Open-source alternative  ·  Backend as a Service

Replace Convex with PocketBase.

Open source backend in a single Go binary. Real-time database, auth, file storage, and admin dashboard. Zero dependencies, self-hosted.

You'd keep~R5 520 to ~R22 200/year

Current licence  ·  Backend as a Service

Convex

~R5 520 – ~R22 200/yr

10-user estimate

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PocketBase

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R22 200/yr

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Today's licence price

2 tiers. Convex's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Pro

R5 520/yr

R460/month

With PocketBase

Keep R5 520/yr

Team

R22 200/yr

R1 850/month

With PocketBase

Keep R22 200/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

Convex grows around 10% per year on average. PocketBase hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR10kR19kR29kR39kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R35kR12k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R0.10M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

ConvexPocketBase, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

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Migrate Convex.
Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.