briven· techbeta v1compare
briven against the field.
honest comparisons against the platforms briven is most often weighed against. every row is a real difference — not a checkbox we invented to favour ourselves. where the other platform wins, we say so.
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convex
reactive backend with a closed proprietary database
convex pioneered the reactive-queries pattern briven adopts. the difference is the floor: convex stores your data in its own engine; briven stores it in plain postgres, which means pg_dump moves your whole product anywhere.
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supabase
postgres + auth + storage + row-level security
both are postgres-first. supabase exposes the database directly through postgrest + row-level security; briven puts a typed function layer in front and adds convex-style reactive subscriptions that supabase doesn't have.
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firebase
document store with client-side security rules
firebase is nosql with realtime built-in; briven is real sql on postgres with realtime built-in. firebase rules run on the client query; briven runs typed functions on the server with project-scoped connections.
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