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The frontend cloud. Deploy instantly, scale automatically. The gold standard for Next.js and frontend deployments.
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// pros
- Instant deployments
- Edge network globally
- Preview deployments per PR
- Best Next.js experience
// cons
- Expensive at scale
- Vendor lock-in with Next.js
- Serverless limits
02
Workers, Pages, R2, D1 — an entire cloud platform at the edge. Incredibly fast and surprisingly affordable.
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// pros
- Edge-first architecture
- Generous free tiers
- Workers are incredibly fast
- Full platform (storage, DB, AI)
// cons
- Workers have size limits
- D1 is still maturing
- Different paradigm to learn
03
Deploy anything in seconds. Postgres, Redis, cron jobs — all from a beautiful dashboard. The new Heroku.
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// pros
- Deploy anything
- Beautiful dashboard
- Built-in Postgres/Redis
- Great DX
// cons
- Can get expensive
- Less enterprise features
- Smaller community
04
Cloud application platform. Auto-deploys from Git, free SSL, managed databases. Simple and reliable.
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// pros
- Simple Git-based deploys
- Free SSL everywhere
- Managed Postgres
- Good free tier
// cons
- Cold starts on free tier
- Slower builds than competitors
- Limited regions
05
Deploy apps close to users. Run full Linux VMs at the edge. Great for globally distributed applications.
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// pros
- Deploy close to users
- Full VM flexibility
- Great CLI
- Anycast networking
// cons
- Steeper learning curve
- Billing can be confusing
- Occasional reliability issues
06
The cloud giant. 200+ services for everything you could ever need. Complex but infinitely powerful.
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// pros
- Every service imaginable
- Global infrastructure
- Enterprise-grade
- Massive ecosystem
// cons
- Overwhelmingly complex
- Billing nightmares
- UI is painful
- Over-engineered for simple apps
07
Simple cloud for developers. Droplets, App Platform, managed databases. The friendly cloud.
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// pros
- Simple and predictable pricing
- Great documentation
- App Platform is easy
- Good for small-medium projects
// cons
- Limited compared to big clouds
- App Platform has limitations
- Less enterprise support
08
The original JAMstack host. Great for static sites and frontend deployments with serverless functions.
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// pros
- Great for static/JAMstack
- Instant rollbacks
- Form handling built-in
- Split testing
// cons
- Functions have cold starts
- Bandwidth limits
- Less suitable for backends
09
European cloud with unbeatable pricing. Bare metal and cloud servers at a fraction of AWS costs.
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// pros
- Incredible price/performance
- Bare metal options
- European data centers
- No-nonsense approach
// cons
- Less managed services
- Smaller ecosystem
- Manual setup required
10
Google's cloud platform. Strong in AI/ML, data analytics, and Kubernetes. GKE is best-in-class.
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// pros
- Best Kubernetes (GKE)
- Strong AI/ML tools
- BigQuery is incredible
- Global network
// cons
- Complex pricing
- Google might kill your service
- Support can be lacking
- Smaller community than AWS
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