kynetradb
One Rust binary: BM25 search + vector + KV + document + auth + files + realtime + agentic admin.
vs
Convex
Reactive backend-as-a-service: TypeScript server functions, document store, real-time queries.
Feature comparison
| Dimension | kynetradb | Convex |
|---|---|---|
| Full-text search | BM25 (parallel, 1.07 ms @ 100k) | None |
| Vector search | Brute-force cosine (2.21 ms @ 100k, no HNSW yet) Convex uses HNSW which scales better past ~100k vectors | HNSW |
| Auth | Built-in (bcrypt + JWT, 3 roles) | External |
| File storage | Built-in (local + S3-compatible, SigV4) | Built-in |
| Realtime | SSE (topic + kind filters) | WebSocket |
| KV lookups | Yes (point lookup by ID) | No |
| Document filter | Yes (JSON predicates) | Yes |
| LLM runtime | Yes (Anthropic + OpenAI + Ollama) | No |
| Outbound DB sync | Yes (12 sinks: Postgres, DynamoDB, BQ, Firestore, CF, Mongo, Redis, Pinecone) | No |
| Self-host | Yes (single binary) | No (managed only) |
| Single binary | Yes | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | SaaS-only |
| Deploy targets | 18 (1-click) | 0 (1-click) |
| Free tier | Yes — Apache-2.0, self-host free | yes — generous free tier |
When to pick Convex
Best-in-class reactivity model for TypeScript. If you want end-to-end type safety from DB to UI with zero boilerplate, Convex is hard to beat.
- You want end-to-end TypeScript type safety from DB to UI with zero boilerplate.
- Your team is already invested in Convex's SDK and ecosystem.
When to pick kynetradb
- You need BM25 full-text + vector similarity + auth + files + realtime in one process — no external services.
- You want to deploy to 18 targets (including 5 Indian providers) from one Dockerfile.
- You need outbound sync to 12 databases (Postgres, DynamoDB, BigQuery, Firestore, Cloudflare, MongoDB, Redis, Pinecone) with zero extra code.
- You want an agentic admin with 10 typed LLM-driven actions and a persisted audit trail.
- You want Apache-2.0 with a self-host path that doesn't require an ops team.
- You need to run on your own infra — Convex is managed-only.
- You want a single binary with no runtime dependencies.
Create a record — both APIs side by side
Insert a product record. These are documentation-accurate shapes, not runnable end-to-end examples.
kynetradb
# kynetradb — insert via HTTP
curl -X POST https://your.host/v1/entities \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"kind": "product",
"attrs": {
"title": "Aurora Espresso",
"vendor": "Aurora",
"price": 2200
}
}' Convex
// Convex — TypeScript mutation
export const createProduct = mutation({
args: { title: v.string(), vendor: v.string(), price: v.number() },
handler: async (ctx, args) => {
return ctx.db.insert('products', args);
},
});