ArduMaker compared with other platforms

What each one offers, where each option makes sense and where it doesn't. With sources and the date they were checked.

Deploy platforms (PaaS)

  • ArduMaker vs Vercel: Vercel is a serverless and frontend platform (Next.js) with a global CDN. ArduMaker is a VPS with root and a panel: it is for what has to run all day and for an AI agent to manage it. See the comparison
  • ArduMaker vs Railway: Railway deploys containers and bills per second of usage. ArduMaker gives you a fixed-price server where your apps, databases and n8n run together, with root. See the comparison
  • ArduMaker vs Render: Render manages web services, workers and databases separately. ArduMaker gives you a server with root where everything runs together, without going to sleep. See the comparison
  • ArduMaker vs Heroku: Heroku is the classic PaaS: managed dynos and add-ons. ArduMaker is a VPS with a panel: more memory for the same price and the database on the same server. See the comparison

VPS and cloud providers

  • ArduMaker vs DigitalOcean: DigitalOcean offers VPS (Droplets) and a separate PaaS (App Platform). With ArduMaker the VPS already comes with the app panel: root and deploys on the same server. See the comparison
  • ArduMaker vs Hostinger: Hostinger VPS offers KVM servers with an AI assistant and an MCP that you install locally. ArduMaker adds deploys from GitHub and a remote MCP: the agent connects without installing anything. See the comparison
  • ArduMaker vs Contabo: Contabo sells VPS with lots of resources per euro that you manage by hand. ArduMaker is a VPS with an app panel and an MCP server so an agent can manage it. See the comparison
  • ArduMaker vs OVHcloud: OVHcloud is the largest European cloud, with well-priced VPS that you manage by hand or via API. ArduMaker adds an app panel and an MCP that operates the VPS. See the comparison
  • ArduMaker vs Hetzner: Hetzner Cloud is infrastructure with an API and CLI for people who manage everything themselves. ArduMaker is a VPS with an app panel and an MCP so an agent can operate it. See the comparison

PaaS you install on your own server

  • ArduMaker vs Coolify: Coolify is an open source PaaS that you install and maintain on your own VPS. ArduMaker brings the server and the panel together, already up and running. See the comparison