--- title: "Application hosting / PaaS · Where Do I Run This" description: "Compare application hosting platforms by deployment workflow, runtime support, persistence and operational controls." canonical_url: "https://wheredoirunthis.com/categories/application-hosting" meta: "og:description": "Compare application hosting platforms by deployment workflow, runtime support, persistence and operational controls." "og:image": "https://wheredoirunthis.com/_og/d/c_WdirtDefault%2Cp_Ii9jYXRlZ29yaWVzL2FwcGxpY2F0aW9uLWhvc3Rpbmci%2Cs_4I4wpuZzuVDESePx.png" "og:image:height": "630" "og:image:type": image/png "og:image:width": "1200" "og:title": "Application hosting / PaaS" "twitter:image": "https://wheredoirunthis.com/_og/d/c_WdirtDefault%2Cp_Ii9jYXRlZ29yaWVzL2FwcGxpY2F0aW9uLWhvc3Rpbmci%2Cs_4I4wpuZzuVDESePx.png" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://wheredoirunthis.com/llms.txt) A guide to choosing where to run # Application hosting / PaaS Compare application hosting platforms by deployment workflow, runtime support, persistence and operational controls. ## **What to check before choosing ** Start with your deployment unit: source code, a container image or a framework-specific build. Check whether the platform supports your application runtime, build steps and long-running processes before comparing convenience features. Trace the state your application owns. Databases, uploaded files, background jobs and scheduled work may have different persistence and scaling rules. Check backup, restore, region and networking options rather than assuming that managed application hosting includes them. This list contains products classified as PaaS, not every service capable of hosting a website. Profiles show each assessed capability’s result and evidence; unassessed capabilities remain explicit. Compare usage limits and pricing units against your workload; a headline starting price is not an estimate of your total bill. [How we assess products](https://wheredoirunthis.com/method) · [Explore this type in the atlas](https://wheredoirunthis.com/?type=paas#atlas) ## **Products in this category ** - [ **Aptible** The easiest way to run production infrastructure safelyPaaS · ContainerHosted$200/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/aptible) - [ **Canine** A developer-friendly PaaS for your Kubernetes — deploy apps to your own cluster with the simplicity of Heroku and the power of Kubernetes.PaaS · ContainerOpen core$20/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/canine) - [ **DigitalOcean App Platform** The simpler way to launch your appsPaaS · ContainerHosted$5/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/digitalocean-app-platform) - [ **Fly.io** Hardware-isolated VMs that boot in under a second, run close to your users, and scale out to tens of thousands.PaaS · Firecracker microVMHosted$29/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/fly-io) - [ **here.now** Instant web hosting for agentsPaaS · Not disclosedHosted$4/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/here-now) - [ **INK** Production deploys for agent-built apps. No Dockerfiles. No CI pipelines. No infrastructure config. Just code.PaaS · Kata / gVisorHosted$5/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/ink) - [ **InstaCloud** Agent-Native Serverless Cloud — Deploy your code and services instantly, no DevOps, everything auto-scales.PaaS · Virtual machineOpen core$20/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/instacloud) - [ **Neptune** Your AI Platform Engineer — the easiest path from code to cloud. Provision and wire your entire cloud stack through conversation.PaaS · ContainerHosted—](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/neptune) - [ **Netlify** Push your ideas to the webPaaS · Firecracker microVMHosted$9/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/netlify) - [ **Northflank** The runtime platform for AI-native companies. One governed path from AI-generated code to production, across any cloud, VPC, or on premises.PaaS · Kata / gVisorHosted—](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/northflank) - [ **Porter** Effortless app infrastructure, your own cloud.PaaS · ContainerHosted—](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/porter) - [ **Railway** Ship software peacefullyPaaS · ContainerHosted$5/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/railway) - [ **Render** Your fastest path to production for any workloadPaaS · ContainerHosted$7/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/render) - [ **Upsun Cloud (formerly Platform.sh)** The cloud application platform that runs your apps so you don’t have to.PaaS · ContainerHosted€9/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/platform-sh) - [ **Vercel** Agentic InfrastructurePaaS · Not disclosedHosted$20/mo](https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/vercel) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"The independent spec sheet for places to run code, and the code your agents write.","name":"Where Do I Run This","url":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/","publisher":{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/#identity"}},{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/categories/application-hosting#webpage","description":"Compare application hosting platforms by deployment workflow, runtime support, persistence and operational controls.","name":"Application hosting / PaaS","url":"/categories/application-hosting","@type":["WebPage","CollectionPage"],"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/categories/application-hosting#breadcrumb"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/#website"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://wheredoirunthis.com/categories/application-hosting"]}],"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/#logo"}},{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/#identity","@type":"Organization","name":"Where Do I Run This","url":"https://wheredoirunthis.com","logo":{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/#logo"}},{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/categories/application-hosting#breadcrumb","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","name":"The atlas","item":"https://wheredoirunthis.com","position":1},{"@type":"ListItem","name":"Application hosting / PaaS","item":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/categories/application-hosting","position":2}]},{"@id":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/#logo","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Where Do I Run This","contentUrl":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/icon-512.png","inLanguage":"en","url":"https://wheredoirunthis.com/icon-512.png"}]} ```