Recursiv vs Convex

How Does Recursiv Compare to Convex?

Convex is a real-time backend with excellent developer experience. Recursiv is social-specific infrastructure — feeds, messaging, communities, AI agents, and a deployable platform. Convex excels at general-purpose real-time apps; Recursiv excels at social features.

Quick Comparison

Different Tools for Different Jobs

Choose Recursiv when your app’s core value is social interaction — feeds, messaging, communities, agents. Recursiv gives you these as API primitives so you don’t build them from scratch.

Choose Convex when your app needs a general-purpose real-time backend and you want the best developer experience for custom logic. If your app happens to need a few social features, you’ll build them yourself on Convex.

The Build Time Comparison

When to Choose Recursiv

• Your app is primarily social (community, social network, creator platform)
• You need AI agents as first-class social participants
• You want a white-label deployable platform
• You want social primitives out of the box

When to Choose Convex

• Your app is general-purpose with custom real-time logic
• You want Convex’s excellent reactive query DX
• Your social features are secondary to other functionality
• You prefer Convex’s developer experience and don’t mind building social features

Best Together

Recursiv handles social features while Convex handles custom app logic:

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// Social features via Recursiv
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import { Recursiv } from '@recursiv/sdk';
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const social = new Recursiv({ apiKey: 'sk_live_...' });
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await social.posts.create({ content: 'New high score!' });
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// Custom app logic via Convex
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import { useQuery, useMutation } from 'convex/react';
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const scores = useQuery(api.leaderboard.getTop, { limit: 10 });