Tag: hosting
10 articles
· fly-io / railway
Fly.io vs Railway 2026 — Hosting for Solo Developers
Railway wins for most solo devs shipping MVPs in 2026: zero-config DX, sleep-based savings, and now HA Postgres. Fly.io wins when you need 18 edge regions, always-on services, or GPU workloads.
· database / postgres
Neon in 2026 — serverless Postgres one year in review
Neon's copy-on-write branching and free tier are the real story. Cold starts and spotty reliability are the honest caveats. A year of production data.
· cloud / hosting
Hetzner vs DigitalOcean 2026 — Bare-Metal vs Managed UX
Hetzner is 60–70% cheaper with 20 TB EU bandwidth included. DigitalOcean wins on managed Postgres and global regions. Choose based on your database ops needs.
· deployment / vercel
Vercel vs Cloudflare Pages 2026: full deployment comparison
Cloudflare Pages wins on price and global edge speed. Pick Vercel for Node Middleware 15.2+, memory over 128MB, or an integrated observability dashboard.
· postgres / database
Best Postgres Host for Early-Stage SaaS (2026)
Neon is the best postgres host for early-stage SaaS: free tier, built-in PgBouncer pooling, and database branching. When Supabase or Railway wins instead.
· railway / paas
Railway in 2026 — is the simplicity worth the cost?
Railway gets you to production faster than anything else in this category. The unmanaged Postgres and per-vCPU billing change that math at scale. Real numbers.
· fly-io / railway
Fly.io vs Railway: Hosting Comparison for Small Teams (2026)
Railway wins on predictability for solo devs and 2–5-person teams. Fly.io wins when you need 18-region coverage. Real numbers, billing gotchas, honest verdict.
· paas / deployment
Fly.io vs Render — global reach vs. deploy simplicity (2026)
Render wins on deploy speed, Postgres, and CI/CD simplicity. Fly.io wins on global reach and scale-to-zero. Data-driven for solo devs and early-stage teams.
· paas / deployment
Railway vs Render — Pick the simpler PaaS (2026)
Railway wins on DX, cold starts, and database variety. Render wins on predictable billing and preview environments. The data for your next deployment decision.
· vercel / nextjs
Vercel in 2026: Is It Still Worth It for Your Team?
Vercel's DX is the best default for small teams. At $300–600+/month and 5M pageviews or 5+ developers, the math breaks. The line, and three ways out.