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Vercel
Frontend cloud platform for deploying and hosting web applications with automatic CI/CD.
Railway
Modern PaaS for deploying applications, databases, and services with simple configuration.
Supabase
Open source Firebase alternative with Postgres database, auth, storage, and real-time subscriptions.
Netlify
Web development platform with CI/CD, serverless, and edge functions.
Cloudflare Pages
JAMstack hosting with unlimited bandwidth on Cloudflare's edge network.
Render
Cloud platform for deploying web services, databases, and static sites.
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#1
Vercel
Frontend cloud platform for deploying and hosting web applications with automatic CI/CD.
Solo Score: 9.5/10Free / $20/mo
Free: 100GB bandwidth/month
#2
GitHub Actions
Built-in CI/CD platform for GitHub repositories with YAML-based workflow automation.
Solo Score: 9.5/10Free / $4/mo
Free: 2000 minutes/month (Linux)
#3
Supabase
Open source Firebase alternative with Postgres database, auth, storage, and real-time subscriptions.
Solo Score: 9.5/10Free / $25/mo
Free: 500MB database
#4
Railway
Modern PaaS for deploying applications, databases, and services with simple configuration.
Solo Score: 9/10Free / $5/mo
Free: Free plan for experimentation with limited free resources
#5
Cloudflare
Global cloud network providing CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, and serverless compute.
Solo Score: 9/10Free / $20/mo
Free: Unlimited bandwidth CDN
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