The matchup desk
DigitalOcean App Platform or Netlify
Two tools, read side by side from their own public pages.
DigitalOcean App Platform
Hosting
A fully managed PaaS for building, deploying, and scaling web applications, APIs, and static sites.
- Git-based deployments
- Built-in CI/CD
- Horizontal scaling
- CPU-based autoscaling
- Automatic HTTPS
- Custom domains
- Automatic OS patching
- Application metrics
Netlify
Hosting
Netlify helps teams build and deploy web apps on production infrastructure, with AI agents, serverless tools, and a global edge network.
- Deploy previews
- Git integration
- Serverless functions
- Netlify Database
- File storage
- Built-in identity
- AI Gateway
- Image CDN