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 Nhost if app teams who will stay on Starter at $0 / month (1 project, 1 GB database) while they open a first customers table, then buy Pro at $25 / month when
reactive TypeScript backend
Best for
Convex A hosted backend you start at $0, then $25 per developer
Nhost Tables, auth, and storage you start at $0
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
Nhost $0 · / month. Free forever. 1 project. Project paused after 1 week of inactivity. 1 GB database. 1 GB storage. 5 GB egress. Functions, realtime APIs, IaC, unlimited users, OAuth, community support
Lowest paid
Convex Business & Enterprise $2/mo
Nhost Pro $25
Next step up
Convex Professional $25
Nhost
Runs where
Convex Hosted
Nhost Hosted
Watch out
Convex Free is 1M function calls and 0.5 GB of database
Nhost Starter $0 pauses the project after one inactive week
Last checked
Convex 2026-10-22 · convex.dev/pricing
Nhost 2026-10-23 · nhost.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 pageapp teams who will stay on Starter at $0 / month (1 project, 1 GB database) while they open a first customers table, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they want backups, 10 GB Postgres, and email support.
Read the Nhost page