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title: "Appwrite vs Convex: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Appwrite or Convex more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Backend as a service platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Appwrite vs Convex: Which is searched more?

Is Appwrite or Convex more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Backend as a service platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Appwrite and Convex
- **Competitive set**: Backend as a service platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Appwrite Share of Search**: 1.1%
- **Convex Share of Search**: 0.15%

## Is Appwrite or Convex more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Appwrite had more branded searches than Convex among backend as a service platforms worldwide. Appwrite had about 40,500 branded searches, while Convex had 5,320. Appwrite made up 1.1% of all backend as a service platform searches we track, and Convex accounted for 0.15%.
- Appwrite was ahead of Convex in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Appwrite’s share of searches among backend as a service platforms worldwide moved from 2.8% to 1.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60.5K to 40.5K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Convex’s share of searches among backend as a service platforms worldwide moved from 0.36% to 0.15%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 7.9K to 5.3K.

## Top backend as a service platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both Appwrite and Convex showed up in all five answers. Appwrite was listed before Convex in four of them.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Supabase | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Firebase | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Appwrite | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Convex | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| PocketBase | 5th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| AWS Amplify | 6th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Back4App | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Nhost | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about backend as a service platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which backend as a service platform should I use?": 1. Supabase, 2. Firebase, 3. Convex, 4. Appwrite
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best Firebase alternatives?": 1. Firebase, 2. Supabase, 3. Appwrite, 4. Convex, 5. AWS Amplify, 6. PocketBase
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best backend as a service for a small app?": 1. Supabase, 2. Firebase, 3. Appwrite, 4. Convex
- Searched Google, AI Overview "backend as a service": 1. Firebase, 2. Supabase, 3. Appwrite, 4. AWS Amplify, 5. Convex
- Searched Google, AI Overview "firebase alternative": 1. Supabase, 2. Appwrite, 3. PocketBase, 4. Convex, 5. Firebase

Not named in any answer: Back4App and Nhost.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 22, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for backend as a service platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Appwrite worldwide fell 33.1% over 12 measured months, from 60.5K to 40.5K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Convex worldwide fell 32.5% over 12 measured months, from 7.9K to 5.3K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Appwrite estimated searches | Appwrite Share of Search | Appwrite rank | Convex estimated searches | Convex Share of Search | Convex rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 60.5K | 2.8% | 3 | 7.9K | 0.36% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 60.5K | 2.6% | 3 | 7K | 0.3% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 60.5K | 2.6% | 3 | 6.9K | 0.29% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 60.5K | 2.4% | 3 | 13.7K | 0.53% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 49.5K | 1.9% | 3 | 12.8K | 0.5% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 60.5K | 1.8% | 3 | 9.5K | 0.28% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 49.5K | 1.4% | 3 | 7.3K | 0.21% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 49.5K | 1.4% | 3 | 7.4K | 0.22% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 40.5K | 1.3% | 3 | 6K | 0.19% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 40.5K | 1.3% | 3 | 5.2K | 0.17% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 40.5K | 1.3% | 3 | 6.1K | 0.2% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | 40.5K | 1.1% | 3 | 5.3K | 0.15% | 6 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Appwrite’s and Convex’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Appwrite**: Measured on the search term “appwrite”.
- **Convex**: Measured on the search terms “convex backend”, “convex database” and “convex dev”, summed into one figure.

- [Appwrite profile](/demand/global-en/brands/appwrite)
- [Convex profile](/demand/global-en/brands/convex-dev)
- [All backend as a service platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/backend-as-a-service-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Appwrite or Convex more popular in search?

In September 2026, Appwrite had more branded searches than Convex among backend as a service platforms worldwide. Appwrite had about 40,500 branded searches, while Convex had 5,320. Appwrite made up 1.1% of all backend as a service platform searches we track, and Convex accounted for 0.15%.

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