watch out
Convex Free is 1M function calls and 0.5 GB of database
Liveblocks Free pauses at each meter cap
Last checked
Convex 2026-10-22 · convex.dev/pricing
Liveblocks 2026-10-22 · liveblocks.io/pricing
typeScript app teams who will stay on Free $0 (1M function calls, 0.5 GB database, 1–6 developers) while they ship a prototype, then buy Professional at $25 per developer / month when they need 25M calls, log streaming, and daily backups.
Read the Convex pageproduct teams who will stay on Free $0 (3,000 collab minutes, 200 comments, Liveblocks watermark, no card) while they drop Comments on a canvas, then buy Pro at $30/month ($30 credits, branding off) when they ship.
Read the Liveblocks page