Decision channel
Hosting & Deployment
Where your app runs — serverless, containers or a VPS — priced at your real traffic.
40 interactive decisions across 3 categories · prices verified as recently as 2026-07-17 · how we decide
Start here — choose a hosting & deployment tool
Compare head-to-head
Vercel vs Cloudflare — DX premium or the bandwidth-free outlier? →Vercel vs Netlify — the Jamstack incumbents head-to-head →Vercel vs a $5 VPS — convenience priced against ops hours →Railway vs Render vs Fly — where should your backend live? →Render vs Vercel — for your app, not in general →Cloudflare (Workers + Pages) vs Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) — for your app, not in general →Railway vs Vercel — for your app, not in general →Cloudflare (Workers + Pages) vs Netlify — for your app, not in general →Fly.io vs Vercel — for your app, not in general →Railway vs Render — for your app, not in general →Fly.io vs Railway — for your app, not in general →Fly.io vs Render — for your app, not in general →
Alternatives — you're on one, what else?
Vercel alternatives — ranked for your stack →Netlify alternatives — ranked for your stack →Railway alternatives — ranked for your stack →Render alternatives — ranked for your stack →Cloudflare (Workers + Pages) alternatives — ranked for your stack →Fly.io alternatives — ranked for your stack →Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) alternatives — ranked for your stack →Cloudflare Hyperdrive alternatives — ranked for your stack →Prisma Accelerate alternatives — ranked for your stack →
Migrate — is switching worth it?
Migrate off Vercel — worth it, in months →Migrate off Netlify — worth it, in months →Migrate off Cloudflare (Workers + Pages) — worth it, in months →Migrate off Railway — worth it, in months →Migrate off Render — worth it, in months →Migrate off Fly.io — worth it, in months →Migrate off Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) — worth it, in months →