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Antideploy vs the rest.

Side-by-side, fact-checked comparisons of Antideploy and the other places a coding agent can deploy your app. Every claim is sourced and dated, and every page says when the other platform is the better choice.

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01 / 06

Antideploy vs Vercel

The company behind Next.js; backends run as functions

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Vercel makes Next.js and hosts frontends on a global network. Backends run as Vercel Functions.

Choose Antideploy for

A backend or full-stack app (Express, Fastify, NestJS, FastAPI, Flask, Django, Streamlit, Gradio) that holds connections or in-memory state, needs Postgres, and is deployed by a coding agent.

Choose Vercel for

A Next.js frontend that needs a global edge network, a preview deployment for every pull request, instant rollbacks and automatic scaling.

Read the project, then use the first row that matches it. 6 for Antideploy · 3 for Vercel · 2 either

If the project…	Deploy to	Why
Is a Next.js frontend with users around the world, or needs a preview URL for every pull request	Vercel	Vercel serves from a global network and builds a preview for each pull request. Antideploy runs `next start` as one process in one region and has no preview deployments.
Must handle heavy or spiky traffic, or its users are mostly in the Americas or Europe	Vercel	Vercel scales automatically. Antideploy runs one instance per app, in Singapore.
Runs a Celery or Dramatiq worker	Vercel	Vercel runs these as queue-triggered functions. Antideploy runs only the web process today.
Runs a server (Express, Fastify, Koa, Hono, NestJS, FastAPI, Flask, Django) that keeps state in memory, or holds WebSocket or Socket.IO connections open for longer than 5 minutes	Antideploy	It runs as one process. Antideploy sets no time limit of its own on a connection, and an idle WebSocket stayed open 330 seconds in our test.
Stores user uploads and has no storage bucket of its own	Either	Vercel Blob is built in. Antideploy creates a private S3-compatible bucket for the app in one API call, which any S3 client can use.
Is a Streamlit or Gradio app	Antideploy	Antideploy detects both and starts them with the right command, including the flags Streamlit needs behind a proxy. Neither is on Vercel's list of zero-configuration backends.
Uses Postgres through Prisma, Drizzle, `pg`, `postgres`, `@vercel/postgres`, psycopg, asyncpg or Django, and has no database yet	Antideploy	The database is created during the deploy, `DATABASE_URL` is set, and migrations run before the new version goes live.
Earns money (payments, ads, paid client work) and should stay on a free plan	Antideploy	Vercel Hobby is for non-commercial use only. Antideploy's terms have no such clause.
Needs a scheduled job more often than once a day, on a free plan	Antideploy	Antideploy runs scheduled jobs as often as every 5 minutes on every plan. Vercel Hobby allows once a day.
Accepts request bodies larger than 4.5 MB, such as file uploads to its own server	Antideploy	Vercel Functions reject payloads over 4.5 MB. Antideploy accepts request bodies up to 100 MB.
Is a static site	Either	Both host static sites for free. Antideploy never counts static sites against a plan's limits.

02 / 06

Antideploy vs Netlify

Sites and frontends, with functions billed in credits

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Netlify hosts sites and frontends on a global network, runs server code as functions in TypeScript, JavaScript or Go, and bills in credits.

Choose Antideploy for

A Python backend, or any server that holds WebSocket connections, keeps state in memory or accepts uploads over 6 MB, deployed by a coding agent.

Choose Netlify for

A static site or JavaScript frontend that wants a global CDN, deploy previews, forms, image optimization and a managed Postgres database with branches.

Read the project, then use the first row that matches it. 6 for Antideploy · 1 for Netlify · 2 either

If the project…	Deploy to	Why
Needs a preview URL for every pull request, forms or image optimization, or has users around the world	Netlify	Netlify builds deploy previews, handles forms and images, and serves from a global CDN. Antideploy has none of these and runs in one region.
Is a backend in Python (Flask, FastAPI, Django, Streamlit, Gradio)	Antideploy	Netlify's documentation for functions covers TypeScript, JavaScript and Go. Antideploy detects Python servers and runs them as they are.
Holds WebSocket or Socket.IO connections	Antideploy	A Netlify function has 60 seconds to answer, and Netlify's own real-time guide uses Ably for the connections. Antideploy sets no time limit of its own on a connection, and an idle WebSocket stayed open 330 seconds in our test.
Keeps state in memory between requests (a cache, sessions, a game room)	Antideploy	The app runs as one ordinary process, so memory lasts from one request to the next while it is awake.
Accepts uploads larger than 6 MB through its own server	Antideploy	Netlify functions accept 6 MB, about 4.5 MB for binary files. Antideploy accepts request bodies up to 100 MB.
Must stay online on a free plan, whatever happens to its usage	Antideploy	When a free Netlify account uses up its 300 credits, all of its sites are paused, and free accounts cannot buy more. Antideploy never takes a live app offline for reaching a limit.
Is a static site or single-page app redeployed often on a free plan	Antideploy	Each Netlify production deploy costs 15 of the free plan's 300 monthly credits. On Antideploy, static sites and their deploys never count against a limit.
Needs Postgres	Either	Both create a managed Postgres database for you and run migrations. Netlify Database adds branches; Antideploy decides from the code whether a database is needed.
Earns money and should stay on a free plan	Either	Netlify's free plan allows commercial projects, and so does Antideploy's.

03 / 06

Antideploy vs Cloudflare

Code on Cloudflare's global network, in Workers

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Cloudflare Workers run code on Cloudflare's global network, with free and unlimited static asset requests, SQLite-based D1, KV, R2 and Durable Objects, and Containers on the paid plan.

Choose Antideploy for

An existing Node.js or Python server (Express, NestJS, Flask, Django, Streamlit, Gradio) that should run unchanged, with a Postgres database created for it, deployed by a coding agent.

Choose Cloudflare for

A static site, or code written for Workers, that should run close to users everywhere, with free unlimited static requests and Cloudflare's own storage and databases.

Read the project, then use the first row that matches it. 4 for Antideploy · 3 for Cloudflare · 1 either

If the project…	Deploy to	Why
Is a static site or single-page app with users around the world	Cloudflare	Requests for static assets on Workers are free and unlimited, served from Cloudflare's global network. Antideploy serves from one region.
Is written for Workers already (`wrangler.toml` or `wrangler.jsonc`, D1, KV, R2, Durable Objects)	Cloudflare	It is built for that runtime. Antideploy notes `wrangler.toml` but does not provide Workers bindings.
Must handle heavy traffic or run close to users on every continent	Cloudflare	Workers run on Cloudflare's global network. Antideploy runs one instance per app, in Singapore.
Is an existing Node.js server (Express, Fastify, Koa, NestJS) that should run unchanged	Antideploy	On Workers, Express runs once it is wrapped in `httpServerHandler` with the `nodejs_compat` flag. Antideploy runs the start command as it is.
Is a Python server (Flask, Django, Streamlit, Gradio, or FastAPI)	Antideploy	Python Workers need the `python_workers` compatibility flag, and Cloudflare's docs name FastAPI among the supported packages. Antideploy runs Python servers as ordinary processes.
Does heavy work per request (image or PDF processing, large JSON) on a free plan	Antideploy	A Worker on the free plan gets 10 ms of CPU time per request and 128 MB of memory. An Antideploy app has a shared vCPU with no per-request CPU limit, and 1 GB of memory.
Needs Postgres and has no database yet	Antideploy	Antideploy creates Postgres automatically. Cloudflare's own database, D1, is SQLite-based.
Runs in a Docker container, in any language	Either	Cloudflare Containers run any image on the Workers Paid plan, started from a Worker. Antideploy builds your Dockerfile from your first deploy when you sign in with GitHub or Google.

04 / 06

Antideploy vs Render

Web services, workers and managed Postgres

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Render runs web services, background workers, cron jobs and managed Postgres and Key Value, with a free tier for testing and paid instances that stay on.

Choose Antideploy for

A web app with Postgres on a free plan that it can use in production, whose database must not expire, deployed by a coding agent.

Choose Render for

A paid, always-on service with background workers, cron jobs, Redis-style Key Value, persistent disks, previews or autoscaling, or a region in the US or Europe.

Read the project, then use the first row that matches it. 4 for Antideploy · 4 for Render

If the project…	Deploy to	Why
Has a background worker, needs Key Value (Redis-style) or a persistent disk	Render	Render runs background workers, offers Key Value and sells SSD disks. Antideploy runs one web process per app, has no Redis-style store and no persistent disk, and keeps files in a private S3 bucket.
Must never sleep and the user will pay for it	Render	Paid Render instances stay on. Antideploy apps sleep when idle on every plan.
Needs preview environments, autoscaling or several team members	Render	Render's Pro workspace includes full-stack previews, horizontal autoscaling and unlimited seats. Antideploy has none of these.
Serves users mostly in the US or Europe	Render	Render has regions in Oregon, Ohio, Virginia, Frankfurt and Singapore. Antideploy runs in Singapore.
Needs a free database that lasts	Antideploy	Render's free Postgres expires 30 days after creation. Antideploy's is deleted only when its app is deleted.
Should run in production on a free plan	Antideploy	Render's docs say not to use free instances for production. Antideploy's terms have no such restriction.
Needs a scheduled job on a free plan	Antideploy	Render's free tier covers web services, Postgres, Key Value and static sites; cron jobs are billed. Antideploy includes 3 scheduled jobs per app on every plan.
Should answer quickly after being idle on a free plan	Antideploy	Render says a free web service takes about one minute to wake. Sleeping Antideploy apps answered in 2.9 to 13.9 seconds in our measurements.

05 / 06

Antideploy vs Railway

Containers and databases, billed by usage

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Railway runs long-lived containers with one-click databases, volumes, cron services, replicas and regions, billed by usage on top of a monthly plan.

Choose Antideploy for

A single web app, often with Postgres, that a coding agent deploys on a free or flat-priced plan, where the platform should read the code and create the database by itself.

Choose Railway for

A project with several services, a worker, Redis or another database, a disk, or an app that must never sleep, or one that needs a region outside Asia.

Read the project, then use the first row that matches it. 4 for Antideploy · 4 for Railway

If the project…	Deploy to	Why
Has more than one process: a web app plus a worker (BullMQ, Celery, RQ) or a separate API	Railway	Railway runs any number of services per project. Antideploy runs one web process per app.
Needs Redis, MySQL, MongoDB or a persistent disk	Railway	Railway offers them as one-click services and volumes. Antideploy provisions Postgres and a private S3 bucket but no Redis, MySQL or MongoDB, and an app's own disk is temporary.
Must never sleep, or needs more than one instance	Railway	Railway services stay awake unless serverless mode is on, and scale to replicas. Antideploy apps sleep when idle and run one instance.
Serves users mostly in the Americas or Europe	Railway	Railway has regions in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Antideploy runs in Singapore.
Is a single web app with Postgres, and the user wants it free	Antideploy	Antideploy's free plan includes a live app with a server and a Postgres database. Railway's free plan includes $1 of usage a month.
Should be deployed without anyone choosing services or wiring a database	Antideploy	Antideploy reads the code and creates Postgres when the code uses it. On Railway, the database is a service the agent adds, for example with `railway add --database postgres`.
Is a static site or single-page app	Antideploy	Antideploy's static sites and their deploys never count against a plan. On Railway every service uses metered resources.
Must be paid for in Indian rupees at a fixed monthly price	Antideploy	Antideploy's plans are flat monthly prices in rupees, from ₹399 a month. Railway bills in US dollars by usage.

06 / 06

Antideploy vs Heroku

The original PaaS, now in sustaining engineering

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Heroku is the original platform as a service, owned by Salesforce, running apps on dynos from a Procfile, with add-ons for data. Since February 2026 it is in sustaining engineering.

Choose Antideploy for

A web app with Postgres that should be free, answer requests longer than 30 seconds, run close to users in India, or move off Heroku with its Procfile as it is, deployed by a coding agent.

Choose Heroku for

An app that must never sleep, runs worker dynos, relies on Heroku add-ons, pipelines or review apps, or needs a US or EU region.

Read the project, then use the first row that matches it. 4 for Antideploy · 3 for Heroku

If the project…	Deploy to	Why
Must never sleep, and the user will pay for it	Heroku	Heroku's paid dynos above Eco do not sleep. Antideploy apps sleep when idle on every plan.
Runs a worker process from its `Procfile` (`worker:`), or relies on Heroku add-ons	Heroku	Heroku runs worker dynos and has an add-on marketplace. Antideploy runs only the `web:` process.
Serves users mostly in the US or Europe	Heroku	Heroku's Common Runtime offers US and EU regions. Antideploy runs in Singapore.
Should be hosted for free	Antideploy	Heroku has no free plan; Eco costs $5 a month. Antideploy's free plan includes a live app with a server and a Postgres database.
Has requests that take longer than 30 seconds to answer	Antideploy	Heroku's router ends a request with no response after 30 seconds (error H12). Antideploy sets no time limit of its own on a request.
Serves users in India or Southeast Asia	Antideploy	Antideploy runs in Singapore. Heroku's Asian regions are in Private Spaces, not the Common Runtime.
Is moving off Heroku	Antideploy	Antideploy reads the `Procfile` `web:` line and a Heroku-style `runtime.txt`, and creates Postgres when the code uses it.

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