Get the app you built with AI live with a domain, a database and payments.
Last updated: 14 Nov 2026·5 tools compared·Not yet tested
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Early picks from research, hands-on tests in progress. The official hands-on task is still outstanding, so every tool is marked Not yet tested. Picks are based on current pricing, features and public documentation. Dated notes from earlier checks may appear on a tool card. How we test
You built something with Cursor, Lovable or Bolt and it works on your laptop. Now it needs a real address, a database and a way to take money. These are the platforms most people use to get there. Payments are usually Stripe on top of whichever host you choose. The official hands-on test (the same Next.js app with login, Postgres and a Stripe test checkout, plus a 30-day bill) has not been run yet.
Our pick: Cloudflare Workers & Pages. Cloudflare is our early pick for most solo builders because static assets are free and unlimited on the free plan, the paid Workers floor is a flat $5/month, and domains are sold at cost, so one account can cover domain plus hosting. We have already shipped this site — a 15-page Astro project with llms.txt and robots.txt — on Cloudflare Pages' free plan with a custom domain and SSL; that is a real production static deploy, not the official Next.js + database + Stripe test. If you want the smoothest Next.js experience for a commercial project, Vercel Pro is the safer choice: the Hobby plan is limited to personal, non-commercial use.
Free plan: 100,000 Worker and Pages Functions requests per day (resets midnight UTC). Requests to static assets are free and unlimited on free and paid plans.
Hobby: free, includes 100 GB Fast Data Transfer, 1 million CDN requests and 1 million function invocations per month. Official terms limit Hobby to personal, non-commercial use.
Free: 300 credits per month, hard limit (projects pause when credits run out). A production deploy costs 15 credits; bandwidth costs 20 credits per GB.
Free trial: one-time $5 credit for up to 30 days, no card required. After that, a Free plan gives $1/month of usage (1 project, 0 custom domains). Custom domains need Hobby or above.
Free: up to 2 active projects, 500 MB database per project, 5 GB egress, 1 GB file storage. Free projects pause after 1 week of inactivity.
Not yet tested
The tools
#1Cloudflare Workers & Pages
Our pickNot yet tested
Best for
Solo builders who want domain, hosting and DNS in one cheap account.
Skip it if
Your app depends on long-running servers or framework features that expect Node.js everywhere; expect some config work.
Free tier
Free plan: 100,000 Worker and Pages Functions requests per day (resets midnight UTC). Requests to static assets are free and unlimited on free and paid plans.
Price
Workers Paid: $5/month minimum, includes 10 million Worker requests per month, then $0.30 per extra million. No charge for duration or egress on Workers requests. Static asset requests stay free.
What we already checked. 14 Nov 2026: We built and deployed RankedFor itself — a 15-page static Astro site with llms.txt, llms-full.txt and robots.txt — to Cloudflare Pages on the free plan, using the custom domain rankedfor.com. Checked live the same day: HTTPS 200 on the homepage and those AI files, Cloudflare cf-ray response headers, and an automatic SSL certificate for rankedfor.com issued by Google Trust Services (WE1) on 13 Nov 2026, valid until 11 Feb 2027. Official Workers/Pages docs checked the same day confirm requests to static assets are free and unlimited; the 100,000/day cap applies to Worker and Pages Functions invocations, which this static site does not use. This is a real production static/Astro deploy. It is not the official category test (the same Next.js app with login, Postgres and a Stripe test checkout, plus a 30-day bill), so Cloudflare stays Not yet tested for that task.
Next.js apps, especially ones exported from v0 or other AI builders.
Skip it if
You want to ship a commercial project on the free plan — Vercel's Terms of Service limit the Hobby plan to personal, non-commercial use — or you want flat, predictable costs at scale; Pro usage above the included credit is billed on demand.
Free tier
Hobby: free, includes 100 GB Fast Data Transfer, 1 million CDN requests and 1 million function invocations per month. Official terms limit Hobby to personal, non-commercial use.
Price
Pro: $20/month per deploying seat, includes a $20 monthly usage credit; extra usage is billed on demand. Additional deploying seats are $20/month; Viewer seats are free.
What we already checked. 14 Nov 2026: Official pricing and terms verified from Vercel's docs, not from a RankedFor deploy to Vercel. Hobby is free and includes 100 GB Fast Data Transfer and 1 million function invocations per month. Pro is $20/month per deploying seat with a $20 monthly usage credit. Vercel Terms of Service (checked the same day) say you shall only use the Hobby plan for personal or non-commercial use. We did not deploy this site to Vercel.
Static sites and front-ends that want deploy previews and built-in forms, functions and a database.
Skip it if
You deploy many times a day on the free plan; each production deploy costs 15 of your 300 monthly credits.
Free tier
Free: 300 credits per month, hard limit (projects pause when credits run out). A production deploy costs 15 credits; bandwidth costs 20 credits per GB.
Price
Personal $9/month (1,000 credits); Pro $20/month (3,000 credits, unlimited members). Credit packs: 500 for $5 on Personal, 1,500 for $10 on Pro.
What we already checked. 14 Nov 2026: Official pricing verified on netlify.com/pricing. Free remains 300 credits per month with a hard limit; production deploys cost 15 credits each and bandwidth costs 20 credits per GB. Personal is $9/month and Pro is $20/month. We did not deploy this site to Netlify.
Pricing checked 14 Nov 2026 from: www.netlify.com/pricing/. Prices in USD and can change; check the official page before you buy.
#4Railway
Not yet tested
Best for
Apps that need an always-on server, background workers or a Postgres container next to the app.
Skip it if
You only have a static site (a free static host is simpler and cheaper), or you need a custom domain without paying: the ongoing Free plan does not include custom domains.
Free tier
Free trial: one-time $5 credit for up to 30 days, no card required. After that, a Free plan gives $1/month of usage (1 project, 0 custom domains). Custom domains need Hobby or above.
Price
Hobby: $5/month, includes $5 of usage; extra usage billed. Pro: $20/month per workspace, includes $20 of usage (unlimited seats).
What we already checked. 14 Nov 2026: Official pricing verified on railway.com/pricing. Railway now lists both a 30-day free trial ($5 one-time credit, no card) and an ongoing Free plan ($1/month included usage, 1 project, 0 custom domains). Hobby remains $5/month with $5 of included usage and 2 custom domains. We did not deploy this site to Railway.
The database and login layer behind any of the hosts above. Most AI app builders already speak Supabase.
Skip it if
You need your free project to stay awake; free projects pause after a week of inactivity.
Free tier
Free: up to 2 active projects, 500 MB database per project, 5 GB egress, 1 GB file storage. Free projects pause after 1 week of inactivity.
Price
Pro: from $25/month per organization, includes $10/month compute credit (enough for one Micro instance). Paid projects are not paused for inactivity.
What we already checked. 14 Nov 2026: Official pricing verified on supabase.com/pricing. Free still includes 2 active projects and 500 MB database per project, and free projects still pause after 1 week of inactivity. Pro starts at $25/month with a $10/month compute credit. We did not provision a Supabase project for the official test app.
Pricing checked 14 Nov 2026 from: supabase.com/pricing. Prices in USD and can change; check the official page before you buy.
How we'll test this
Take the same small Next.js app (login, a Postgres table, a Stripe test checkout), deploy it to each platform from a GitHub repo, attach a custom domain, and record time-to-live, steps, and the bill after 30 days of light traffic.
Every tool gets the same task, scored on result quality, speed, ease of use and price/free tier. Results and the test date will appear here, and the ranking can change once we have them. Full methodology