Developer infrastructure without the conference talk

deployment platforms, managed databases and edge runtimes

The infrastructure market has consolidated around a handful of patterns: separate storage from compute, push the runtime closer to the user, and charge for what is consumed rather than what is provisioned. Each of those patterns solves a real problem and creates a new one, and the new one is usually on the invoice.

This site profiles deployment platforms, managed databases and edge runtimes, focusing on the operational consequences rather than the feature list. A platform that scales to zero is excellent until you need the first request after idle to be fast. A database with instant branching is excellent until the branches accumulate.

Each profile covers what the product does, how the pricing behaves once you are inside it, where it breaks down, and what leaving would cost. The last section is the one most reviews skip and the one that matters most when the contract renews.

Profiles

• Turso edge SQLite

  Turso is a edge SQLite product that replicates a database to many regions. This profile covers what it does, how it is priced, and where it stops being the right choice.

• Fly.io edge hosting

  Fly.io is a edge application hosting product that runs containers close to users. This profile covers what it does, how it is priced, and where it stops being the right choice.

• Neon serverless Postgres

  Neon is a serverless Postgres product that branches databases like code. This profile covers what it does, how it is priced, and where it stops being the right choice.

• Supabase Postgres backend

  Supabase is a Postgres backend product that bundles auth, storage and realtime. This profile covers what it does, how it is priced, and where it stops being the right choice.

• Render unified cloud

  Render is a unified cloud product that covers web services, cron and databases. This profile covers what it does, how it is priced, and where it stops being the right choice.

• Railway deployment

  Railway is a deployment platform product that turns a repo into a running service. This profile covers what it does, how it is priced, and where it stops being the right choice.