Best hosting and deployment platforms
Platforms for deploying and running web apps and sites: PaaS, static and edge hosting, serverless containers and self-hosted deployment tools.
34 apps, ordered by visits from AppBreakup and how often our research lists each one as an alternative. Open any app to see its alternatives.
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- Alternatives to Render

Cloud platform for web services, static sites, workers, cron jobs and managed Postgres.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Heroku

- Alternatives to Railway

Usage-billed platform for deploying apps, databases and background jobs from Git or templates.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Cloudflare Workers

Cloudflare's serverless platform for running code and hosting full-stack sites on its edge network.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Coolify

Open-source, self-hosted PaaS for deploying apps, databases and one-click services on your own servers.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Web - Alternatives to Netlify

Git-based hosting for websites and web apps, with deploy previews, functions and forms.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Vercel

Frontend and full-stack hosting from the makers of Next.js, with preview deployments and serverless functions.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Fly.io

- Alternatives to Dokku

Small open-source, Docker-powered PaaS that gives one server a Heroku-style git push workflow.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux - Alternatives to GitHub Pages

- Alternatives to Northflank

Container platform for services, jobs, databases and GPUs, on its cloud or in your own.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Google Cloud Run

Serverless container hosting on Google Cloud that scales to zero and bills by use.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

AWS service that deploys web apps and containers onto EC2 with load balancing and scaling handled.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to Porter

- Alternatives to Azure App Service

Microsoft's managed hosting for web apps and APIs on Windows or Linux, from code or containers.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to CapRover

Free, self-hosted PaaS built on Docker Swarm and nginx, with a web dashboard and one-click apps.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux - Alternatives to Dokploy

Open-source self-hosted deployment platform for apps and databases, with an optional managed cloud.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Web - Alternatives to Scalingo

European Heroku-style PaaS and managed databases with ISO 27001 and health data hosting options.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to Koyeb

Koyeb
AcquiredServerless platform for apps, GPUs and Postgres with autoscaling and scale-to-zero; joining Mistral AI.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to Sevalla

Kinsta's developer platform for app hosting, managed databases, object storage and free static sites.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to DigitalOcean App Platform

DigitalOcean's managed PaaS for web apps, APIs, workers and static sites.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Qovery

Platform layer that gives developers self-service deployments on your own AWS, GCP or Azure Kubernetes.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to Clever Cloud

French PaaS for apps and managed databases, hosted in Europe with sovereignty and compliance options.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to Upsun

Git-driven cloud application platform, formerly Platform.sh, with full-stack preview environments.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to Surge

Command-line static web publishing: run one command in a folder and it is live on the web.
Free plan + paidWeb, Windows, macOS, Linux - Alternatives to Neocities

Free static website hosting with an in-browser editor, in the spirit of the old personal web.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Azure Static Web Apps

Azure hosting for static frontends with built-in serverless APIs, auth and GitHub deploys.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Deno Deploy

Serverless hosting for JavaScript and TypeScript apps from the makers of the Deno runtime.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to GitLab Pages

Static site hosting built into GitLab, published through GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
FreeSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Kamal

Open-source tool from 37signals for deploying containerised apps to your own servers with zero downtime.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux, macOS - Alternatives to Zeabur

Deployment platform that auto-detects your stack and deploys apps, databases and templates in clicks.
Free plan + paidWeb - ApAlternatives to Appliku
Deployment service that runs Django and other apps on your own servers for a fixed monthly fee.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Google App Engine

Google Cloud's original managed app platform, with standard and flexible environments.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to PythonAnywhere

Browser-based Python hosting with consoles, scheduled tasks and simple web app deployment.
Free plan + paidWeb
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Common questions
What are the best hosting and deployment platforms?
Based on how often our research lists them as alternatives and visits from AppBreakup, the leading hosting and deployment platforms right now are Render, Heroku, Railway, Cloudflare Workers and Coolify.
Are there free hosting and deployment platforms?
Yes. Render (free plan + paid), Railway (free plan + paid), Cloudflare Workers (free plan + paid), Coolify (open source) and Netlify (free plan + paid) have a free option, out of 25 free or freemium apps we track.
Which hosting and deployment platforms are open source?
Coolify, Dokku, CapRover, Dokploy and Kamal.