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Where should I deploy an AI-built web app?

Pick the platform with first-class support for your framework and per-branch preview URLs. Previews are what let you review an agent's change as a running site instead of as a diff.

Surveyed 13 August 2026

Deploy an application

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  1. 01
    Vercel

    Frontend cloud platform — push and it's live. Zero-config deploys, preview URLs, edge functions

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    Netlify

    Web hosting platform with CI/CD, serverless functions, and edge deployment

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    Railway

    Deploy anything with zero config — databases, backends, cron jobs. The easy full-stack PaaS

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    Fly.io

    Run apps close to users — Docker-based deploys, global edge, persistent volumes, Postgres.

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    Render

    Unified cloud for apps and databases. Cloud platform for deploying web services, static sites, cron jobs, and managed databases with simple Git-based workflows.

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    Cloudflare Workers

    Serverless compute at the edge. V8 isolate-based serverless platform running in 300+ Cloudflare cities. Ultra-low cold starts and pairs with KV, D1, R2, Durable Objects.

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    Google Cloud Run

    Serverless containers on GCP. Run stateless containers that scale from zero to thousands of instances. Pay only for the time your container handles a request.

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    DigitalOcean

    Simple cloud VMs, databases, and apps. Developer-friendly cloud with droplets (VMs), managed databases, Kubernetes, and App Platform. Predictable pricing and clean UX.

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    Heroku

    Classic PaaS for web apps. One of the original platform-as-a-service providers. Supports multiple languages with add-on marketplace and simple Git deploys.

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    Coolify

    Self-hostable Heroku/Vercel/Netlify alternative. Deploy from git, manage databases and services.

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Ordered by the VibeLeaderboard index, re-surveyed each edition. Something missing?

What to look for

  • 01Does every branch get its own URL automatically? This is the highest-leverage feature for agent-assisted work.
  • 02Is the runtime a real one, or a constrained edge environment your dependencies will not run in?
  • 03What does traffic cost at ten times current volume? Pricing cliffs are the usual unpleasant surprise.

Common questions

Why do preview deployments matter so much with coding agents?
Because they turn review into looking at the working thing. Reading a diff tells you what changed; opening the branch URL tells you whether it works.
Is serverless the right default?
For request-driven web apps, usually — you skip capacity planning entirely. Long-running work, websockets, and heavy background jobs still fit a persistent server better.

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