Overview of hosting platforms for web applications, APIs, and static sites — from serverless PaaS to dedicated cloud servers.

## Cloud / PaaS

- **[Render](https://render.com/)** — hosts databases, web services, and containers with automatic deploys from Git
- **[Railway](https://railway.app/)** — code-centric deployment platform with built-in databases and environment management
- **[Vercel](https://vercel.com/)** — serverless hosting optimized for frontend frameworks and edge functions
- **[Fly.io](https://fly.io/)** — runs containerized apps in regions close to users
- **[Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/)** — static site and serverless function hosting with Git-based CI/CD
- **[Zerops.io](https://zerops.io/)** — dev-first cloud platform for building, deploying, and running apps

## Server hosting

- **[Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/)** — cloud compute with VMs, bare metal, and Kubernetes
- **[Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/)** — straightforward cloud hosting with VMs, managed databases, and app platform
- **[Kinsta](https://kinsta.com/application-hosting/)** — application and database hosting on Google Cloud

## Static hosting

- **[Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/)** — object storage, commonly used for static asset and website hosting