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Coolify, Railway, Render, Vercel, Netlify, Fly — self-host PaaS vs managed. Cost curves, ops tax, and when to leave the big clouds.
6 comparisons · 12 tools tracked
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AWS
Hyperscale cloud platform: 200+ services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Bedrock). Pay-as-you-go; Free plan up to $200 credits. Market-leading breadth, complex billing.
Free / customCoolify
Open-source self-hosted PaaS (Apache 2.0): git-push deploys, 280+ one-click services, DBs, Traefik SSL. Cloud control plane from $5/mo for 2 servers.
Free / customDocker
Container platform (Engine, Desktop, Hub, Compose, Scout). Free Personal tier; Pro from ~$9–11/user/mo. Desktop paid for large orgs (>250 staff or >$10M revenue).
Free / customDropbox
Cloud file sync, share, and team storage from Dropbox, Inc. Free 2GB; Plus $9.99/mo 2TB; team Standard $15/user; Advanced $24/user. Dash AI, Sign, Replay.
Free / customGoogle Cloud
Google hyperscale cloud: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Vertex AI. Usage-based pricing, $300 free trial (90 days), Always Free monthly caps.
Free / customGoogle Cloud Platform
Google hyperscale cloud: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Vertex AI/Gemini, Spanner. Usage-based + free tier ($300 trial, Always Free limits).
Free / customGoogle Drive
Google cloud storage and collaboration hub. Free 15 GB shared with Gmail/Photos; Google One from ~$1.99/mo; Workspace business storage from ~$7/user/mo.
Free / customKubernetes
Open-source container orchestration (CNCF, Apache-2.0). Free software; managed control planes ~$0–$73+/mo (AKS free, EKS/GKE ~$0.10/hr) plus nodes.
Free / customNetlify
Git-connected web platform: Free 300 credits, Personal $9, Pro from $20/mo unlimited seats (tiers to 20k credits). CDN, Functions, Forms, Blobs, Database, AI Gateway.
Free / customRailway
Usage-based PaaS for apps, DBs, and agents: Hobby $5/mo, Pro $20/mo seat + CPU/RAM/egress meters. GitHub deploys, private networking, SOC 2.
From $5/moRender
Unified cloud PaaS for web services, static sites, managed Postgres, Redis-compatible Key Value, workers, and cron—with Git deploys, free SSL, and flat workspace plans from $0.
Free / customVercel
Frontend cloud for Next.js & modern web: Hobby free, Pro $20/seat + usage credits, Fluid Active CPU, AI Gateway, WAF. Git previews, edge CDN, SOC 2.
Free / customOther clusters
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