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Convex vs Turso

Turso scores higher on the AgentReady, 86/100 against 61/100. They differ on 12 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Convex. The reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents.

Turso. The Database for the Age of AI Agents.

Where Convex is ahead

Convex passes retry behavior documented and agent compatibility verified, and Turso does not. That is operate, whether an agent can run against it in production and recover when a call fails.

Where Turso is ahead

Turso passes mcp discoverable, and Convex does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided and errors and status codes documented. Convex misses those.

And on adopt, programmatic credential creation and mcp integration available. Convex misses those.

Finally, on operate, structured, predictable output and machine-readable errors. Convex misses those.

What neither does

Both fail authentication documented, limits / constraints documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover. Turso leads 100 to 87. Convex misses mcp discoverable; Turso misses nothing.

Understand is whether an agent can read the docs and work out how the API behaves before calling it. Turso leads 85 to 23. Convex misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; Turso misses authentication documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. Turso leads 100 to 76. Convex misses programmatic credential creation, mcp integration available; Turso misses nothing.

Operate. Both sit at 59/100 here. Convex misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable; Turso misses retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

Convex starts at $0/mo and has a free tier. Turso starts at $4.99/mo and has a free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Turso clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Convex and Turso. Alternatives to each: Convex, Turso.

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